FPC JSC Russian Railways - Federal Passenger Company. Train car classes

Passenger trains are divided into long-distance and suburban (up to 200 km, JSC FPC does not serve) depending on the distance and travel conditions.

2. Movement speed

There are high-speed, fast and passenger trains:

high-speed passenger trains must have a route speed of at least 100 km/h at permissible speeds in the interval
141-200 km/h;

fast passenger trains must have a route speed of at least 50 km/h;

passenger trains have a route speed of less than 50 km/h.

3. Regularity of movement

Passenger trains are divided into year-round, seasonal and one-time trains.

4. Frequency of movement

Passenger trains are divided into daily, next every other day (on odd or even numbers), next on the days of the week or days of the month.

5. Level of service provided

Passenger trains with high-class service and a wide range of services are assigned the branded category. Trains served by multi-unit rolling stock are divided into trains of increased comfort and without the provision of additional services.

Numbering set for passenger trains

Trains operated by FPC JSC have the following numbering:

	Numbering
Fast all year round
Seasonal and one-time ambulances
Passenger year-round
Passenger trains are seasonal, single-purpose and children's
High-speed
high speed
Ambulances served by multiple unit rolling stock (except high-speed and high-speed)
Tourist (commercial)

Types of passenger cars

All train cars of FPC JSC are equipped with a heating system (works in winter period, canned for the summer period). Cars, depending on the class of service, can be equipped with bio-toilets, air conditioners (they work in the summer, are conserved for the winter), they can provide additional paid services included in the fare.

Passenger trains of FPC JSC run the following types passenger cars:

On locomotive traction:

Luxury carriages

The cars have several varieties: with six compartments in the car, with five and with four. The carriages, in which there are four compartments, are equipped with a saloon-bar.

The compartment of a "Luxe" class car is 1.5 times larger than the standard one in a car with six compartments and 2 times larger than the standard one in a car with four. The compartment has 2 beds: a sofa that transforms into a single bed 120 cm wide, and an upper shelf 90 cm wide. The compartment has an armchair and a folding table.

Each compartment has an individual bathroom with a washbasin, a vacuum toilet that functions even during stops, and a shower (in a car with four compartments - a shower cabin). The floor in the bathroom is heated.

The compartment of the "Lux" class carriage is equipped with an individual air conditioning system, a TV, a DVD player and a radio.

SV cars

The car has 8 or 9 2-seater compartments with beds, two toilets with wash basins.

The compartment has two lower or lower and upper berths, a table, a mirror on the compartment door and walls (except for transformer cars), clothes hangers, places for hand luggage.

Compartment wagons

The compartment passenger car has 9 quadruple compartments, 2 toilets with wash basins.

Each compartment has two upper and lower shelves, a table, a mirror on the compartment door, clothes hangers, places for hand luggage.

More than 150 trains run compartment cars with a specialized compartment for passengers with disabilities.

Wagons MIKST

These are wagons that have signs of two types of wagons ("Lux" and SV or SV and coupe).

reserved seat wagons

The reserved seat passenger car has 9 compartments open type, 2 toilets with washbasins.

The car is designed for 54 sleeping places, 4 places in each compartment: two lower places, two upper and 18 side places: upper and lower. In each compartment, as well as on the side seats, there is a table, places for placing hand luggage, hooks for clothes.

General wagons

Car with seats. As a rule, reserved seats are used - 81 seats, sometimes compartment cars - 54 seats.

Seating carriages

These are carriages equipped with comfortable seats.

Cars are subdivided into cars with a standard layout of seats (50-70), with an improved (up to 50) saloon type and cars based on a compartment car. There are 2 toilets with washbasins in the carriages.

Also, the trains run double-decker compartment cars, SV cars and with seats.

International carriages

In international traffic (except for the CIS countries and the Baltic States, China, Mongolia, North Korea), "Lux", "SV" and compartment cars of RIC gauge run. To the CIS and Baltic countries, China, Mongolia, North Korea standard (as in domestic traffic) "Lux", "SV" and compartment carriages run.

