Pupils of secondary schools and other general education schools are entitled to receive a fifty percent discount on seats on reserved seats. This condition applies to ambulances, company and passenger trains. The exception is trains traveling overseas.
Bisecting
In addition, a fifty-percent discount for students is provided when buying tickets for shared and seating cars. She does not work in a compartment and SV. The exact price of a children's ticket on the train will be shown at the box office. You can apply for a benefit by visiting a railway station or station, an office for selling travel documents, by filling out a questionnaire on the Russian Railways website. To receive a discount, just enter the date of birth of the child. However, a certificate from the school is not required. It should be presented to the conductor during boarding the car.
Comfortable vacation
From March 23 to April 01, 2018, the company introduced additional discounts for middle-school students. For them, during the specified period, a special price for a children's ticket on the train is valid. The discount is fifty percent for travel in compartment cars. The exception is the fast branded train, traveling from Moscow to Nazran and back. The maximum age of a minor to receive a discount is seventeen. The promotion is called "Spring Break."
Travel light
For children under the age of seven, special rates apply. Parents of children under five years old can count on free travel. The main condition is that the child does not occupy a separate place, but is placed with an accompanying person. The rule applies to compartments, reserved seats, seats, general and SV, luxury wagons. For the latter, the age level is higher and is ten years.
Like an adult
If the child occupies a separate place, then parents pay fifty percent of the price of a child’s train ticket. The value of benefits in the compartment, reserved seat, NE, seated and general wagons in the domestic traffic reaches sixty-five percent.
When traveling abroad, a passenger has the opportunity to take with him a child who is not four years old. In this case, the baby should not occupy a separate place. A non-cash ticket is issued to him. You can get it at the box office of railway stations.
This rule is valid only when one child under four years of age follows with the passenger. Otherwise, you need to pay at a special rate. The price of a child ticket on the train is thirty or even fifty percent lower than the cost of a standard travel document. It applies to children older than four years, but under twelve.
Abroad
Russian Railways has developed special travel conditions for Junior passengers. It includes persons older than twelve, but younger than twenty-six years.
In the Polonaise train, coming from Warsaw to Moscow and back, it is possible to receive children's tickets. If necessary, parents have the right not to receive a non-cash document for a child of four years, but to purchase it at the price of a children's ticket by train. The latter gives the right to occupy a baby a separate place in the car. If the student is already twelve years old, then he needs to pay an adult ticket.
Measure seven times
Before determining the age of a young traveler in the corresponding column of the ticket purchase form, you need to carefully study the calendar. If on the day of departure the baby is already five years old, then for his travel you will need to pay a children's fare.But if the birthday falls on the day following the start of the trip, then the child will be put into the car absolutely free, and not at the price of a child ticket for the Russian Railways train.
Sami with a mustache
The younger student, who is not yet 10 years old, will not be allowed to go into the car alone. He must be accompanied by an adult. An exceptional case is travel to the locality where the child’s educational institution is located. Children over fourteen years of age have the opportunity to independently travel through the territory of the Russian Federation by rail.
If a child under the age of 18 does not travel with his parents, but accompanied by other adults, then a power of attorney is not required. The price of a child ticket for the Russian Railways train does not apply to him, but other tariffs are provided.
Travel rules
The leadership of Russian Railways recalls that if a student travels by train in the company of one of his parents, then the consent of the second is not required. When traveling to the territory of foreign countries, the baby will need a foreign passport. Some parents enter their child in their own passport. In this case, obtaining a separate document is not necessary.
A foreign passport, which was issued before the first of March 2010, must contain a photograph. If the teenager travels without parents, then for his boarding the car it will be necessary to present the notarized consent of one of the parents or official guardians. The costs associated with this must be taken into account and included in the cost of the trip. Plus the price of a child ticket by train to Moscow if the passenger is traveling from the region.
To distant lands
If the student travels accompanied by relatives, then for boarding no additional documents that are certified by a notary are not needed. The only requirement is a birth certificate. Before boarding the car, it is recommended to have a conversation with a small passenger. He must know with whom and where he is going.
