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hi guys
considering the high prices of the train between moscow and st petersbourg i was thinking also about taking a 3rd class train..
how is it like travling in this kind of wagon? dangerous or very unconfortable?
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Very dangerous!

3rd class (platzkart) is imo the nicest way to travel by train. Lots of contacts with other people, cheap and safe (with so many people in a wagon who will look after your stuff no thief will try to steel something). I have took just a few trains in Russia and a lot in Ukraine, and they were all 3rd class, never any problems and i always had a nice time. I prefer this over a small cabin where you will sit the whole trip together with 3 or 5 others, even if you don't like them (unless you are willing to pay the exorbitant high prices of travelling single in a first class cabin).

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It looks like that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqhUtJJr-eY

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thank u so much matthjs
i enjoyed your answer

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really funny yagmort, have a look at ours too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LVmqRjLSm4

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