In addition, Strizh trains with carriages (compartment carriages, carriages with seats, SV, Lux) manufactured by TALGO run in domestic and international traffic.

Motor-car rolling stock

In inter-regional traffic, the Lastochka multiple unit trains and other electric and diesel trains with seats run.

The number of seats depends on the design of the car.

The fundamental difference between a multi-unit rolling stock and a locomotive-drawn train is that all or some of the cars in it are equipped with both engines designed for traction and passenger compartments; in a train with locomotive traction, the wagons are not self-propelled.

The concept of even and odd trains

In general, trains traveling from south to north and from west to east have even numbers, and trains traveling from north to south and from east to west have odd numbers. If it is impossible to accurately determine the direction of the train, this rule works partially for some section of the track. Sometimes on the way the train changes the number from even to odd or vice versa. Exceptions to the rule of even / odd numbering of trains - St. Petersburg. Most trains departing from St. Petersburg have odd numbers. Although St. Petersburg has recently been transferred under common system(trains 72, 74 to Yekaterinburg and Tyumen, 40 to Astana, etc.)

What does the letter in the train number mean?

In general, the letter in the train number is just the fourth character, making the train number unique. If only three-digit numbers were used on the railway, only 999 trains could be designated with them, and there are many more. Therefore, a fourth character is added - a letter. At the same time, they try to give letter designations in such a way that trains with the same numerical designations do not meet. For example, long-distance train No. 001a St. Petersburg - Moscow (Leningradsky railway station) and train No. 001b Moscow (Belorussky railway station) - Minsk do not meet each other anywhere. Therefore, only the numerical number of the train can be announced to passengers to avoid confusion.

There are also some other patterns with letters in train numbers. Firstly, sometimes it happens that one train includes several different numbers. For example, 001a and 001v (St. Petersburg - Moscow, "Red Arrow"). In this case, different letters denote different organizations that form the cars of this part of the train. If the train contains branded and non-branded cars, then they are also assigned different letters. If a train runs on some days as branded, and on others as non-branded, then it also receives different letters, although its schedule is the same. Another letter can denote different service teams. And also sometimes the letter indicates the direction of the train (for example, 104m Moscow - Adler and 104s Adler - Moscow). And, finally, there is a pattern between the train formation road and the letter, but it is not one hundred percent.

This summer we had our first train trip to the Krasnodar Territory with a one-year-old child. Therefore, I began to prepare for it in advance and thoroughly)) When it came time to order tickets (by the way, I do this only through the Russian Railways website, I see no reason to stand in lines), I accidentally stumbled upon information about the carrier company TransClassService. I was very surprised, because I thought that only Russian Railways existed in Russia)) I began to study information about them. And here's what I found out.

1. TKS is engaged in the transportation of passengers in branded long-distance trains, attaching its cars to Russian Railways trains. That is, here we were on train 004 Moscow-Kislovodsk, and 5 cars from the entire train were from the TKS company. TCS has a lot of directions, you can learn more about it on their website.

2. You can buy tickets for such cars at ordinary ticket offices, but you need to ask for them) That is, the cashiers themselves do not offer them, or they probably offer them last, until all tickets from Russian Railways are sold out.

3. You can buy such tickets on the Russian Railways website. But you need to look at the carrier column when choosing a wagon. Russian Railways cars are marked with FPK, and TKS cars are marked with FPK / T.

4. You can also buy tickets on the website of the TCS itself. [link]

6. I compared the prices of Russian Railways and TKS - they are the same!

And now let's talk about what we get in TKS for the same money:

1. The cars are in perfect condition. Clean and new. There is a path in the corridor that does not bunch up. The toilet is cleaned regularly throughout the journey. The paper is attached. There is paper for hands, and things that are put on the toilet. BIO toilets! You don't have to put your feet on them!

2. In the compartment, the shelves are upholstered with velvet fabric. The top shelves are already covered with bedding. For the lower shelves, the linen is in the bag. Mattresses with pillows are hidden in special covers.

