For a seat in a 2-seater compartment and 2.8 million if you want to go in an individual compartment without a neighbor.
This is not a joke, these are real prices for the Russian Railways train on the Moscow-Beijing route, which departs only a few times a year.
On the outside it's almost a regular train, but on the inside ... sophisticated interiors, heated floors, spa, gym, personalized service and governess. In each car of that luxury train "Golden Eagle" there are only 5-6 compartments of different classes, in the very composition there are 2 dining cars, a kitchen car, a bar car and a whole car for service personnel.
The train runs on two routes: Moscow-Beijing with tickets from 22350 euros for a seat in a double compartment to 40,000 euros for an individual compartment and monthly from Moscow to Vladivostok at more humane prices ... from 14395 euros per ticket!
And yes, let me remind you, this is Russian Railways!
2. Here is more about the cost of tickets, which is indicated on the Russian Railways website.
Don't be surprised that the prices are in Euros. They say this train is very popular with foreigners ...
This is understandable, I can hardly imagine a mass Russian who would agree to pay more than 1 million rubles for a trip from Moscow to Vladivostok by train 
3. This is what the train itself looks like
This is a joint project of Russian Railways, Russian Railways Tour, the English travel company GW Travel Limited, the Trans-Siberian Express Group of Companies and NPP Zircon-Service LLC. The preparatory phase of the project lasted seven years, and the first train hit the road in March 2007. During the season, the train makes 12 flights between Moscow and Vladivostok and several flights on other routes.
The Golden Eagle train consists of 19 carriages for 120 passengers and 56 service personnel. In addition to the residential cars, the train includes: a diesel generator car, two dining cars, a bar car, a kitchen car, a service car, and a separate car for staff. The train is completely autonomous, self-sufficient with electricity and has a monthly supply of drinking water and provisions on board. Tourists are accommodated in double compartments with a private bathroom and shower. Each carriage has 5-6 such compartments. The price of the voucher includes three standard meals a day, as well as drinks, including alcoholic beverages. Railway all inclusive.
4. It looks like an imperial-class coupe 
5. And so the silver class coupe.
The gold and imperial class compartments are equipped with heated floors. The area of \u200b\u200bthe compartment for the silver compartment is 5 square meters, for the gold compartment - 7. 
6. Each compartment, regardless of class, has its own bathroom 
7. On the train, as I said, there are two restaurant cars, one bar car, and a storage car for luggage. It is there that suitcases, paintings, baskets, cardboard boxes go ... Right on the way of the train, you can get a haircut, take a massage course, do gymnastics, improve your well-being and appearance with the help of SPA procedures and visit a doctor. The first-aid post on the train is clearly not superfluous, considering that the average passenger of the Golden Eagle is a gentleman of retirement age.
8. A total of five carriages are entirely given over to the needs of starving tourists. Two of them are restaurant halls with four-seater tables, in which all 120 passengers can freely sit. The kitchen takes up a whole carriage, located in the middle of the train between the halls. Through it you can walk along a fenced passage, the wall of which separates the area where the chefs work from tourists. All products are taken with them from Moscow, the equipment of the movable galley allows you to treat tourists with a wide variety of dishes: from fresh pastries to culinary masterpieces of fish and meat. The menu is made in such a way that no dish will be repeated in 47 days. The only drawback is the menu common to all, alternative dishes can only be offered to vegetarians or, for example, allergy sufferers. Another carriage is used for the grocery warehouse.
Another popular spot on the lineup is the bar car, which is linked to one of the dining rooms. There is a piano, light and music equipment. Drinks are served to guests free of charge, only especially expensive drinks will be included in the bill. According to the bartender Mikhail, foreign tourists are most interested in Russian vodka, which is included in the price of the trip.
There are four cooks on the train, all of them trained on the Orient Swiss tourist trains.
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If so, what would be the maximum for a ticket?
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It is not so easy to ride these trains. Their tickets are obscenely expensive compared to other trains, but reasonable for the most memorable adventure of life. And this is only half the trouble. Some express trains run only once a year, and adventurers have to wait in line for months in the hope of taking one of the seats.
Eastern Express
It became the inspiration and setting for novels by Graham Greene, Sidney Sheldon, Ian Fleming and Veronica Henry. Most people know him from the novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. They say a similar incident happened in 1929 when a train was caught in a snowstorm.
