How to leave for free on the wrong train and play chess on the way, TV channel "360" told.
Traveling by train has its own romance. That there is only one sweet tea in the branded cup holders of Russian Railways, which some passengers now and then strive to take with them as a souvenir. And by the way, you can legally buy them from a conductor for 500 rubles. This service is paid, but there are also free ones: for example, you can ask the same employee for chess or dominoes. This is just one of the life hacks that almost no one knows about. You will learn about the rest of the secrets from Russian Railways from this material.
May ticket discounts
From 3 to 10 May 2016, veterans and disabled people of the Great Patriotic War can travel by train within the country absolutely free. In addition, for these dates, a ticket with a 100% discount is allowed for one accompanying person.
By the way, in these the May holidays there is a special offer for ordinary passengers. Tickets for travel to reserved seat cars On the 8th and 9th, you can buy it at half price. True, this applies only to internal directions.
Traveling not on your own train
Well, now about the secrets for travelers that are not tied to dates. For example, any passenger can leave on a train that departs several hours or even days earlier than the one for which the ticket was purchased. At the same time, without any additional payments. To do this, you need to ask the ticket office about the availability of seats, and if there are any, you will definitely not be denied.
The right to stop
Any Russian Railways passenger traveling by train long distance, can make a stop for up to 10 days, and then resume his trip on another train. For example, the route St. Petersburg - Nizhny Novgorod lies through the capital, so in Moscow you can get off the train. Within 4 hours, you must make a note of arrival on the ticket (at the station administrator). Well, as your excursion ends, you will need to pay the cost of a reserved seat and continue on your way. As a rule, this amount is small.
Free services in the train carriage
The guide, upon your request, must provide a first-aid kit, thread with needles, scissors and even a boot brush. Bored passengers can ask for chess, checkers and dominoes absolutely free of charge - such a set of board games should be in every carriage. And, of course, glasses, spoons, and boiling water are also rented at the expense of Russian Railways.
Notes for travelers
When choosing a seat, be careful: firstly, the lower seats in the carriages always have odd seats, and the upper ones always have even ones. Secondly, windows do not open in compartments 3 and 6 (including second-class carriages), as there are emergency exits. And, finally, for tall passengers to note: in all reserved seat cars, the seats at the beginning and at the end of the train (1,2,35,36) are 15 centimeters shorter than all the others.
Service number 3 amazed me! How little we know about what is actually included in the price of a regular reserved seat ticket! Make your travels more enjoyable!
And not in vain, because when buying a ticket at the box office, no one ever tells us about our rights. How many frustrations are brought to us by being late, or situations when you need to leave ahead of time. It turns out that everything can be solved!
1. Leave ahead of schedule
You can leave by train departing several hours or days earlier than the flight for which you purchased the ticket, without any additional payment. Subject to availability, of course.
2. Get another ticket if you are late
Don't panic if you miss your flight. You have the right to renew a ticket for another train, subject to an additional payment of the cost of a reserved seat (and the price of a train ticket consists of three parts: the cost of the ticket, the cost of the seat in the carriage - reserved seat - and the fare part) within 24 hours.
3. Get off the train for a few days
The passenger has the right to make a stopover along the route with the extension of the ticket validity period, but no more than 10 days. To do this, you need to present your ticket at the ticket office at the stop station to put a stop mark on it within 3 hours from the moment your train arrives at the station. And when the trip is resumed, you will only need to pay the cost of a reserved seat ticket.
4. Make a mistake in the ticket data
This is good news for inattentive companions who buy tickets over the Internet. In the event of a discrepancy between the data of the passenger's identity document and the data indicated on the ticket, by one letter in the surname and by one digit in the number, the person is allowed to travel.
5. Completely occupy the lower baggage compartment
The preferential right to use the lower seat for carry-on luggage belongs to a passenger passing on the lower bunk, and the upper seat - to a passenger traveling on the upper bunk. So you don't have to share your bottom shelf with anyone.