3. There is a TV in the compartment!!!) It broadcasts three channels. They show cartoons and movies. They give out a remote control, a program and a folder with a menu of what you can order from food and other things.

4. There is a special stand for four glasses on the table, they can be used. There is also a bottle of water for a fee.

5. The conductor issues dry rations. Each box contains water, a cake, a couple of chocolates, pate, biscuits. Napkins, salt, pepper, fork, knife, spoon. They also serve dinner. We had buckwheat with beef. Not wow, but you can eat. All this is free!) That is, you can not take food with you, in principle)

6. An amenity kit is also issued. There is a toothbrush, paste, all sorts of wet wipes.

7. Another huge plus - in every compartment, every shelf at the head has a socket !!!) That is, you can forget about saving battery charge on your phone and enjoy the trip) There is also a headphone jack. Headphones are issued by the conductor. That is, you can watch TV and not interfere with fellow travelers)

5. There is no classic boiler with boiling water. There is a cooler with hot/cold water and a kettle. The conductor has a microwave, I asked them to warm up baby food.

6. For a separate inexpensive fee, you can order all sorts of sweets. For example, real brewed coffee - 90 rubles. All sorts of chocolate cookies are like in a store. Also on sale there are all sorts of souvenirs, perfume)

7. Yes, about air conditioning! He worked while the train was moving, turned off at the stations. It was chilly at night! On the top shelf, my husband slept under a warm blanket! This is 30 degrees in the summer heat) And so the temperature was about 23 degrees. At the stations, they went out onto the platform and died from the heat))

8. By the way, on both sides of the corridor above the doors there is a scoreboard where the time, temperature and whether the toilet is busy / free are written. Very comfortably)

9. There are 4 safes in the compartment! We did not use)

10. There is also a full-length mirror) All kinds of hangers)

Of the minuses:

1. There was an obsessive conductor on the way back. She offered to buy all sorts of souvenirs, then toilet water. It was stressful.)

2. And I also strained one moment. There are special playpens for trains. There is information on the TCS website that they can be booked, which I did by writing to them by mail. I was told that everything is ok. And when we got on the train and asked about the arena, the conductor at first said that they didn’t exist at all, and this service does not exist, and then she came and said that we could buy an arena in the next car for 2500 thousand) Thank you, no need)))

Photos taken from two trips.

Thank you for your attention!)

Categories of passenger trains differ depending on the following factors: 1. Follow range Passenger trains are divided into long-distance and suburban (up to 200 km, JSC FPC does not serve) depending on the travel distance and travel conditions. 2. Travel speed

There are high-speed, fast and passenger trains:

• high-speed passenger trains must have a route speed of at least 91 km/h at permissible speeds in the range of 141-200 km/h;
• fast passenger trains must have a route speed of 50 km/h to 91 km/h;
• passenger trains have a route speed of less than 50 km/h.

3. Regularity of movement

Passenger trains are divided into year-round, seasonal and one-time trains. 4. Frequency of movement

Passenger trains are divided into daily, next every other day (on odd or even numbers), next on the days of the week or days of the month.

5. Level of service provided

Passenger trains with high-class service and a wide range of services are assigned the branded category. Trains served by multi-unit rolling stock are divided into trains of increased comfort and without the provision of additional services.

Numbering

The trains operated by JSC FPC have the following numbering:

Types of passenger cars:

All train cars of JSC FPC trains are equipped with a heating system (works in winter, is mothballed in summer). Cars, depending on the class of service, can be equipped with bio-toilets, air conditioners (they work in the summer, are mothballed for the winter), additional paid services can be provided in them , included in the fare.

The following types of passenger cars run on FPC passenger trains:

On locomotive traction:

Luxury carriages

The cars have several varieties: with six compartments in the car, with five and with four. The carriages, in which there are four compartments, are equipped with a saloon-bar.

The compartment of a luxury car is 1.5 times larger than the standard one in a car with six compartments and 2 times larger than the standard car with four. The compartment has 2 beds: a sofa that transforms into a single bed 120 cm wide, and an upper shelf 90 cm wide. The compartment has an armchair and a folding table.

