It is surprising that in the 21st century, in order to purchase a train ticket, it is easier to call the reservation number (although it is not easy to get through to inquiry 151 too), to book a ticket and to stand in a 40-minute line at the box office that evening, than to buy the coveted a ticket in three clicks on the Internet. There are much more clicks, and you just risk not going anywhere.
Just like that, quite recently, I had to spend at least three hours of precious time to buy the coveted train ticket. I tell you how it all happened.
Here you go to the Site of the Belarusian Railway, in the tab "Trains international lines, between regional lines, regional business class lines "(thanks, recently it became easy to find it), enter points A and B of your route, choose a train and ... nothing happens. The page of the selected train shows free seats, types of cars, fare. There are buttons "back" and "to the beginning".
To buy a ticket, you need to log in. I remember that I registered on the site twice already, but why the third time I can't find the window where to enter the login and password? .. After several minutes of wandering around the page, I find it in the second tab. I register.
By searching in the mail, I find the login and password that were sent to me once, enter, click further, on the next page I agree with the Rules and peculiarities of ordering, paying for it ... and I get to the page where I need to choose a train.
"Only the entry of Russian letters and special characters is allowed," the site warns me when I try to enter the departure station without having time to change the language from English to Russian. By the way, he is not on friendly terms with the Belarusian either.
Next, I enter the station, the date, and the number of passengers (maximum 4 per operation). Another window opens where I can change the date and / or time of departure and click "continue". On the next page, I select the type of carriage and the seat from the available ones.
And on the next page, they ask me for my full name, passport number and offer to introduce additional requirements for places (for example, indicate a specific place or ask only for the lower one). By the way, what is commendable, the system saves the data of the passengers entered earlier (for whom it was possible to buy tickets). Long live the saving of time!
But while I have not a single ticket purchased through the website behind my shoulders, I press "continue", once again I press "continue" on the page "Check trip details".
On the "Order Confirmation" page, I can select a payment system to pay for the order. Internet banking of JSC “ASB Belarusbank” does not suit me, since I plan to pay with the Alfa-Bank card - therefore, I choose the “Settlement” system (AIS ERIP) and click “pay for the order”.
"It is necessary to pay for the order in the" Calculation "system within 20 minutes," the site warns me. The list of banks falls out.
In literally 10 minutes, I manage to call my bank, find out how to connect Internet banking (well, I didn't need it before), and connect it. And then I understand that this is not enough - the card must be linked to the Self-Service Banking System (SBS). After all, the site of the "piece of iron" writes that the holders of my bank cards are served by SBS Internet banking. On the SBS website, which I choose from the list, they require a username and password from me. And of course, this is not the same username and password from Alfa-Bank Internet banking!
On the SBS website, I read how to connect: I am offered to go to the nearest ATM in order to open access for Internet banking through it. Then get a check with a username and password from an ATM, enter the SBS on the website and "pay for access to the service during the year." For some reason, the ATM of the partner bank does not want to give me access. Meanwhile, the BelZhD website sends a letter to the post office stating that "the order for the purchase of tickets has been canceled" (the time allotted for payment has expired).
There are no hopes of buying a train ticket with exactly 6 seats left. I had to promptly recall all my acquaintances who could buy train tickets through the website. Suddenly they were more fortunate.
A savior was found. She suggested a method of payment through PLATI.TUT.BY, where one of the hundreds of sections is listed as "Payment for train tickets" (although on the site of the "piece of iron" I did not find a word about this method of payment).
In the "pay" section I enter the payment code, pay by card, and then click "Check payment" on the BelZhD website page. And the ticket order form is in my hands. It is enough to print and ... exchange at the railway ticket office for a normal ticket. Here's an unexpected twist.
In order not to go to the ticket office, it turns out that you can perform electronic registration in your personal account on the site, but, unfortunately, it does not work for all directions - including this is impossible for the Lviv-Minsk train, for which I still managed to buy a ticket. "IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE A TICKET AT THE STATION OF DEPARTURE", - reads in additional information about my order. We'll have to go to the cashier with a passport.
In general, it is not without reason that a video with instructions on how to buy tickets for which I did not have enough time is posted on the site of the "piece of iron" in the section "Information for passengers". Now let's count how many actions I had to perform in order to buy a single ticket ...