6. Take a guide dog free of charge and without documents
There is no charge for the carriage of guide dogs, and carriage documents are not issued. After all, this is the most faithful friend. He should only have a collar and a muzzle and be always close to his owner.
7. Free use of the toilet at the station
The toilet at the stations is free for passengers. Upon presentation of your ticket, you should not be charged a fee for using the toilets en route. So don't throw away your ticket, including your e-ticket.
8. Ask board games
You can ask the conductor for free a glass, a spoon, even if you do not buy tea, a fork, a set of threads and needles, clothing and footwear care items, medicines, as well as board games (checkers, chess, dominoes).
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Recently it became known that Russian Railways will sell tickets 90 days before the departure date for long-distance trains. At the same time, a flexible pricing system is provided. If passengers purchase a ticket 3 months before the intended trip, then it can cost them much cheaper. In addition, the passenger is more likely to be able to purchase boarding pass on the bottom shelf.
Why is this so important? It turns out that according to the rules of Russian Railways, passengers on the lower shelves have every right not to let the passengers on the upper shelves sit and use the tables.
It turned out thanks to activists from the Web.
In various forums, questions have long been raised about who has the preferential right to place luggage under the lower shelf, whether they have the right to force a change of place, and the like. One of the users made a request to Russian Railways.
According to the answer received, “The passage of other persons on the seats paid for by the passenger is not allowed. Consequently, a passenger who has a travel document to travel to the top seat does not have the right to be in the lower seat, paid for by another passenger, without his consent ”. In other words, the passenger who bought a ticket for the top seat was deprived of the right to sit on the lower shelf and eat at the table if his fellow traveler is against it.
Russian Railways also clarified that a passenger who has bought a ticket for the lower seat has an advantage in placing luggage under the shelf.
However, passengers have a reasonable question. If in a compartment the difference in the cost of tickets for the upper and lower shelves is significant, then in the reserved seat it is only if a ticket is bought for the uppermost side of the toilet or the extreme upper shelf in the last compartment. That is, for the same money, those who bought a ticket to the top shelf have less comfort and rights. Perhaps Russian Railways will revise its pricing policy and tickets for the shelves will become cheaper because of their discomfort.
In the meantime, Russian Railways invites passengers to count on the loyalty and goodwill of fellow travelers.
“If the passenger of the upper bunk for objective reasons cannot place his luggage in the upper luggage compartment, must feed the child or take food himself, he can ask the conductor or the head of the train to temporarily place him on the free lower bins that are available in the carriage. However, they will also have to be released at the time of boarding passengers with tickets to these seats, ”the company explained. Russian Railways urged passengers to be kinder to each other and treat fellow travelers with respect.
The Pikabu user with the nickname unne has dotted the "i" in the question of belonging of the bottom shelf in trains. After a big discussion on the portal about whether people from the upper shelves have the right to go down and sit on the lower ones, he decided to address this question to Russian Railways.
The Pikabu user managed to get from the Russian Railways the answer to the eternal question that tormented more than one generation: do people from the upper shelves have the right to go down and sit on the lower ones? As it turned out, according to the rules, passengers cannot go down to the lower shelves.
Here is what Russian Railways replied:
The applicant was told on the official letterhead that, according to the rules for the carriage of passengers, everyone has the right to occupy the seat indicated in his travel document, that is, a ticket.
« The passage of other persons on the seats paid for by the passenger is not allowed. By purchasing a ticket, a passenger enters into a contractual relationship with FPC JSC and agrees to the condition of travel on a long-distance train on the top shelf. Consequently, there is no right to be in the lower seat paid by another passenger without his consent.» , - clarified the carrier, thus putting an end to the protracted dispute.
Russian Railways also noted that the passenger on the lower shelf has the preferential right to place their luggage under the lower shelf.
« The passage of other persons on the seats paid for by the passenger is not allowed. By purchasing a ticket, a passenger enters into a contractual relationship with FPC JSC and agrees to the condition of travel on a long-distance train on the top shelf. Consequently, there is no right to be in the lowest seat paid by another passenger without his consent.» .
