International train from Moscow, Russia to Beijing, China

There are two trains to and from Moscow and Beijing, 4 of which pass through Mongolia and Zhangjiakou. They depart around 21:30 every Tuesday night and take 136 hours on the road; 20 of them pass through Manzhouli, Harbin and Changchun. , departing around 12:00 every Friday night, 149 hours on the road. The fare ranges from US$220 to US$350 depending on the carriage.

1. There are two trains to and from Moscow and Beijing, 4 of which pass through Mongolia and Zhangjiakou. They depart around 21:30 every Tuesday night and take 136 hours on the road; 20 of them pass through Manzhouli and Harbin. , Changchun, departing around 12:00 every Friday night, 149 hours on the road. The fare ranges from US$220 to US$350 depending on the carriage.

2. There are not many people taking trains now, and the security on the trains is not as terrible as the legend says. However, Russian trains are not better than European trains. The so-called good conditions are only 4 people in a box, which is not much better. , it’s quite uncomfortable to sit down for a week. The biggest advantage is that you can bring unlimited luggage and you can see the Siberian forest. The end of September and the beginning of October is the most beautiful time.

3. I heard from friends that it is not difficult to buy tickets, but I did not ask the station for confirmation. If you are not in a hurry, I will go to the station to ask for you on weekends (I am usually busy). Spending in Russia can only be done in rubles, and direct foreign exchange transactions are illegal, except when buying souvenirs at stalls. But it is very convenient to exchange currency in Moscow. There are exchange points everywhere on the street, and you can exchange euros and dollars.

Russia’s public security is not good, robberies and rapes are committed in broad daylight, and you must have heard of the Sino-Russian train A big robbery,

Those Russian bandits know that most Chinese people are doing business and have money. Focus on the Chinese.

In addition to safety issues, there are several issues you have to consider:

1. It is very time-consuming and you have to be on the train for a week. The total distance from Moscow to Beijing via Manzhouli alone is more than 9,000 kilometers, at least 6 days and 6 nights

Although 2 tickets are not as difficult to buy as 10 years ago, the service attitude is not very good, and the luggage is checked. Extremely strict. Moreover, there are always people from Russian border guards asking about illegal immigration and smuggling.

3 There are relatively few changing rooms on the train, and there are often queues during peak hours. The conductors in Russia lock the door every time they approach the station. In order to keep the station clean, they do not lock it when they arrive in China, TNND

4 I don’t know if blood tests are still done when I arrive in China. I don’t even write my name when I take out the blood. I just throw it into the trash can. It’s just to collect money. It’s several hundred at a time. I can’t do it without taking it because your The passport is being held by them. I won’t return it to you if I don’t test it.

My mood after reading this article on Baidu’s “From Beijing to Moscow” today was recorded on this train. The distance may be far, but the dream is not far away!

Beijing to Moscow, Russia passes through Shenyang, Changchun, Harbin, Manzhouli, Zabaikal, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk and other stations.

Every Saturday Beijing Station 22: 56 departs from Moscow at 17:55 on Friday and arrives in Moscow at 17:55 every Friday

Departs from Moscow at 23:58 every Friday and arrives at Beijing Station at 05:20 on Friday

Train formation: high package (private room for two) , hard sleeper (four-person private room)

International train No. 3/4

Beijing to Moscow, Russia via Datong, Erlian, Zamyn-Uud, Ulaanbaatar, IL Kutsk, Novosibirsk and other stations.

Departs from Beijing Station at 07:45 every Wednesday and arrives in Moscow at 14:19 on Monday

Departs from Moscow at 22:03 on Tuesday and arrives in Beijing at 14:04 on Monday Station

Train formation: high-class cabin (private room for two people), soft sleeper (private room for four people), hard sleeper (private room for four people)

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If we move our eyes from the territory of China to the world, Then such a railway line will amaze you, from Vladivostok (Vladivostok) on the Pacific coast to Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains. The Ural Mountains are the dividing line between Europe and Asia. Chelyabinsk It is the site of the SCO military exercises in 2007. This line is the Trans-Siberian Railway across the Eurasian continent, the transportation artery between Russia's Siberia and the Far East. When the K3 international train departing from Beijing Railway Station left Erenhot and entered Russia via Ulaanbaatar, the railway tracks extending from Mongolia merged with the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the meeting point was only half a day away from the legendary Lake Baikal. Just a lot of distance.

The fare of the K3 international train is 2,700 yuan, plus a Mongolian transit visa of 180 yuan, it is about 2,900 yuan. I know that after hard work, I may find a flight ticket from Beijing to Moscow for 3,000-4,000 yuan online. It only takes 7 or 8 hours to get to Moscow by plane, while the train takes six days and five nights. However, October is the late autumn season in Russia. Far away Siberia is full of endless imagination, the vast Lake Baikal, the golden birch forest, the tough and bold Russian farms... Time and price are not the reasons for me to miss this route. , I chose this route without hesitation and went from Beijing to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies of Moscow State University.

On the train timetable, this line is marked as "Beijing-Ulaanbaatar-Moscow", but the protagonist of this line is neither Beijing, Ulaanbaatar, nor Moscow, but Siberia.

The train departs from Beijing Railway Station at 7:45 on Wednesday morning, passes through Zhangjiakou South, Datong, and Jining South, and arrives at China's border inspection station Erenhot at around 8 pm, where the passport will be stamped for exit. Passengers need to fill in the (passenger luggage) item (declaration) (customs) form, and also need to replace the rails, because the width of China's rails is different from that of Mongolia and Russia. The rail changing is carried out in the "International Wheel Changing Depot". The train cars are lifted one by one. The Chinese rails are removed and Russian-style rails are replaced. During the whole process, passengers do not need to get off the train and do not feel any shock. Due to track changes and border inspections, the train will stop for about 3 hours. The train left Erenhot and entered Mongolia at around 11 p.m., and then stopped at the Mongolian border checkpoint for Mongolian entry (transit) visa inspection, customs declaration and other procedures. It arrived in Ulaanbaatar at around 1 p.m. the next day. , arrived at the Mongolian border again around 9 p.m. and conducted Mongolian exit inspection. Ulaanbaatar time and Beijing time are approximately the same, so there is no need to adjust the watch.

Ulaanbaatar time leaves Mongolia and enters Russia at around 10 pm. Moscow time is 4 hours later than Beijing time, so it enters Russia at around 6 pm Moscow time. The train stops at Naushki (наушки) on the border to conduct Russian entry visa inspection, fill out customs declaration forms, and immigration cards. The inspection here is more detailed. At this point, the cumbersome border inspection is finally over, and the train is running across the vast Siberian land. Passing through Lake Baikal, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Ormsk, and Tyumen Oilfield (probably around here, the train no longer takes the Trans-Siberian Railway and instead heads to the northwest Eastern European plains), Entering Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains, now Yeka is also called Sverdlovsk. After passing the Ural Mountains, the train officially entered Europe, and then passed through Bermi, Kirov, and the ancient capital Vladimir. The last time we entered Moscow, a city with a population of 9 million, was around 2 pm Moscow time on Monday.

This route passes through three countries, runs from north to south of Mongolia, passes through at least 14 administrative units in Russia (states, countries, autonomous regions, and border regions), and passes through the Mongolian Plateau, The Yablonov Mountains on the Mongolian-Russian border, Lake Baikal, the world's deepest inland lake, the southern part of the Central Siberian Plateau, the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, and then enter the Eastern European Plain after crossing the Ural Mountains. The train takes one day to leave China and another day to cross Mongolia. The remaining four days are spent traveling across the vast Russian territory.