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Do it yourself - Beijing to Moscow train prices, Sept 2007

DO IT YOURSELF TRANS - MONGOLIAN TICKETS:

You can buy a Beijing-Moscow ticket at CITS office in Beijing for around 270 Euro.
You can buy Beijing to UB at CITS (63 Euro) plus another International ticket from UB to Moscow (77 Euro) = 140 Euro total!
You can do Beijing to UB in stages for 30 Euro plus the above 77 Euro = making it a total of a mere 107 Euro Beijing to Moscow!

CITS office in Beijing, inside the Beijing International Hotel. Here are the prices as of 27 May 2007, that were still valid in late September 2007 (when I was there):

All prices are in RMB and do NOT include the 50 Yuan booking charge with CITS.
Russian train is TRANS MANCHRIAN, via Chita etc!
Chinese Train is TRANS MONGOLIAN, via Ulan Bator etc...

Beijing to:
Ulan Bator - 595 / 657 Chinese/Mongolian trains - about 57 Euro
Ulan Ude - 940 / 1490 Chinese / Russian trains - about 90 Euro
Irkutsk - 1250 / 1649 Chinese / Russian trains - about 120 Euro
Krasnoyarsk - 1621 / 1983 Chinese / Russian trains
Novosibirsk 1850 / 2260 Chinese / Russian trains
MOSCOW 2752 / 3275 Chinese / Russian trains - about 260 / 310 Euro

Also note, that:
Beijing to Erlian on Mongolia border costs 143 Yuan (train number 3 on Monday and Tuesday) - about 13 Euro
Erlian to Zamiyn Uud is 66 Yuan - about 6 Euro
Zamiyan Uud to UB is 6400/18200 Tugrik (seat/sleeper) - about 4 / 12 Euro
UB to Sukbataar is 4200/6700/12600 (seat/plaskaartny/sleeper) - about 3 / 4 / 8 Euro

INTERNATIONAL TICKETS bought from HONG KONG (BEIJING to MOSCOW):
Monkey Business - 485 EURO...
Through the CITS website in China its US$387 (about 275 Euro)

INTERNATIONAL TRAIN PRICES bought from DARKHAN STATION - prices are in Tugrik and include all charges, correct as of late August 2007 (hence after the 15 August increas!) and are for 2/4 carridge, hence the Russian Coupe style cabin.
(for some reason, the Ulan Bator staff are VERY unfriendly and only sell the Irkutsk tickets!):

to Naushki only 14350 / 13350 - about 8 Euro - Mongolian / Russian train
toUlan Ude 25200 / 23550 - about 14 Euro
to Irkutsk 45650 / 41700 - 25 Euro
to MOSCOW 127750 / 134250 - 77 Euro

NOTE, the price of tickets bought INSIDE RUSSIA for PLASKAARTNY class (open dorm) is:
Ulan Ude to Moscow - 2400p - about 70 Euro
Vladivostok to Moscow - 4000p - about 115 Euro

So, it is actually CHEAPER and better to buy the International priced ticket in Mongolia!

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