The Orient Express began operating between Istanbul and Paris in 1883. This is the first rail route to connect West and East. Luxurious, modern, decorated in an Art Deco style. The Orient Express is the first train to have a room with hot and cold water in each compartment.
In 1977, after the train was derailed, James Sherwood bought the carriages and paid another $ 16 million to track down and restore 35 original carriages from across Europe. And 99 years after its birth, the renewed Venice Simplon Orient Express is on its way.
Jeans are prohibited on board the Orient Express. And dinner in the restaurant car requires a strict dress code: evening dresses, tuxedos, bow ties.
Ticket price: from £ 929
Express Eastern & Oriental Express
The train was built in Japan in 1973 to connect Auckland and Wellington in New Zealand. Two decades later, the designers on the Orient Express completely transformed it, recreating the colonial style of the 1920s. The Eastern & Orient Express passenger train, which looks like a five-star hotel, now runs from Singapore to Malaysia and Bangkok.
Express Blue Train
One of the trails ends in Zimbabwe, next to the famous Victoria Falls. Passengers will find period interiors and chic furniture, marble bathrooms in every compartment, a rich entertainment program along the entire route and exquisite dishes from the chef.
Ticket price:from $ 740
Express The Golden Chariot
One of the most beautiful passenger trains, modeled on the old "Blue Express" of the British Queen. Victorian style, elegance, first class service - a hotel on wheels for the most sophisticated tastes. Passenger train running through South India.
Golden Chariot is luxury with an Indian accent. One of the rare trains that has a spa. Along the route, passengers visit palaces and temples in Mysore, Hasan and Hampi, the Nagarhol National Park, the golden beaches of Goa.
Routes:southern Splendour flight (Bangalore - Chennai - Mahabalipuram - Pondicherry - Tiruchirappalli - Thanjavur - Madurai - Kanniyakumari - Trivandrum - Kerala backwaters - Kochi - Alleppey - Bangalore) or Pride Of The South flight (Bangalore - Kabini - Mysoret - Hassassour Goa - Bangalore)
Ticket price:from $ 5730
Express Rovos Rail
Most of the carriages were assembled in 1911 in Europe as a vehicle for the royal family. Decades later, one company decided to refurbish the trains and launch luxury trains, turning them into a new entertainment for the rich and wealthy.
Passengers are offered the best bushmeat and African delicacies. At the end of the train there is an observation car with an open panorama, from where you can observe the magnificent landscapes.
Recommended routes:Pretoria - Kruger Park, Cape Town - George (travel to the popular Garden Route or Garden Route area), Pretoria - Victoria Falls, Pretoria - Cape Town, Pretoria - Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), but this 13 day trip is possible only once a year.
Ticket price:from $ 1200
Royal Scotsman Express
The most comfortable passenger train that rolls across Scotland. One of the carriages has been converted into a spa center. Another, in the past a carriage with a kitchen, is a carriage with a panoramic view and is stylized as the Edwardian era.
The ticket price includes visits to ancient castles, whiskey distilleries and whiskey tasting, excursions and participation in traditional Scottish games (skeet shooting, falconry).
Ticket price:from £ 2350
Express The Maharaja's Express
The most expensive passenger train in Asia. A copy of the Indian royal palace, adapted for long journeys.
Each passenger has a personal footman who is ready to assist 24 hours a day. The program includes entertainment, performances by artists and excursions to the main attractions along the train route.
Ticket price:from $ 6840
The Maharajah Express is a luxury train that only wealthy tourists can afford. A day's journey in an "ordinary" compartment of this train costs 800 dollars, and for the presidential suite you need to pay almost three times more - 2500 dollars. Since the tickets are very expensive, the guests of the "Maharajah Express" pay for their stay on the train, as in a regular hotel - daily.
The Maharajah Express began operating on Indian Railways between Kolkata and New Delhi in 2010.
The compartments are very luxuriously furnished, each has hot and cold water and the suites even have a bathroom. Also, in each compartment, travelers will find a TV, DVD player, wireless Internet and, of course, a good air conditioner that allows you to individually adjust the microclimate.
So that tourists can admire the Indian landscapes, in addition to huge windows, each carriage has a special panoramic compartment.
The restaurant in the "Maharajah Express" has not one carriage, as in ordinary trains, but two (and this despite the fact that the train is designed for less than a hundred passengers).
