Passenger train corporate: description of category

The most popular transport in our country is the railway. Everyone who regularly uses it, of course, knows that there are different categories of trains on the level of service.

What is a train company

The main difference is that the level of comfort of such a composition is a step above the usual. It has a wide range of services and a higher level of service.

Widely known, thanks to a literary work, received a foreign branded "Orient Express."

The first such train in the Soviet Union appeared in June 1931 and was called the "Arrow". Until now, it is completely renovated and renamed the "Red Arrow", continues to comfortably carry passengers.

All compositions of this level necessarily have their own name. They differ in their specific individual design. All cars of brand trains are in the same style inside and out. In the same colorogamma and with the appropriate logos sew a uniform for the attendants.

For example, the train "Moscow-Anapa" is externally made in gray tones with red inserts, and these shades predominate in the interior decoration (car walls, seats, curtains, tablecloths, rugs).

Features

In addition to the "premium" trains, for all route boards and on the sides of the car of such trains, the train's own name is used, for example: "White Nights", "Northern Palmyra", "Demidov Express", "Vologda Dawns", etc. In the interior Wagons also mentioned the name.

Such trains run normally throughout the year.

Most often their routes connect the regional centers with the capital of our Motherland or with the resorts.

Tickets for them at a cost higher than usual by 25-50 percent.

Usually such a composition is quick and goes for long distances or refers to a high-speed express train.

The offered service

A special train is formed from wagons with a service life not exceeding twelve years from the date of manufacture or overhaul.

There must be a restaurant and highly comfortable cars. Services for the service are included in the price of the ticket.

Bed linen is used for a short period of time and is quickly updated for fresh.

The train has dry closets, heating systems, air conditioners.

Formation of a serving brigade of similar compositions is carried out from highly qualified conductors that have undergone special testing for this purpose.

Services provided to passengers

The minimum of the offered services includes:
⦁ Providing cool boiled water;
⦁ the service of cleaning the bed and its lining;
⦁ three-time offer of tea or coffee;
⦁ provision of hot food, and in the economy class offer 3 options and more dishes, in business - 4 or more, in the suite - 5 or more;
⦁ providing beverages (in the economy class - half a liter bottle of mineral water, in business class - no less than two kinds of juices or soft drinks and four types of alcohol);
⦁ offer of newspapers (in economy class: three or more titles, in business class - four, in suite - five).

All carload categories are provided with a set of sanitary-hygienic products:
⦁ for economy class it consists of napkins, combs, brushes and toothpaste, toothpicks;
⦁ for the business class, the above set is expanded with soap, a handkerchief, a shoehorn;
⦁ in the suite, this includes the addition of a shampoo bottle, a shower gel, a sponge for washing, in addition, there are slippers, a terry robe, hand cream, shoe polish.

Compositions "premium"

2009 was marked by the appearance of trains of "premium" class, the comfort in which is the highest. They differ in the monotonous style of execution - gray and silver color, interior design, mandatory presence of the RZhD logo.

Scheme of formation of the composition is also uniform: there must be a luxury car, three cars of SV, up to a dozen compartment cars, a couple of reserved seats, a restaurant.

The wagons are new, they have magnetic locks, heating systems, air conditioners, biotoilets, LCD TVs, network adapters, devices where passengers can plug in headphones.

The train has cable TV, Internet access, computer games.

If necessary, you can order hot dishes from the waiter in the compartment.

Signature two-story train

The appearance of two-story cars in the RZD system allowed to increase passenger traffic in the most demanded areas.

In February last year, this train was launched on the route between the capital and St. Petersburg at number 5/6. It was named "Two-story structure".

The schedule of company trains is always made taking into account the convenience for passengers. Departure from both ends at 22.50, respectively, arrival at the final destination - about 6.45.

Given the increase in the total number of seats, it became possible to reduce the cost of travel. The price of a compartment ticket in this train starts from 1299 rubles.

In the production of its wagons, the latest technologies and environmentally friendly materials were used.

The restaurant has a dining room for 48 passengers.

In the compartment car in two floors are placed 16 compartments, each of which has four places for sleeping, a table, a ladder for climbing up to the second shelf, two sockets, which connect electric razors, mobile phones and other gadgets.
For access to the compartment, magnetic key cards are issued.

Wagon equipment consists of:
⦁ heating system and air conditioning to create favorable climatic conditions;
⦁ three biotoilets working at the time of stopping the train;
⦁ hermetic intersection;
⦁ video systems for surveillance and security.

The staff car has a coupe with a device for lifting strollers, where people can go with comforts, whose capabilities are limited. In the same car there is satellite equipment GLONASS.

Tickets for the train are sold by the program "Dynamic pricing", that is, a passenger can buy a ticket at the lowest cost for a specific number.
In the process of reducing the available seats in the train and at an increased demand for a certain date, the ticket price may increase.