Each compartment has an individual bathroom with a washbasin, a vacuum toilet that functions even during stops, and a shower (in a car with four compartments - a shower cabin). The floor in the bathroom is heated.

The compartment of the “Luxe” class carriage is equipped with an individual air conditioning system, a TV, a DVD player and a radio.

SV cars

These are carriages with 2-seater compartments. Soft shelves for lying, in the car from 16 to 20 seats. Linen is always included in the fare All carriages are air conditioned. Marked as class 1.

• 1B - business class. The ticket price includes drinks, meals, newspapers, hygiene items, etc. The price is indicated for the whole compartment, in which 1 adult passenger travels. You can bring small pets with you.
• 1E - the same as 1B, but you can buy one seat in a compartment, rather than redeem it entirely.
• 1U - additional services are not included in the ticket price (except for bed linen), but the level of comfort corresponds to the first class. Animals are allowed.
• 1L - SV car. Additional services are not included in the ticket price, air conditioning is assumed, but there may not be a dry closet. Bed linen is included in the ticket price, pets are allowed.
• If the carrier is TKS CJSC, then class 1B "Business TK" includes dinner and breakfast, drinks, sanitary kit, slippers, printed publications, bedding. The car is air conditioned, biotoilets are working and hygienic shower. Each compartment has 2 TVs and individual sockets, a safe.

Compartment wagons

The compartment passenger car has 9 quadruple compartments, 2 toilets with wash basins.

Each compartment has two upper and lower shelves, a table, a mirror on the compartment door, clothes hangers, places for hand luggage.

More than 150 trains run compartment cars with a specialized compartment for passengers with disabilities.

Wagons MIKST

These are wagons that have signs of two types of wagons (“Lux” and SV or SV and coupe).

reserved seat wagons

These are wagons with berths, 52 or 54 shelves per wagon. Usually referred to as 3rd grade.

• 3E - reserved seat car with air conditioning and dry closet.
• 3T - the car is air-conditioned, there may not be a dry closet.
• 3D - the car has air conditioning. The presence of a dry closet is not guaranteed. Transportation of animals is allowed.
• 3U - similar to 3D, but the presence of an air conditioner is not guaranteed.
• 3L - air conditioning and dry closet are not provided.
• If the carrier is TKS CJSC, then the class 3U carriage is supposed to have an air conditioner and dry closets. There are sockets in each compartment, video surveillance works. Passengers are provided with travel kit, bed linen. Animals cannot be brought in.

coupe

The car is divided into closed compartments with 4 shelves in each. In total, there are from 32 to 40 seats in the car. Marked as class 2. Bed linen is always included in the price of a ticket in a compartment.

• 2E - air-conditioned luxury car with 4-seater compartments. The ticket price includes food, press, sanitary kit. You can travel with pets. There is a dry closet in the car.
• 2E - in double-deck trains - similar to 2E in regular trains, but hygiene kit and press are not provided.
• 2B - similar to 2E, but the presence of a dry closet is not guaranteed.
• 2K - air conditioning and dry closet in the car, you can carry pets. Additional services (except bed linen) are not included in the ticket price.
• 2U - similar to 2K, but the presence of a dry closet in the car is not guaranteed.
• 2L - no additional options, only linen is included in the fare. The car may not have air conditioning and dry closets. You can transport pets.
• If the carrier is CJSC TKS, then class 2T means dinner and breakfast, drinks, sanitary kit, slippers, printed publications, bedding. The cars are air-conditioned, dry closets and hygienic showers work. The compartment has an LCD monitor, individual sockets, and sometimes a safe. You can choose a "male" or "female" coupe. Class 2L - meals are not included in the ticket price, otherwise similar to 2U.

General wagons

Car with seats. As a rule, reserved seats are used - 81 seats, sometimes compartment cars - 54 seats.