In addition, there is also a special bar with an excellent selection of wines and a shop where you can buy gifts and souvenirs.
So that none of even the chosen train travelers could disturb the VIPs, the presidential suite is located in a separate carriage. This compartment has two whole rooms, a separate dressing room and a separate bathroom.
The theme tour in the "Maharajah Express" lasts 7-8 days.
On the Maharaja Express tour, it arrives at a new station every morning and stops for almost a full day. While parked, tourists can sightsee, shop and dine at restaurants.
During such a week-long trip, tourists have time to visit a dozen of the most picturesque places in India.
The maximum train capacity is only 88 passengers.
A photo: Alexey Volkhonsky
A train with ordinary blue carriages and windows dusty from coal stops at the Volgograd railway station. One can understand that truly luxurious interiors, expensive furniture and mini-art galleries are hidden on the other side only by the coats of arms shining in the sun ..
In early October, a retro train with wealthy Russians and foreigners started from Moscow. During his two-week voyage, he will run to stations in Saratov, Astrakhan, Grozny, Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk, Belorechensk, Adler, Abkhazia, Krasnodar, Tikhoretsk, Rostov-on-Don. After a stop in Volgograd, the first private train with CB and luxury class cars will return to the Moscow railway station.
A photo: Maria Chasovitina
Conductors in austere dark blue suits carry red rugs with golden emblems onto the platform and, smiling, shake hands with each passenger. Foreigners from America, Australia and Japan, who can afford a "golden" ticket for millions of rubles, chirp loudly and take pictures of a steam locomotive with a red star "on its chest." Noticing the cameras, an elderly man runs with a car magazine.
This is my company, - with a smile he points to a brand.
In September, the cheapest trip in Silver class cost a little over a million and two hundred thousand rubles. The rich passengers had to pay almost two and a half million rubles for the luxurious room of the Imperial. Those who like to travel alone should have prepared more substantial sums. A democratic compartment in a train with elite price tags cost a million and eight hundred thousand rubles. The price ceiling for the two-week tour is not indicated on the website.
Almost all the tourists who travel on the “Golden Eagle” train are foreigners, ”says guide Alexey. - This is the elite. You understand that only they can afford such tickets. I used to be a conductor on a regular train. Of course, the job is different. I am a Russian person, but still I will say that foreigners are much more cultured. I travel to and from work in a regular reserved seat carriage with ordinary passengers. And, of course, I can compare my emotions with the emotions of my colleagues who work on these trains. We don't play cards.
Getting into the carriages from which the passengers with badges run out is more difficult than getting into the Kremlin. Only with the head of the train can even inspectors and controllers pass through the luxurious penates with expensive wooden doors.
Many times passengers asked to take them to the next station. It happened that the railroad workers were pulling: “Well, throw it up,” Aleksey smiles. - But we have no right. No one is allowed into the carriages without the permission of the management. Even inspectors and controllers can enter only through the staff car and only together with the chief. Because safety comes first. Our passengers must be sure that they are paying big money for a reason.
While noisy and cheerful foreigners (mostly pensioners go on two-week trips to Russia) gather on the platform, a cleaning lady in a handkerchief wrapped around her belt is vigorously wiping off the windows dusty from behind a locomotive. Clean windows, like bait, instantly attract passers-by. Who is not interested to look at sofas transformers and luxurious corridors with paintings on the walls?
The train, which in two weeks will pass by many Russian cities and return to Moscow, consists of different cars: there is both the Northern Lights and the famous Alexander Nevsky. Most of the "Golden Eagle" is now in Iran, - the train staff say. - Tourists can buy a ticket for a Silver class compartment with a combined bathroom, Gold and Imperial are the most spacious and luxurious. Each room of the large mobile home has a separate shower, toilet, split system, refrigerator and TV. If a tourist is not busy at lectures (travelers are often gathered at the tea table and told about the cities of Russia), he can turn on the disc and watch films about Siberia and Mongolia. The drive contains a lot of interesting stories.
The brand-name "Alexander Nevsky" luxury train carried the richest passengers from Moscow to St. Petersburg. For round sums in checks, tourists were offered an individual climate control system, satellite TV, Internet access points. To make travelers feel completely safe, the cars were equipped with video cameras and burglar alarms. Luxurious penats were offered to wealthy Russians on the Northern Lights train. A sofa that turns into a double bed with a slight movement of the hand, a transforming table, a shower, a heated floor and Internet flying around the luxury carriage. The prices for such cars were impressive and impressive, as are the cars themselves.
