My cousin did this several months ago, and managed to lose his train ticket within an hour of procuring it. I went with him to CITS to inquire about the possibility of a refund, and IIRC, the value was around y6,000. But, sadly, he never saw any of that. Instead, he picked up the train in Ulan Bator for about half the above amount. He used Young Pioneer Tours, and provided me with mixed reviews (e.g. low mark up, he got to visit Chernobyl, but somewhat reminiscent of a frat party); to their credit, they sold his second train ticket to him at cost because they felt pity for him.
Originally Posted by
tycosiao
Have always wanted to do a train trip to Moscow from Beijing and I finally have time to do so.
So I have done some research on how to buy tickets for trains from Beijing to Moscow but there are all quoted in USD and specially catered to tourists?
I know this train is a regular scheduled train.
I want to know if there's any place I can go physically in Beijing to buy the tickets and pay in RMB?
How much does it cost in RMB? All I see are prices quoted in USD. For a hard sleeper, roughly 700usd and for a soft sleeper 1043 use from this site.
http://www.cits.net/china-travel-new...ain-rates.html
Beijing Station?
Thanks for any inputs!