Seating carriages

Seated cars (category C) are equipped with individual seats. At the same time, the conditions, convenience, and layout of the car can vary significantly, since both Sapsan and interregional cheap cars belong to this category. In the latter, they are increasingly trying to create the maximum comfortable conditions: folding tables, a socket under each chair, etc.

• 1C, 2C, 3C - cars with this marking are found in a variety of trains (from high-speed to suburban "expresses"), and the conditions in each case are assumed to be different. As a rule, 1st and 2nd class are air-conditioned (not guaranteed), 3rd - not. Additional services depend on the specific train. The class (and fare, respectively) is determined by the number of seats in the car, the type of seats, etc.
• 1P - in a double-decker seated car, seats in a compartment are marked like this (for example, seats 133, 134 on the train 045/046 Moscow - Voronezh). The ticket price includes food, press, hygiene kit. You can ask the conductor for a blanket.
• 1B - a car with individual accommodation, that is, all seats are redeemed. The ticket price includes food, press, hygiene kit. You can ask the conductor for a blanket.
• 2P - a luxury car, equipped with air conditioning and a dry closet. The ticket price includes cold snacks.
• 2B, 3G - there may be no air conditioning, additional services are not included in the fare. Animals can be transported in wagons of this class. Keep this in mind if the presence of animals can be an obstacle for you to travel, or if you yourself need to travel with a pet. Learn more about bringing animals on trains.
• 2E - a seated car with air conditioning, the presence of a dry closet is not guaranteed.

Also, the trains run double-decker compartment cars, SV cars and with seats.

International carriages

In international traffic (except for the CIS and Baltic countries, China, Mongolia, North Korea), Lux, SV and compartment cars of the RIC gauge run. The CIS and Baltic countries, China, Mongolia, North Korea are served by standard (as in domestic traffic) Lux, SV and compartment carriages.

In addition, the Strizh trains run in domestic and international traffic. « with carriages (compartment carriages, carriages with seats, SV, Lux) manufactured by TALGO.

RIC cars

In international trains (Moscow - Berlin, Moscow - Paris, etc.) there may be cars of a fundamentally different layout - cars of the RIC size. They are divided into compartments, each of which can be double or triple.

• 2-seater RIC carriages - according to the conditions and markings, they are similar to luxury class carriages.
• 3-seat RIC cars (class 2I) - three-seat compartments with a vertical arrangement of shelves. There is an armchair and a washbasin. Bed linen is included in the ticket price.

Motor-car rolling stock

Multi-unit trains run in interregional traffic « Lastochka" and other electric and diesel trains with seats.

The number of seats depends on the design of the car.

The fundamental difference between a multi-unit rolling stock and a locomotive-drawn train is that all or some of the cars in it are equipped with both engines designed for traction and passenger compartments; in a train with locomotive traction, the wagons are not self-propelled.

Sapsan trains

All carriages are air conditioned.

• 1P - coupe-negotiation room, sold only as a whole. Drinks, leather armchairs, dressing room, projector-equipped meeting room and more.
• 1B - just places in the 1st class carriage, without a negotiation room. All the amenities and service of the highest class "Sapsan".
• 1C - business class car. Armchairs and tables, wardrobes, footrests. High quality service. Sockets at each block of seats, drinks, hot meals on the menu, the latest press, etc.
• 2С - seated economy class car. Places at the table and not at the table, clothes hangers, luggage space, headphones.
• 2B - class "Economic +" (car No. 10 and No. 20). It differs from the economy class in that it is more spacious, there is a socket near each block of seats, a lunch box is included in the ticket price, and Wi-Fi is available.
• 2E - seats in the bistro car, the ticket price includes meals in the amount of 2000 rubles from the menu. You can buy online on the day of departure and the next day.

• ambulances ("Swallow");
• high-speed ("Swallow", when the speed is less than 200 km / h);
• high-speed ("Sapsan" and "Allegro", when the speed is more than 200 km / h).

Fast trains have a route speed of more than 50 km/h. High-speed and high-speed trains - more than 91 km/h.

