MOSCOW, 10 APR — RIA Novosti. the Railways against the background of the situation of coronavirus has set the minimum possible in the company’s tariffs the prices for tickets in trains of distant following, said Deputy Director of the company Dmitry Pegov.
the Company had previously used a dynamic pricing system in SV, coupe, Suite and high-speed trains, where prices depended on several parameters, including the number of seats available. RZD due the decrease in passenger traffic has cancelled a number of trains that have alternative, and recently began to sell fewer seats in the compositions of the subject to the distance between passengers.
“If we’re talking about tarifoobrazovanie, it is now the sum of the minimum rate. It is in trains with wagons coupe and in high-speed trains. Because we have significantly reduced the flow of passengers, of course, the system exhibits rate programmatically on the minimum tariff,” said Pegov.
tariffs in the reserved seat and General cars set by the government in the face of FAS.
“If we’re talking about the second-class cars, the fare regulated by the state, and, of course, all discounts, which was in effect for certain time periods on certain trains, trains with certain conditions, they continue to operate”, — said Deputy General Director of Russian Railways.
Earlier, the representative of JSC “Federal passenger company” (FPC, “daughter” of Russian Railways on the transportations of passengers in distant following) have told RIA Novosti that the company froze prices in a compartment, SV, suites and sedentary high-speed trains on the background of the situation with coronavirus.
