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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 4:08 am
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Originally Posted by Behindthecurtain

If you are on the 9:30PM or 10:30PM forget the train. First one is 7AM, two and a half hours or 1 and a half hours after arrival. At that time it takes 40 minutes to the centre hotels.
THere is certainly an Aeroexpress train from DME to Paveletskaya before 7am. About 5.55am from memory. I have taken it many times after the BA overnight flight - but that flight is a killer, even in CW. I would certainly recommend the BD flight timings. It might only be an hour different but it makes all the difference..

I would never take a car in Moscow. As well as usually being slower, it can be scary if you're not used to the "rules" of the road and you are in danger of being ripped off. Learn the Cyrillic alphabet and take the metro. All signs on the metro are still in Cyrillic so you need to know the alphabet - then you can work out the place names easily..

I'm sitting on the 11.05 to DME right now in WT+. I think it's been refurbished but it's difficult to tell. The 767 still feels old and I have decided that for the next few weeks I'll be travelling on the 747 instead, while its still in service on the route..
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