At present, the Directorate of High-Speed ​​Transport, a branch of Russian Railways, provides long-distance passenger transportation.

In suburban traffic, the Directorate for High-Speed ​​Transport, a branch of Russian Railways, is not a carrier and leases its rolling stock to suburban companies.

By order of the State Unitary Enterprise "Moscow Metro", it provides transport services for MCC passengers by electric trains "Lastochka" series (ES2G).

Wagon types:

The trains of the DOSS carrier include cars with seats (the number of seats depends on the design of the car). Passengers are offered several classes of service: coupe-negotiation room; first class, business class, economy class, bistro car.

JSC "Federal Passenger Company" was established in 2006 by order of the Federal Passenger Directorate of JSC "Russian Railways" in the course of the structural reform of railway transport.

Main task joint-stock company is the organization and management of passenger rail transportation on long-distance routes.

The joint-stock company began its independent activity as a carrier in 2010. Authorized capital The enterprise was made up of the property of Russian Railways and the personnel carrying out transportation on long-distance routes.

Structure

The joint stock company has 15 regional branches located on the territory of Russia, passenger car depots, car sections, railway agencies, the Transportation Organization Center Vehicle and wagon section of the central direction.

The organization owns three subsidiaries: NTS LLC, Travel-Tour LLC, FPC-Logistika LLC.

Educational and Methodological Center

For high-quality training of personnel, a training and methodological center has been created in the company. The training of specialists for the FPC is carried out on the basis of the Moscow Railway Road School, which is the only specialized departmental center in the country focused on organizing passenger transportation. In addition to professional training for employees of the joint-stock company, retraining, advanced training, and obtaining a second specialty are organized on the basis of the Training Center.

The training center has a modern material base, including electrified stands and simulators, models. The training is conducted by highly qualified teachers with extensive experience in railway transport.

The training programs have been developed by the company's specialists and are aimed at familiarization with new equipment and passenger service rules. Particular attention is paid to the customer-oriented behavior of the staff.

Curricula are adapted for a certain group of students and are built taking into account the tasks and directions of the strategic development of the joint-stock company.

Personnel policy

The Federal Passenger Company supports the unified corporate policy of Russian Railways in the field of organizing personnel management and organizes work in accordance with the company's personnel policy.

Currently, the company employs more than 70 thousand employees who serve customers, carry out Maintenance, manage staff.

To improve customer service, the company paid special attention to the selection of personnel. The development of the necessary working skills of newly hired employees takes place with the help of highly qualified psychologists who conduct workshops at workplaces. The company practices trainings, seminars and individual lessons.

JSC FPC is one of the few organizations that have revived the work of student teams. Every year, the company recruits young students to work as ticket tellers and conductors on long-distance passenger trains.

The site of the company

Detailed information about the company is available on the official website.
In the section "About the company" history reference, information about the company, its structure, branches, corporate personnel training center. The section contains the main provisions of the social and personnel policy, the program of environmental protection activities of the joint-stock company.

FPC Russian Railways - official site fpc.ru.

Interested persons will find information about available vacancies in the company and the conditions of employment.

The page also contains contact information: legal address, addresses of branches in the regions, phone numbers and e-mail addresses.
Shareholders and investors can familiarize themselves with the charter of the company and internal documents, financial and financial statements. The page contains information about affiliates, securities and purchases.

For the convenience of the company's customers, you can purchase electronic tickets on the website using the video instruction.

Purchase rules are posted on the site page electronic tickets as well as answers to frequently asked questions.

Using the service, you can issue tickets for both suburban and long-distance trains in any direction across Russia and Europe, as well as return tickets.

On a separate page there is a train schedule, information about changing the schedule.

Passengers will find on the site the rules of passenger transportation, information for passengers with disabilities, information about safety in railway transport, tariffs and promotions of the company.

The "Online Services" section contains information for owners of uncoupling cars. The site contains information about goods allowed for import into the territory of the Customs Union.

