wanderer42
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 11 years ago
I want to take this train but am not a backpacker Rather I am an older solo male traveler used to pretty nice accommodations. I would get a 2 or 3 person compartment for myself. Anybody have experience as to the quality of the train and service. I know its a long trip with middle of the night carriage change.
nltrainer
Traveller
1405 comments
1.you not change car-the wheelsets under the cars are changed at border-different gauge. You can stay in car whilst-the border checks are also mostly done then
2.it is NOT-according to how the system works in principle-possible to reserve a whole coupe just for you. Most people rave about the delights of meeting other people from other nations too as being so much fun to use trains. Even if you were the millionaire to fork out the total price for a coupe, then IF its all full and IF someone turns up, the car-conductor=provodnik, always has the right to ''sell'' unused places. In UKR they are also famous for doing that to get ''teamoney''-either for selling the place or from you to prevent it.
3.millions of people use trains like that-in the company of strangers and are not bekpek either.
If you want ''nice'' accomm as first choice, then go for another train, UZ is not really providing that.
wanderer42
Traveller
1 comments
Nitrainer, Thanks for your reply. Very helpful information - sounds okay for me.