Econom-class train. Advantages and disadvantages

Going on a trip, business trip or visiting a different city, people often prefer this type of transport, like a train. This is due to the fact that for a relatively reasonable price you can comfortably reach your destination. Moreover, if you go at night, you can still sleep. It remains only to determine which type of car you are most suitable for: CB (sleeping), compartment or reserved seat car.

Its distribution to three types of cars is due to the degree of comfort, which, naturally, affects the price of the ticket. Class IV cars are considered the most comfortable, they have the least number of seats, good maintenance. Usually equipped with air conditioning and other amenities. Kupeynye belong to the category of the middle class. This car is usually equipped with nine compartments. The coupe is a small room, designed for four seats, with the possibility to separate from the main passage. That is, you can close behind the door, fencing yourself off from passing people (guides or fellow travelers). In its appearance, the compartment car is very similar to the reserved seat. The middle class car is very popular when traveling long distances, that is, those that last more than a day.

Tickets in a reserved car are the most affordable, and therefore are in great demand among students and low-income families. As a rule, during the period from mid-September to mid-May, students can buy tickets at these rates at a discount. It is very convenient for out-of-town young people.

Seating places in a reserved seat are an order of magnitude larger than in a compartment car. This is due to the fact that there is no partition from the main passage, due to which opposite each compartment four places there are two additional. How many seats in a reserved seat car, easy to calculate. If there are 36 in the compartment, then 1.5 times more in the reserved seat. Consequently, there are seats in a reserved car 54, of which 36 are compartment cars, and the remaining 18 are side ones. At the same time it is considered that the side seats are worse, especially in the people do not like the 38th place due to the fact that it is located on the upper shelf, and even near the vestibule with a toilet.

The numbering of seats in a second-class car is determined as follows. The lower shelves are an odd number, the upper ones are even. The first 36 places are numbered from left to right, and starting from the 37th - from the right to the left. The first compartment of a second-class car, which is located next to the room of conductors, is places 1-4 and 53, 54. And the last opening, located at the other end of the car next to the toilet, is 33-38 seats. In short-distance trains, a second-class car can be used as a general car. Tickets for it are sold without specifying a specific place.

The second-class car is equipped with two toilets with washbasins, a two-seater compartment for conductors, a service compartment, a samovar for water "titanium". Above each top shelf in the car there is an additional, third, where you can find a mattress and pillows. In the winter season, the conductor, along with bed linen, gives out blankets. Under the bottom seat is a niche for luggage. In the compartment there is a table. The lateral lower seats are easily transformed from a sleeping place into two landing places with a table in the middle.

The main disadvantage of a second-class car is that there is no way to isolate people passing by.