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On long-distance trains, your ticket will normally give the numbers of your carriage (vagon) and seat (mesto). For more details of travelling on Russian trains, see Lonely Planet's Russia & Belarus or Trans-Siberian Railway.
Compartments in a 1st-class carriage, also called soft class (myagky) or sleeping car (spalnyy vagon, SV or lyux), have upholstered seats and also convert to comfortable sleeping compartments for two people. Not all trains have a 1st-class carriage. Travelling 1st class costs about 50% more than a 2nd-class ticket.
Compartments in a 2nd-class carriage, usually called 'compartmentalised' (kupeny or kupe), are four-person couchettes.
Reserved place (platskartny), sometimes also called hard class or 3rd class, has open bunk accommodation. Groups of hard bunks are partitioned, but not closed off, from each other. This class is low on comfort, privacy and security.
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