Preparing for a trip with children is a very serious procedure, because you need to collect the necessary documents and buy a children's ticket. Until how many years you can use the benefits - a very interesting question for many parents. Dealing with the tricks in these rules is not so simple, but necessary.
Travel for children under five
Babies under the age of five are entitled to free travel only if they do not occupy a separate seat. If a child needs a separate shelf, parents can purchase a baby ticket for the baby. The age of free travel for children in SV and luxury cars is increased to 10 years.
To board the car requires a ticket for the baby, and it does not matter whether it is free or not. It is made out together with an adult upon provision of all papers. If tickets were purchased online, then you need to present a ticket for children at the box office. How many years two small children can travel within the limits of the benefits depends on the correctness of their design. Each baby should have a separate accompanying adult. Otherwise, it will be necessary to pay at a reduced rate (35-50% of the cost of a regular travel document).
Directions for a child 5-10 years old
Things are different with children who are older. Children's ticket for train or train will be half or 35% of the adult document. Luxury carriages allow children under ten years old to travel for free.
Travel documents can be issued at the box office of the railway station or online, providing documents for all family members. The cashier or online ticketing system will independently calculate the cost, parents have nothing to worry about. It is important to remember that a child under the age of ten cannot ride an unaccompanied train. The only exceptions are school trips and excursions.
Travel for children over ten years old
According to the rules of Russian Railways, the age of a child train ticket is up to ten years. A child who has reached this age is considered to be quite an adult and a travel document is purchased for him at full cost, as for an adult.
There is a special condition for schoolchildren and students in secondary vocational institutions. At a certain time, you can buy a special children's ticket for them for half the price. Until how many years it operates, depends on the duration of the child's education. This rule only works during academic semesters and resumes after the holidays.
As part of this benefit, you can purchase a travel document only at the ticket office of the station by presenting a certificate from the educational institution. You cannot issue a ticket online.
Since you can ride unaccompanied by parents from the age of ten, a ticket for a child is bought separately. If the trip is within the borders of the Russian Federation, then an adult does not need a power of attorney from his parents to accompany the child.
Overseas trips
Slightly different conditions for issuing travel tickets for minors for travel outside the country. An adult or a child’s ticket, for how many years the privilege is valid - everything is different.
First of all, a child can leave the borders of the Russian Federation if he is inscribed in his parental passport or on his own certificate. In any case, you need a photo, even for the youngest kid.
Unaccompanied parents can travel only children with a notarized power of attorney from them. Moreover, in the power of attorney indicate the country and city where the child is allowed to go.
Similar rules for ticketing apply for trips to Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine and other countries of the former USSR. For children under 5 years of age, a travel document is issued at the ticket office of the station, you cannot buy children's tickets online.
If you travel to Finland, then you can bring babies up to 4 years old for free, and at a reduced rate, all children under the age of 17.
For trips to distant countries, parents will have to buy a full ticket for their child if he is already 12 years old. For children who have not reached this age, but older than four years, a half rate applies. For children whose age is less than four years, free travel is provided.
Knowing all the rules for transporting children on trips around Russia and abroad, parents can plan a budget and decide where exactly they will go to rest with the whole family.