In addition, in the message of the carrier, it is specified that under the lower shelf, the passenger can first of all also place his luggage on the lower shelf.
According to unne, if “everything is expected” with the use of storage areas, then the information that a passenger from the upper shelf has no right to be on the lower one without the consent of the passenger from the lower shelf surprised him. He asked the passengers from the lower shelves not to abuse their position and to allow the neighbors upstairs to use the table to at least eat.
The unne post piqued the interest of the portal visitors. Users argued desperately about the fairness of the shipping rules. Many considered them too harsh.
“And people from the top all the time for some reason are sure that they have almost a double ticket, - write those who like to ride in the lower seats. - I also ride only on the lower ones and I do not understand why I have to endure half a day of the neighbor on top. I want to lie down and sleep. I understand, sit down to eat, but not all day. "
"And the" climbers "can not use the table turns out? Or should they hang like gibbons from above? " - their opponents parry.
Passengers from the upper shelves were offered to take revenge on passengers from the lower ones. For example, hanging your legs in the face of a neighbor who is in a more comfortable position, or chopping a loaf on his head.
"Fine. Now the grandmother with the child can officially buy out the two lower seats and arrange terror in a separate compartment. And you stink on top of her with socks and crumble cookies. Romance, ”concludes Ltkostenko.
In less than a day, about a thousand angry comments appeared under the post, urging passengers to turn their time on the train into hell. Others called for reason and for the common good to live in harmony.
At the same time, those who like to ride in the lower seats became more active:
“And people from the top all the time for some reason are sure that they have almost a double ticket. I also ride only on the lower ones and do not understand why I have to endure half a day of the neighbor on top. I want to lie down and sleep. I understand, sit down to eat, but not all day. "
As Lenta.ru notes, in general, in less than a day, about a thousand comments appeared under the post, urging passengers to turn their time on the train into hell.
P.S. So what is this, if not inciting hatred and enmity between groups of citizens, ugh, damn, villagers?
It turns out that travelers can ask the conductor for chess or, for example, make a stop for a day or two in Moscow, following the route Nizhny Novgorod - St. Petersburg. Without any additional payments.
Life has carefully studied the rules of travel on Russian Railways trains and collected useful travel rights, which are rarely used by anyone.
Leave ahead of schedule
A passenger can take a train leaving for a destination several hours or even days earlier than the one for which tickets were purchased, without any additional payment. To do this, you need to contact the ticket office of the station - if there are free seats, you will not be denied.
To miss the train
Not catching a train is far less scary than catching a plane. Within three hours after departure, the passenger can issue a ticket for a different time or date, compensating for the cost of a reserved seat (the price of a train ticket consists of three parts: the cost of the ticket, the cost of the seat occupied in the carriage - a reserved seat and the fare part). The cost of a reserved seat depends on the carriage category and service.
Get off the train for 10 days
On the way, the passenger has the right to make one stop for no more than 10 days. Within three hours after he leaves the train, he should put a mark on the interruption of the trip at the ticket office of the station. To continue the journey, you will need to pay the cost of a reserved seat. On international routes, it is allowed to go out an unlimited number of times, but only during the validity period of the ticket (two months for tickets in communication with European countries).
Take the lower baggage compartment
The dispute over the luggage space can be quickly resolved in your favor, referring to the rules of the Russian Railways. It turns out that they say that the lower luggage space rightfully "belongs" to the passenger who bought a ticket to the lower shelf, and the upper one, respectively, passing on the upper shelf.
Ask for chess
On the way, the passenger can ask the conductor for needles and threads, scissors, glasses and spoons, board games (chess, checkers, dominoes). And all this is absolutely free.
Carry bees
You can also take bees on the train (you never know, all of a sudden it's relevant for someone). But Russian Railways reminds that they are transported in a baggage car in hives or plywood packages under the supervision of an accompanying person and only at an air temperature not higher than +10 ° C.
Based on materials from life.ru
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