Tickets to the compartment car double-Decker trains with a discount for students will start selling from July 1, said the company “Russian Railways” (RZD).
“the ticket Price for children in the compartment of a double-deck train will be equal to half of the cost of travel for this category of passengers in second-class carriage,” said the company.
Discounts available for children from 10 to 17 years. As specified in the Railways, students will be able to travel year-round discount 50℅ in a two-storey compartment, reserved seats, General passenger carriages and wagons with seats 2, 3 classes railcar rolling stock forming the FPC (a subsidiary of RZD).
Earlier, the Russian government made a decision on 27 June 2020 to sell tickets for children 10 to 17 years of travel in compartment cars of double-Decker trains with a discount of 50% from the price established for the transportation of passengers in open carriages at the same distance of travel. The exemption will be effective from 1 January to 31 may and from 1 September to 31 December.
Holding the Railways at preferential conditions in 2016 in the summer carried more than 10 million children in passenger and Express trains. Provision of benefits, the company contributed almost 12 billion.
operates On a permanent basis “child fare” for children aged 5 to 10 years, which is 35% of the full adult fare, and children under 5 years old travel for free, said the Ministry of Railways.
