Check out our new interactive map of Russia on Google... You will find brief descriptions of the major cities, destinations, and train routes, as well as links to more information.

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If you buy your train tickets through a travel agency or online, it will now be harder to get them refunded in case you decide to cancel or make any changes to your plans.

According to the new directive #787А issued by The Russian Railways on 29.10.2007 (which came into effect on the 1st December 2007), a passenger can only get a refund for their train tickets

1) in person, and
2) after a valid ID is presented.

In other words the agency where you bought your tickets cannot return them and get a refund -- now the passengers themselves have to do that.

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The Russian Railways have finally created something really special and nice: a virtual tour of "Rossiya" Trans-Siberian train (#1/2), which departs from Moscow and goes all the way to Vladivostok. It's possible to see the views from the window, "talk" to the passengers, take a look at the compartments, the restaurant, toilets, and learn a lot of interesting things. The texts are in Russian, but it's pretty easy to navigate through, just click through from the Day 1 to Day 6 in the interface above.

You can view the virtual tour here.