Handwritten ticket Turtkul (Uzbekistan) - Atzyrau (Kazakhstan), issued at Turtkul station (Uzbek railways). 
Departure on 25th september 2005 with train 331 (Tashkent - Saratov) at 13:24.
Turtkul station doesn't have a computerised ticket counter, so issuing the ticket took some time: 
First the ticket clerk had to phone to Tashkent (or somewhere else) to check availability of free places, 
then he had to find out the price from a huge book full of fare tables (seperately for ticket and reservation)...
Price (1580 UZS ~ 1 EUR): 12111 UZS for the ticket, 13793 UZS for the reservation (platskartnyj carriage), 3582 UZS for the insurance and a commission of 25000 UZS....
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2005-09-25
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Helmut Uttenthaler
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helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at