The section contains notifications for wagon owners. Using the company's website, you can calculate the distance between destinations and the preliminary cost of transportation. Also make a request to send cargo by a container train, place an order for booking a wagon and sending cargo, as well as make an application for transporting a car.

The phone number of the Unified Information and Service Center is posted on the company's website, where you can ask questions of interest.

Contacts

Joint Stock Company Federal Passenger Company (JSC FPC):

• Address: 107078, Moscow, st. Masha Poryvaeva, 34.

Requisites:

• TIN: 7708709686;
• PSRN: 1097746772738;
• Gearbox: 997650001;
• OKATO: 45286565000;
• OKPO: 94154560.

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Good afternoon. I would like to express my gratitude to the conductors of train No. 22 Moscow - Labytnangi of the Moscow Branch, Andreeva Ekaterina and Yakubovich Anna. For the quality service to passengers, I felt at home. The carriage was clean, cozy and comfortable. I was lucky to have such good, responsive and pleasant conductors. Thanks to the girls for a good trip, it was very nice to travel with such wonderful people, there would be more such good guides. Everything was super for the entire trip. And I wish you girls female happiness and health, your not easy work.

We would like to sincerely thank the employees of the Russian Railways station in the city of Adler for the measures taken to organize temporary accommodation in the Alexander Garden of the Olympic Village and further send us home in connection with the emergency in the Krasnodar Territory. Also many thanks to the head of train No. 88 Adler-Nizhny Novgorod Trukhina E .G. And to the conductor of car No. 4 Maya for professionalism, ability to navigate in a critical situation and sensitive attitude towards passengers. There would be more such employees on the railway and in general, on our life path! Nina Vasilievna and Oksana Yastrebovs, who left Adler on October 27, 2018.

Hello! In October 2018, I was on vacation and treatment at the Cote d'Azur sanatorium (Sochi). Returned on October 24 from Art. LOO to st. ROSSOSH by train No. 36 Adler - St. Petersburg. I would like to thank all the staff of this train for their highly professional work, for quality service, catering and drinking water, in the current difficult conditions (ES) emergency which nature presented to all of us in the area of ​​Tuapse station. Unfortunately, on the 26th, due to the impossibility of further train movement due to the emergency state of the railway. Cloths, I, along with other passengers, were transported by buses to the station. Hot key. At this station best qualities railroad workers only intensified. We were fed, placed in the carriages of train No. 84 (train chief SAFARYAN Ruslan Valerievich), I was in carriage No. 9 (conductor PILIPENKO Galina Tofikovna, employee of LVCHD-24 reserve conductors). The train followed the route Goryachiy Klyuch - St. Petersburg through the station. Moscow. I was pleasantly struck by the courtesy, cordiality, goodwill and attention that all the employees of this train showed to all of us, passengers of train No. 84. And on the way and upon arrival at our station ROSSOSH, we were surrounded by attention and care. I would like to express my special gratitude to Ruslan V. SAFARYAN, the head of the train, and Galina Tofikovna, the conductor of car No. 9, PILIPENKO. I ask you to encourage these wonderful people! Thank you for such employees!

Hello! I was extremely outraged by the technical condition of car No. 02 of train No. 115/116 Adler - St. Petersburg On September 26, I got into the indicated car at Loo station and drove for two days to my station and suffered from unbearable stuffiness, like all the passengers of this car. For two days, the train started did not see, According to the conductor, ventilation does not work, although when buying a ticket for 90 days, the cashier asked if air conditioning and a bio-toilet were needed in the car, in fact the car was (all rusty and soldered). I would like to know when this lawlessness for the sake of commerce will stop, who should be responsible for this, and how to return the money for the ruined fare, because at night we hardly slept ... There are no complaints about the conductor, he did his job well in the same "terrible" conditions .

JSC "Russian Railways" (RZD) is a state-owned company, a monopoly in the field of railways. It has many different divisions, passenger transportation in long-distance trains is carried out by DOSS and JSC FPC. In addition, there are suburban companies ("PPK"), organizations in the regions (for example, " Railways Yakutia), Aeroexpress (comfortable train from the airport to the railway station) and others.

