Rail travel in Russia Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
overview of rail transport in Russia
About Rail travel in Russia
The Russian Railways (Российские железные дороги, Rossiyskye zheleznye dorogi, abbreviated RZD) is the Russian government railway company and the operator of most train services in the country, though there are some private operators too (mostly for luxury trains). One of the world's largest railway networks, it crosses many time zones (the Trans-Siberian service between Moscow to Vladivostok crosses eight). To make it easier for voyagers to keep track of the journeys' length in time, all railway schedules were given in Moscow time until 2019. However now the schedules are given in local time, leading to less confusion when getting on and off the train. Despite the large network and long distances, in 2018, 98% of the trains were on time, where the definition of being late was a delay of 5
Rail travel in Russia Travel Guide Sections
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