Quick purchase of train tickets from the website
The site can be purchased railway ticket without hidden fees and fees. Railway ticket prices depend on the date of booking (the longer before the trip, the cheaper it will cost), direction, class of carriage and seats. Mobile app the site on Android and iOS will help to buy cheap train tickets without queuing at railway ticket offices and train stations.Online train ticket booking
Now you don't even have to leave your home to make a purchase. We present, like the official website of the Belarusian Railways, the following options for messages from the Belarusian railways:- - international in the near and far abroad;
- - regional (electric trains);
- - internal in Belarus.
Order train tickets via the Internet
To find out train schedules and train tickets availability, use the search form. Select route and departure date. On the page that opens, you will see a list of trains and the cost of train tickets, trip duration, type of carriage, arrival and departure times. You only need to choose and book inexpensive tickets for any direction where trains run by Belorusskaya Chygunka.BCh (Belarusian Chygunka) is a state carrier subordinate to the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Belarus. The railway network in Belarus is extensive. It ranks third in the CIS after Russia and Ukraine, so rail transport in the republic is well developed. For example, in the same direction Moscow - Minsk there are several BCh trains of different service levels.
BCh trains are divided into business class (branded trains) and economy (non-branded). The economy includes trains with old carriages. They don't have air conditioning, so it's hot in summer and cold in winter. The interior of the carriages is outdated. At the same time, even in old trains, there is a high level of service - they have polite conductors and are always clean.
From the types of cars in economy class, reserved seats, coupes and SV are available. V second-class carriage no air conditioner or dry closet. There is only an ordinary toilet that closes at the stations, which is inconvenient. The compartment and SV have air conditioning, but there is also no dry closet. On a non-branded train, the air conditioner may not work well even if it is on.
We recommend traveling in Business Class. Such trains have their own name - "Minsk", "Belarus", "Neman", etc. In terms of comfort, they correspond to the branded trains of Russian Railways. All cars have air conditioning and dry closets. V branded trains often the fare includes meals (a set of meals or a hot lunch), a TV is installed in the SV. Each compartment has sockets, a conductor call button, and the door closes with an electronic lock.
You can find out how comfortable the train is when buying a ticket on the Tutu.ru website (step "seat selection"). There, each type of carriage has a description, information on the availability of an air conditioner and dry closet, and passenger reviews. Reviews can only be left by passengers who actually traveled on this train.
Several types of new trains with a high level of comfort operate within the country. These are trains with seated seats - other classes of service are not required here, as the journey lasts no more than a few hours. In the direction Minsk - Vilnius, sit-down trains of Polish production, consisting of three carriages, run. Electric trains of the EPM series run in the direction of Minsk - Gomel. In the second class there is an air conditioner and a dry closet, soft seats with a folding table, a socket between the chairs. The first class carriage is spacious and has leather seats. In terms of comfort, EPM trains resemble the Sapsan economy class.
New comfortable electric trains of the EPG and EPR series have been launched on regional and city lines (in the area of the capital). But there are still many old electric trains with rigid benches and no air conditioning on the lines. Prices for suburban transport in Belarus are among the lowest in Europe - they are on average 4 times lower than in the Russian Federation and 8 times lower than in Germany.
At the moment, the main problem Belarusian trains obsolescence of wagons remains. In early 2012, the park passenger cars the Belarusian main line consisted of about 1700 units. Of these, 56% were recognized as worn out. The government is trying to renew the wagons - most of them are ordered from the Gomel VSZ.
In terms of the quality of service, "BC" are in second place after Russia among all carriers of the CIS countries. For example, Belarusian trains are much better than most trains in Ukraine. Enough high quality trains "BCh" is confirmed by the rating on the site Tutu.ru - almost all of them have an assessment of 8 or 9 points out of 10.
If there is an e-mail service check-in for trains running between Russia and Latvia, Russia and Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, issuing boarding passes at ticket offices and self-service terminals not made less than 1 hour before the train leaves the starting station of the route.
Issuance of non-cash electronic tickets for the travel of children under 5 years old without occupying a separate seat, accompanied by adults from stations located on the territory of Ukraine, the site is not produced... ATTENTION! Since March 1, 2015, a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation and a birth certificate are not valid for entry, transit, stay and movement on the territory of Ukraine, an international passport is required.
If the ER is not passed or is not possible, then you need to get a boarding pass on the form at the ticket offices or self-service terminals of JSC "Russian Railways" ONLY on site Russian Federation .