In the mid-90s, rail transportation in Russia became unprofitable, the Ministry of Railways was mired in bureaucracy. This led to reforms and in 2003 Russian Railways was established. The state owns 100% of the company's shares. For 2016, Russian Railways has about 520 passenger trains in 120 directions, which carry passengers to 21 countries of the world.

Upstairs compartment in double-decker train Moscow, Saint Petersburg

JSC FPC

JSC Federal Passenger Company (JSC FPC) is a subsidiary of Russian Railways, it owns the majority of passenger traffic on long-distance trains. All new passenger cars meet high comfort requirements, but many old cars still run from the times of the USSR. Let's consider several types of trains owned by JSC FPC.

Unbranded trains

They are more distinguished low level service and "Soviet" cars. The shelves are upholstered in burgundy faux leather. Toilets are closed at stations. Very few outlets. Often there is no air conditioning. Once they could run as part of branded trains, but now, due to long operation, something may not work in them or be dirty. There are no additional services. The main advantage of such trains is the cheapness of tickets.

branded trains

These are trains with new carriages and a wide range of services. They go faster than other trains, they are assigned convenient time departures and arrivals. Tickets on a branded train are always more expensive than on a non-branded one. Features of such compositions:

• new cars - there is air conditioning, two dry closets, electronic displays explaining, a microwave and a refrigerator at the conductor;
• in each compartment (in suite and compartment car) soft back at the bottom shelf electronic lock on the door, conductor call button, socket, individual night lamp;
• there are free services: food, press, travel kit, etc.

The first branded train in the USSR appeared in 1931. It was called the "Red Arrow" and ran from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Today there are already 92 branded trains.

Dry closet in the double-decker train Moscow - St. Petersburg

"Premium" trains

"Premium" are positioned as luxury trains. They differ from other branded trains in higher speed (which means less time on the road) and the presence of additional services (for example, there is a TV in the compartment car).

Premium lineups appeared in 2009. They followed several directions, but later some of the trains were canceled due to low traffic or renamed. Now Premium trains run from Moscow in three directions: Adler, Kazan, Novorossiysk.

double decker trains

These are trains with double-decker compartment and luxury (SV) cars. The restaurant car is also two-story: there is a bar on the first floor, and a dining room on the second.

A double-decker train can carry twice as many passengers, so the ticket price is usually lower than a similar single-decker one. They provide the comfort of a compartment car at the price of a reserved seat. But such carriages are also cramped: you can’t sit on the top shelf, less space for luggage. It is planned to replace all second-class carriages with double-decker carriages in 10 years.

Russia's first double-decker train began running on the Moscow-Sochi route in 2013. In 2016, there were already several such trains, they follow to St. Petersburg, Samara, Voronezh, Kazan. More about double-decker trains

The upper floor corridor in the double-decker train Moscow - St. Petersburg

"DOSS"

The Directorate of High-Speed ​​Communications (“DOSS”) deals with new generation high-speed trains. The first was, which in 2009 connected Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod. It accelerates to 250 km / h and travels the distance between the two capitals in 4 hours, which takes more than 8 hours for an ordinary train. And already in 2010, the second electric train was launched - plying from the northern capital to Helsinki (Finland). In 2015, on the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod route, the Sapsan changed the high-speed train, reducing travel time by 20 minutes. Tickets for many high-speed trains are more expensive than others on the same route.

The seated train speeds up to 160 km/h. It is used as a high-speed train on flights lasting up to 5.5 hours. "Lastochka" runs on many routes in the European part of Russia. Depending on the flight, part of the trains belongs to the carrier DOSS, and part belongs to JSC FPC. Tickets for Lastochka are inexpensive, cheaper than all other trains on these routes.

Most high-speed trains run only with comfortable seated cars. Each train has its own set of additional services: wi-fi, leather seats with a footrest, seats that can be rotated in the direction of travel, a dining car, and so on.

Six-seater compartment in the high-speed sit-down train "Nevsky Express"