The hottest car in every sense, even at the bus stop, is the restaurant and bar. Workers hurry down the narrow corridor with salivating boxes: zebra cheesecakes, green jelly cakes, toasted croissants and chocolate wrecks. Only a person who is indifferent to everything sweet can reward these treats with banal "appetizing".
In every city we unload solid trucks with food, - says the director of the restaurant Mikhail. - In our menu we focus on Russian cuisine. Today tourists were treated to a pea soup served in dark bread. During the journey, they manage to taste borscht with donuts, bacon and a glass of vodka. By the way, we have special dinners where they taste vodka: cranberry, classic. We serve pickles, tomatoes, mushrooms, boiled potatoes, jellied meat for the hot drink.
Mikhail opens the carriage door, behind which is a picture from a movie about luxurious bars and restaurants: a wooden counter, miniature round tables with a white "core" and expensive chairs with wooden edging.
In the morning we invite our passengers to the buffet. They try both semolina porridge and scrambled eggs and sausage, - adds Mikhail. - For lunch and dinner, they can order something interesting: say, a herring under a fur coat or an unusual Kiev cutlet. The menu is so diverse that tourists never eat the same dish twice in two weeks of travel!
Planning to go on a trip? Take care of transport, which is an important part of it. Many will give preference to airplanes. On the one hand, this is correct: there is no faster way to find it. But not everyone can tolerate the road by air well and calmly. Plus, don't forget about customs control, weather forecasts and unstable air schedules. An order of magnitude more comfortable than the cabin of an airplane or motor transport is train.
A train trip cannot be compared to anything: neither with a tourist bus, nor with an airplane. Well, if your train turns out to be the one we want to tell you about, then you will be lucky twice. It's completely different type of travel - with comfort and incredible services.
Your adventure begins right at the train station, with a glass of expensive champagne and on the red carpet. And you will not sleep on a hard shelf, but on a soft bed. You will be offered a meal in a luxurious restaurant. Are you ready? Then we will get acquainted with such trains.
PRIDE OF AFRICA (Cape Town - Pretoria route)
Do not want to ride the most luxurious train in the world Pride of Africa, on the most popular South African route? From Cape Town to Pretoria 1600 km, and the train covers this distance in two days. At the same time, he makes night stops. And all so that travelers can relax at night in a compartment. They have an area of \u200b\u200b16 square meters, with a shower. The King suit even has a bathroom. Imagine!
The road passes through the picturesque landscapes of garden valleys and vineyards, green mountain ranges and a couple of tunnels. The train leaves for the Karoo plateau, which is all in rare species of acacia. Needless to say about the African fauna in this region: ostriches and antelopes walk everywhere, flamingos fly smoothly. In the train restaurant you can taste dishes from the same antelopes, which are offered with aromatic wines.
If you would like to enjoy the open view with a glass of wine, you can proceed to the end of the train, where there is an observation deck and a bar. The atmosphere on the train has been preserved as it was at the beginning of the last century. Therefore, the use of gadgets is allowed only in your compartment. The fare in the compartment of such a train is from 14300R (from 1273 $)
THE GHAN (Adelaide - Darwin route)
In Australia, across the continent luxury train goes, and it's called The ghan (its full name is afgan). Only 54 hours and you are on the other side of Australia. The compartments are divided into three classes. Platinum Sarvice - the most expensive and costs 2987 AUD, with a huge double bed, shower and two windows on both sides of the compartment. On the way, the train stops twice. Moreover, the stops are so great that you can play golf at one of them or fly over the Katrin Gorge by helicopter.
And at the stop in Alice Springs - go on an unforgettable journey through the sacred places of the Aborigines (well, or ride an ATV). Probably, it's not worth talking about restaurant menus, because you already guess that here you will be served, if not grilled kungaroo, then something like that. If you are going on a trip with a company of 10 people, you can easily go in the whole carriage to Prince of Wales. It was built back in 1919 for the Prince of Wales - Edward personally. The cost of a car will cost you 21,300 AUD.