Dear passengers! Before traveling on an international route, we ask you to carefully study the passport and administrative (including visa) and customs regulations both in relation to yourself and in relation to your hand luggage and luggage. The carrier is not entitled to monitor compliance with these rules and is not responsible for non-compliance with these rules by passengers. For getting detailed information about the procedure for crossing the borders of the Russian Federation and foreign countries, we recommend that you contact the migration, border or customs authorities of the country of destination and each of the countries of destination located on the train route.
The choice of seats for trains between Finland and Russia is temporarily unavailable when issuing an electronic ticket from Finland.
If you do not see a single train, uncheck the "Only with tickets" checkbox and click the "Schedule" button.
To see the cost of the trip, you need to select one of the proposed train options, then indicate the carriage and seat and enter the passenger's personal data. After that, the ticket price and other additional data will be displayed.
The purchase of electronic tickets for suburban trains without specifying seats is currently only possible for trains following the routes Yaroslavl direction: Moscow - Pushkino - Bolshevo and the Sochi region: Sochi - Rosa Khutor - Tuapse - Imereti resort- Sochi Airport - Lazarevskaya.
- from settlements of Crimea from 4 to 24 hours;
- to the settlements of Crimea from 30 minutes to 24 hours.
Registration of "single tickets" to Crimea and back is carried out at the next duration of the change from train to bus:
- from settlements of Crimea from 4 to 24 hours;
- to the settlements of Crimea from 30 minutes to 24 hours.
Deferred payment service is available for trains marked with the "Deferred payment" icon
If a price range is specified for the selected carriage, the cost varies depending on the type of seat (upper side - upper - lower), and for Lux and SV cars of the Strizh train - depending on the number of passengers in the compartment (1 or 2).
The fare on "Sapsan" trains, on "Swallow" trains of the 700th numbering of the DOSS carrier (JSC "Russian Railways"), as well as on trains with the "DC" sign changes automatically depending on demand and departure date and is not a public offer.
Information on the application of special fares (Senior, Junior, roadmap).
Before registration travel documents at the stage of filling in the data, make sure that you have chosen the required tariff plan!
At the "Passenger details and payment" step, a seat is reserved and the actual fare is displayed.
Minsk-Passenger - main railroad station and the main station of the Belarusian capital. Since the Minsk transport hub is one of the most significant transport centers in Europe, trains of all categories are constantly running through it, as a result, the train schedule in Minsk is very busy.
The station connects the Belarusian capital with a number European countries... Branded passenger trains carry out regular passenger transportation to Austria (Vienna), Bulgaria (Varna), Hungary, Germany (Berlin), the Netherlands, Romania, France (Paris, Nice), Czech Republic (Prague) and Switzerland (Bazyl).
Trains depart from the Minsk-Passenger train station long distance to many cities of the near abroad. Direct message Minsk has with Russian cities Adler, Anapa, Arkhangelsk, Volgograd, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kislovodsk, Kursk, Moscow, Murmansk, Novorossiysk, Novosibirsk, Saratov, St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk and a number of others.
Minsk-Passenger is the starting point for passenger trains international traffic connecting Minsk with Evpatoria, Kiev, Zhitomir, Lvov, Mariupol, Odessa, Simferopol, Chernivtsi and Feodosia in Ukraine, Karaganda in Kazakhstan, Chisinau in Moldova, Warsaw in Poland and the Baltic capitals Vilnius and Riga.
Republican trains carry out regular flights to the regional and regional centers of Belarus (Baranovichi, Brest, Bobruisk, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Kalinkovichi, Orsha, Pinsk, Polotsk and others). Express trains run in the direction of Baranovichi, Brest, and Gomel, and commuter trains connect Minsk with Borisov, Brest, Molodechno, Orsha and Osipovich.
Minsk-Passenger railway station is located in the city center. There are information and service centers, storage rooms and waiting rooms at the station. Ticket offices for suburban and passenger train tickets accompany a detailed timetable indicating the direction of travel, train number, arrival and departure times and delivery platform.
Information about the timetable of trains and electric trains for Minsk station:
The train and electric train schedule for Minsk station today includes 247 long-distance trains, commuter trains and electric trains (including diesels) - 254, 273 of them are passing and 228 - start or end their journey in this locality... Most trains arrive in the morning. The first, according to the schedule, departs at 00:05 in the direction of Riga station, and the last one arrives at 2352. The average time spent on the platform is 0:25.
Some trains passing through Minsk station do not run every day (they have a special timetable).
The timetable of trains and electric trains for Minsk station presented on this page takes into account seasonal changes, that is, winter and summer versions of the timetable are always available.
Tickets for trains and electric trains at the Minsk station can be purchased online or at the box office.