The list of documents that may be required for a child to board a long-distance train:
- birth certificate;
- passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
- permission of one of the parents or official guardians, certified by a notary office;
- certificate of a student in a secondary educational institution (photograph is optional).
Cost
The price of a child ticket by train to Anapa or any other locality in Russia can cost differently. It depends on the level of demand. Usually the lowest rates are at the start of sales.
Today, travel documents can be purchased sixty days before the planned departure date. Railway ticket offices open at eight in the morning. At the same time, the price of a children's ticket on the train in the summer on the Russian Railways website will also be minimal. Usually, every next day the fare rises. An increase in value can occur in a few hours. This is due to a sharp increase in demand. As soon as the number of people wishing to purchase tickets decreases, the price will creep down again.
Tricks
To save money when traveling with children, you need to know some features of price education. For example, consider the price of a children's ticket on a train in a compartment from 5 years old. Tickets for the upper shelves in the compartment are two times cheaper than the seats below. Therefore, experienced parents for children who are entitled to a discount on travel, draw up the lower shelves. For themselves, they are buying at the second level.
In reserved seats, the cheapest seats are located by the toilet, in the last compartment. There are also discounts on shelves that are on the side. So, the price of a child ticket by train to Sochi will cost thirty percent cheaper.
If you are traveling with a child together, it is advised to choose two shelves on the side. This way you get rid of unwanted communication with your neighbors. In a compartment it is necessary to free up the place to fellow travelers who have acquired places on the second level.
To give in or not?
If you believe the statement of the leadership of the Russian Railways, the passenger who paid for the fare on the top shelf cannot demand from his neighbors to give him a seat at the table. He has the right to eat in a specially equipped place only if the lower shelves are free.
The same applies to passengers traveling by train with their children. To feed a child, you need to contact the guide, who will find free space in his or her neighboring carriage. Demands to cede the lower shelf of mother or grandmother traveling with preschoolers cannot. Therefore, saving in this case is not worth it, because the price of a child ticket by train to Lazarevsky or any other destination is already low.
Towel, sheet ...
Those traveling on a train with young children need to know that paying for bed linen at the guide allows you to use a mattress and pillow. If the sheet and pillowcase were not purchased, then the passenger loses this opportunity. This requirement is associated with sanitary standards, and not with the whim of the guide.
Pack your bags
A trip with a small child is a responsible and troublesome event. Experienced parents recommend carrying the following items:
- personal hygiene products;
- pot;
- replaceable clothes;
- clean water;
- products with a long shelf life.
Under personal care means wet wipes, diapers, cream, powder, liquid soap, disposable plastic bags. Some travelers take a children's pot with them on the road. Today, in addition to conventional plastic products, the market has a wide arsenal of various hiking options. Pots can be inflatable, folding, cardboard and disposable.
Replaceable clothes are underwear and comfortable knitted t-shirts, pants and socks. Clear water is a must for any trip. It is necessary to take non-carbonated. The choice of products with a long shelf life is also large. These are mashed potatoes in jars, instant cereals, milk drinks that have undergone heat treatment and are packaged in a special way.
But it is better to refuse sausages, sausages, pies and boiled chicken on a trip in the summer. They can be replaced with cheese, nuts, biscuits, fruits and fresh vegetables. The latter must be washed with soap before boarding the train, and then wiped dry. Disposable dishes, paper napkins and towels will not be superfluous.
Gathering boiling water in the boiler, you need to be very careful. For these purposes, a small thermos with a screw cap is best suited. Its use will eliminate a possible thermal burn and keep the water hot.
Things to do?
Hours of a child in a confined space requires remarkable patience and ingenuity from parents. On the road you can take pencils, felt-tip pens, colored pens, albums, notebooks and plasticine. Boys choose designers, small cars, logic and board games.
The older the child, the easier it is to entertain him. When traveling, you need to remember that the train is a zone of increased traumatic danger for children. Therefore, you can’t allow the children to run along the aisles, go out into the vestibule, climb the shelves and hang from them, wave their hands from the open window.