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Bus ticket Novosibirsk - Tomsk. Unfortunately there is only very limited train service to Tomsk. Busses are running much more frequently. 17.2.2008 Martin P.

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Bus ticket Novosibirsk - Tomsk for one piece of luggage. Unfortunately there is only very limited train service to Tomsk. Busses are running much more frequently. 17.2.2008 Martin P.

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Roundtrip ticket for Listvyanka chair lift at Lake Baikal. This chair lift can be found next to the Hotel Baikal complex near the Angara river-mouth. From the upper station you have a nice view down on the lake and the Angara river. 26.2.2008 Martin P.

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Single ride ticket for a bus at Novosibirsk February 2008 Martin P.

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Single ride ticket for a express bus from Akademgorodok to Novosibirsk February 2008 Martin P.

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RZD local train ticket Irkutsk Pass. - Slyudyanka 1. 25.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD local train ticket Leningradskaya - Rizhsky vokzal (Moscow). Leningradskaya is a small stop on the line to Riga and not to be mixed up with Leningradsky Vokzal. 12.2.2008 Martin P.

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Ticket for the Moscow railway museum at Rizhsky vokzal. Fare is 50 roubles for Russians and 100 roubles for foreigners. At the time of visiting this museum contained a large open air collection of railway vehicles as well as an exhibition room inside the train station (the later one was closed because of remont during my visit) and was open daily from 10AM to 4PM except Mondays and Tuesdays. Note that you can also ride a steam train on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at noon. After a guided tour through the museum the steam train is running on the line to Riga as far as a station somewhere near Sokol. 13.2.2008 Martin P.

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Foto permission for the Moscow railway museum at Rizhsky vokzal. Fare is 50 roubles. 13.2.2008 Martin P.

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Ticket for the museum of the Western Siberian Railway at Seyatel some kilometers south of Novosibirsk. Fare is 50 roubles for Russians and 200 roubles for foreigners. Foto permission: 50 roubles. This museum contains a large open air collection of railway vehicles. In order to get there take any southbound local train from Novosibirsk and get off at Seyatel, the museum is right next to the train station. Buses from Novosibirsk metro station Rechnoy vokzal to Akademgorodok are also stopping at the museum and running more frequently. The museum is open daily from 11AM to 5PM except Fridays. 17.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD local train ticket Pravaya Ob - Novosibirsk Zapadny (across the Ob river) 16.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD local train ticket Novosibirsk Zapadny - Novosibirsk Glavny (across the Ob river), bought from a ticket vending machine. 16.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD receipt of sleeping car reservation Irkutsk - Moskva for train 1 (Vladivostok - Moskva). If you buy such reservations in Russia, you get the reservation itself and this receipt. One of the two documents is kept by the train personal, the other one is returned to the passenger. On this train I got the receipt. 27.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD receipt of sleeping car reservation Moskva - Chop for train 15 (Moskva - Uzhgorod), issued at Irkutsk. I wanted to get a reservation for the through car to Zilina, but according to the lady at the service center this was already sold out. So I bought a reservation on one of the Uzhgorod bound cars as far as Chop, where you can change to seating cars across the border. Unfortunately you have to do this in the middle of the night. Also note, that this reservation is nearly twice as expensive as one for the through car to Zilina. According to the train personal this through car is often completely booked by Russian travel agencies, which cancel their reservations sometimes very shortly before departure. In fact the through car to Zilina was empty with many places available, when I arrived at the train station. Donīt expect the train personal to help you and let you in this car in such a situation, they all just want money, money, money. So I travelled as booked on the Uzhgorod car. Service was very poor on this car, there was no heating during the day and sauna-style heating during the night, which made sleeping at night impossible and required opening of the windows on the corridor, while the car attendend disappeared somewhere on the train. If you have to travel on this train, try to get on the through cars to Hungary or Slovakia, you definitely want to avoid the cars to Uzhgorod. 27.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD sleeping car reservation Novosibirsk - Severobaikalsk for train 76 (Moskva - Tynda). 16.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD sleeping car reservation Ulan-Ude - Irkutsk for train 7 (Vladivostok-Novosibirsk). 24.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD local train ticket Slyudyanka - Port Baikal, bought on the train. 25.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD ticket Tomsk 1 - Taiga for train 211 (Tomsk 2 - Anapa). The very nice city of Tomsk is off the Transiberian railway, but connected by a branch line from Taiga. If the few through cars and trains departing at Tomsk donīt fit into your travel plans, you have to change trains at Taiga. 19.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD envelope for domestic tickets. 19.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD envelope and fare rules for domestic tickets. 19.2.2008 Martin P.

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RZD envelope and fare rules for domestic tickets. 19.2.2008 Martin P.

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Ticket for a bus at Tomsk. 19.2.2008 Martin P.

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Ticket for tram at Ulan-Ude. 23.2.2008 Martin P.

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Ticket for Moscow subway. February 2008 Martin P.

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Ticket for Moscow subway. February 2008 Martin P.

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Single ride ticket for Moscow monorail. Fare is 19 roubles. February 2008 Martin P.

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Single ride ticket for Irkutsk tram. Fare is 10 roubles. Note that you have to obtain your ticket from the driver or from a kiosk next to the tram stop. February 2008 Martin P.

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Single ride ticket for Moscow tram. Fare is 17 roubles. Note that you have to get this ticket from a kiosk or so before boarding the tram. February 2008 Martin P.

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Single ride ticket for the tram at Novosibirsk February 2008 Martin P.

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Ticket for tram or trolleybus at Tomsk. 19.2.2008 Martin P.