THE VENICE SIMPLO ORIENT-EXPRESS (The route Paris - Istanbul, London - Venice)
How not to remember about " Orient Express " ! Six more years and he will celebrate his 100th birthday. The interior of the carriages has been preserved in the form in which it followed in those days (without a shower). And he should be as before - the good old Europe. Only the lazy did not write anything about this train. Remember Agatha Christie and her famous detective Murder on the Orient Express?
Each compartment is served by a personal steward. The owners do not cuisine - Italian and French. There is even a dress code here: no sneakers, jeans or sweaters. The route from London to Venice is popular. Cost coupe - $ 6420 (for a suite - $ 9860). If you are going from Istanbul to Paris, get ready to shell out $ 18,380 (suite - $ 27,740)
HIRAM BINGHAM (route Cusco - Machu Picchu (Peru)
Train route Hiram bingham completely short - only 3 hours. But he will very impressed you. After all, you will have to travel at an altitude of 2.43 to 3.5 km above sea level. The train follows from Cuzco - the ancient capital of the Incas, to the "lost city" - Machu Picchu. The train travels slowly, past beautiful mountain landscapes and amazing waterfalls. You can also travel on the train's open observation deck. There is also a bar and excellent Peruvian guitarists accompany you with music on your way.
After visiting all the excursions to Machu Picchu, you will go back by the same train. On the way, you will be sure to be offered cocktails and a delicious exotic lunch (spinach pudding and fried shrimps with yellow chili sauce). A roundtrip ticket costs $ 588 and includes transportation, breakfast, lunch, drinks and excursions to Machu Picchu.
EL TRANSCANTABRICO (route Santiago de Compostela - Leon (Spain)
By train Transcantabrico you are not only driving through Spain, but also taking a number of excursions to the cities of the Basque Country, Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias. A rich program, amazing lunches and dinners in the best restaurants in the city, evening parties with dancing to live music until the early morning - and that's not all.
Visiting sights and historical sites, the unique beaches of Ribadeo, the incredibly interesting Guggenheim Museum, the Picos de Europa National Mountain Park, the capital of Asturias - Oviedo, with its masterpiece architecture - that's what it is worth taking this train for. The ticket price for the double suite is 2600 €. All of the above is included in the ticket price.
(circular routes in Scotland departing from Edinburgh)
No wonder this train is called. And if you have a ticket for it, get ready for the fact that they will see you off like a king, and you will also ride like a king. This train has only 36 passengers. On the platform, you will be laid out with a carpet and offered champagne. And the "farewell" begins to the accompaniment of pipers. Inside, the interior is decorated with mahogany, velvet, with pieces of furniture in an aristocratic style. There is also a viewing terrace with soft armchairs, where you can admire the Scottish landscapes with a glass of scotch tape.
The route includes mountain fishing, golf and hiking to the waterfalls. You will also visit century-old Victorian estates and distilleries. This train runs on seven routes: from 2 to 7 days. The train's restaurants will offer an exquisite menu of pheasants, partridges, smoked salmon or venison. Restaurants also have a dress code: women may need cocktail dresses, and men may need kilts or tuxedos. The cost of a ticket for one person is from $ 3610 for two days of travel.
ROYAL RAJASTHAN (circular route from Delhi; Delhi - Jaipur - Agra)
The most luxurious train in India is considered to be Royal Rajasthan on Wheels ... The name is translated as "Palace on Wheels-2". Why 2? Because until recently it was preceded by Palace on Wheels.
The train compartments are somewhat reminiscent of luxurious palace chambers: carved furniture, velvet upholstery with hand embroidery, walls upholstered with silk. Each passenger has his own butler, who will serve you for 24 hours and fulfill any wishes. The restaurant menu will delight any traveler, because it includes the most common cuisines in the world. The train even has a spa car! The cost of a ticket per person in a deluxe compartment is $ 625.
EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS (routes between Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand)
And here is another one eastern Express , which really runs through the East. The route stretches between three states: Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The train has only 132 seats. Therefore, if you want to enjoy picturesque sunrises in the wilds of the jungle, book your seats in advance.
On the open terrace of the train there is a bar with an observation deck. And the famous cocktail "Singapore Sling" can be tasted in another bar, which has a whole carriage. Live music is played here in the evenings. The restaurants have a strict dress code. This train has an excellent library and boutique selling china, pearls and Indian souvenirs. On the way to Singapore, you can take two excursions: the Death Road Museum and a visit to the markets on Penang Island. The cost of such a three-day trip is $ 2170 per person in a double compartment.
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