Students will be able to travel on "Sapsan" trains for half the price, but there is one important point: the ticket must be purchased no later than two hours before the train's departure.
To get the discount, you must purchase a ticket at the long-distance ticket office no less than 2 hours and no more than 5 minutes before the train's departure. The promotion will be valid from March 20 to April 30 and applies to the following service classes: basic, economy, economy+, family, and with animals.
When purchasing a ticket, the student must provide the cashier with the original valid student or postgraduate student ID, residency certificate, grade book, or certificate of full-time study at a higher education institution, along with their passport.
Earlier, the company "Russian Railways" started selling train tickets through the Russian booking system "Express-NP". Testing of the system began at the testing ground of the "Passenger Company "Sakhalin".
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