Hello,
Canadian passport holder here. I have booked train 242 from Adler to Irkutsk next month and I have just noticed that there is a 44-minute stopover in Petropavlosk, KAZAKHSTAN!!!
Apparently Canadians do need a visa for Kazakhstan, which I don't have <yikes>. Is this going to be a problem if I stay on the train? Any first-hand testimonies out there?
Thanks,
YYT
was on this train last year 2014 .not a problem, no visa required for transitting, Kasakhstan boarder control checks passports and luggage while travelling on the train . you have to stay at your place all the time.
@h5n5:
Thanks for you feedback. However I note you are from Switzerland, whose citizens do not need a visa for Kazakhstan since 15 July 2014: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Kazakhstan. When exactly was your trip?
ttyl,
YYT
@paanwalla:
I have a double-entry visa, but both entries will be used up by the time I hit the Russia/Kazakhstan border: first entry at Sheremetyevo, then second entry at Psou/Adler after a dip in Abkhazia.
I think I will take the risk and chance it:
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forums/europe-eastern-europe-the-caucasus/topics/is-a-double-entry-russian-visa-amp-kazakh-transit-visa-needed
Cheers,
YYT
Another tidbit, FWIW:
RZD itinerary for the 242 train Adler to Irkutsk uses Moscow time throughout, even for the locations in Kazakhstan: Mamlyutka, Petropavlovsk, and Bulaevo. RZD standard practice is to use Moscow time within the Russian Federation, and local time in adjacent countries; I am inclined to take this as another hint that RZD considers this train to be on a domestic route.
Cheers,
YYT
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