Railway Traveling Documents

A traveling document gives right to a passenger to use domestic and international railway communications from the departure station to the destination point according to the route stated in the ticket. For the journey in a sleeping-car and in a car with reserved seats every passenger, in addition to the ticket, must have a berth ticket (platzkarta) for occupying the corresponding berth/seat (in domestic and inter-state* communication the ticket and the berth ticket are executed on one blank).

1. A traveling document for a domestic trip is valid throughout the entire journey of the train or carriage.
2. According to the rules of international rail communications a one-way ticket is valid for 2 months, and a return ticket is valid for 4 months. The berth ticket is valid throughout the entire journey of the train or carriage as in the inner communication.
3. Traveling documents are considered invalid with any corrections made by the passenger.
4. Lost tickets are not refunded.
5. Unused ticket refunding is done upon claim.

The cost of a traveling document consists of the ticket and the berth ticket cost. A ticket is a document that gives the right to travel from the departure point to the destination point according to the fixed route, and its cost depends straightly on the distance. A berth ticket gives a passenger the right to occupy a certain seat/bed in a certain train and carriage. Its cost depends on many parameters, like train category, carriage category, train rating, length of the trip, availability of extra services.

Interpretation of traveling documents:

1. Number of train, date and time of departure (time valid on the railway of the departure country), number and category of a carriage, cost of the ticket and the berth ticket, number of persons, type of the ticket (full fare/children’s).
2. Departure/arrival stations (in brackets – their codes)
3. Number of seat/bed, railway code
4. Auxiliary line
5. Number of passenger’s passport, passenger’s name and initials
6. Full fare of the travel, including insurance and sales tax
7. Date and time of arrival