How to book train tickets online

Long-distance trains beckon travelers. Paradox, as soon as you get ready to go, tickets disappear at the box office. The most interesting thing is that by agreeing with the conductor, you can get on the desired train and … you can find yourself in a half-empty car.

After a while, you come to a logical conclusion: go to the Russian Railways website. And oh happiness! There are a lot of free places, just choose! You can book a ticket here on the official website.

Let’s discuss some nuances: the passenger must register on the site, indicating the real data. Passport and other documents confirming that you are you must be in front of your eyes when filling out. The second condition is the presence of a plastic card for payment, and of course, an electronic mailbox. In order for the payment to be accepted, you need to know the CVV2 code – three digits that are not always indicated on the card itself. Contact the branch of the bank that issued it to get the code.

So, we look for the word “registration” on the main page and fill in the data. After registration, simply click “login” and enter the freshly baked login and password in the columns. Everything, the first stage is completed.

We remember why we needed to register on the Russian Railways website. Exactly! We wanted to take a trip. To find out everything you need, we raise our eyes to the upper right corner and see a quadrangle with the inscription “Passengers”. We click on the inscriptions, the passengers are us!

Before your eyes there is a sign “Route Choice”, by filling in which you will indicate the route and the number of passengers. For example, we take the average family: mom, dad and child. We put a tick in the “One way” box, fill in the start and end stations, use the calendar to fill in the date of departure and indicate the number of adults and children. Click the red rectangle with the arrow “Buy a ticket”. And wait while the data is being processed.

During the specified period, it is impossible to get to Kyiv without transfers. If the date is not important, select the next number and get to the “Select train” page.

Here you can see several trains, departure time, travel time and number of available seats. Choose the train you like and check the box on the left. The selected composition appears on the page in splendid isolation. It remains only to click on “Continue”. The information is processed for a couple of seconds to determine the free seats in each car. We select the car with a tick and admire the image of the plate. Luxury car, lower shelves are free. Great, we make the transition by clicking the “Continue” button. Entering the privacy zone. In this part, it is necessary to fill in the passport data of adults and the number of the birth certificate of the child. The age of your child is important for purchasing a child ticket.

All fields are filled in, passport and other data are entered, the desired seats in the car are indicated, we inform you with a checkmark that we want to travel in one compartment, click “Continue”, we check the accuracy of the information. Any inaccuracy can derail all plans.

Be sure to check the box next to the confirmation that we are familiar with the terms of payment and purchase of tickets.

After the next verification of the data, we proceed to payment. Payment is possible in several ways, we will focus on paying with a plastic card. All payments go through TransCreditBank. 10 minutes are given for reflection, if during this time the passenger has not made a payment, the order will be canceled.

Fill in the card number, amount, secret code and wait for payment confirmation. Happened? In the process of hard work, an order form has been formed that needs to be printed. It will have all the data, plus an order number of 14 digits. Form and ID documents are enough.

Go to the station by the specified time, present the documents and the order form to the conductor. He will check the data with the lists that he already has on hand and if the information matches … oh – la – la! You are a happy traveler!

Bon Voyage!