The most popular transport in our country is rail. All those who regularly use it, of course, know that there are various categories of trains by level of service.
What is a corporate train?
Its main difference is that in terms of comfort, such a composition is one step higher than normal. It has a wide range of services and a higher level of service.
Thanks to a literary work, the foreign brand "Orient Express" gained wide popularity.
The first such train in the Soviet Union appeared morein June 1931 and was called "Arrow". Until now, it has been completely renovated and renamed the Red Arrow and continues to comfortably transport passengers.
All compositions of this level certainly haveown name. They have a specific individual design. All cars of branded trains are designed in the same style inside and out. In the same color and with the appropriate logos sew form for staff.
For example, the corporate train "Moscow-Anapa" externallymade in gray tones with red accents, in the interior design (wagon walls, seats, curtains, tablecloths, rugs) these shades also dominate.
Features
In addition to trains "premium" for all routeboards and from the sides of the car of such trains used their own name of the train, for example: “White Nights”, “Northern Palmyra”, “Demidov Express”, “Vologda Dawns”, etc. The name is also mentioned in the interior of the cars.
These trains usually run throughout the year.
Most often, their routes connect regional centers with the capital of our Motherland or with resorts.
Tickets for them at a cost exceed the usual by 25-50 percent.
Typically, such a composition is fast and goes over long distances or refers to a high-speed express train.
Service offered
A corporate train is formed from wagons with a service life not exceeding twelve years from the date of manufacture or overhaul.
The presence of a restaurant and high-quality cars is mandatory. Service services are immediately included in the ticket price.
Bed linen is used for a short time and is quickly updated to fresh.
The corporate train has toilets, heating systems, air conditioners.
The formation of the service team of such compositions is carried out from highly skilled conductors who have undergone special certification for this.
Services provided to passengers
The minimum set of services offered includes:
⦁ provision of cool boiled water;
⦁ the service of cleaning the bed and its bedding;
⦁ three offers of tea or coffee;
⦁ provision of heated food, and in the economy class they offer 3 options of dishes and more, in business - 4 and more, in the suite - 5 and more;
⦁ provision of drinks (in the economy class - a half-liter bottle of mineral water, in the business class - at least two types of juices or soft drinks and four types of alcohol);
⦁ supply of newspapers (in economy class: three or more titles, in business class - four, in the suite - five).
All carriage categories provide their own set of sanitary products:
⦁ for economy class, it consists of napkins, combs, brushes and toothpaste, toothpicks;
⦁ for a business class the listed set is expanded with soap, a handkerchief, a shoe horn;
⦁ The suite includes the addition of a bottle of shampoo, shower gel, sponge for washing, in addition, there are slippers, bathrobe, hand cream, shoe polish.
Premium Formulations
2009 was marked by the appearance of class trains"premium" comfort in which the highest. They are distinguished by a monotonous style of execution - gray and silver, interior design, and the obligatory presence of the Russian Railways logo.
The scheme of formation of the composition is also the same: the presence of a luxury car, three CB cars, up to ten compartments, a pair of second-class cars, a restaurant are required.
The cars are new, they have magneticlocks, heating systems, air conditioners, dry closets, LCD TVs, network adapters, accessories where passengers can plug headphones.
The train has cable TV, internet access, computer games.
If necessary, you can order hot dishes from the waiter in the compartment.
Branded double-decker train
The appearance of double-decker cars in the Russian Railways system allowed an increase in passenger traffic along the most popular destinations.
In February last year, such a train was launched along the route between the capital and Peter at number 5/6. He received the name "Two-story composition."
The schedule of branded trains is always made taking into account the convenience for passengers. Departure from both ends at 22.50, respectively, arrival at the destination is about 6.45.
With the increase in the total number of places, 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 cars used the latest technology, environmentally friendly materials.
The restaurant has a dining room for 48 passengers.
In the compartment car in two floors there are 16 compartments,each of which has four places for sleeping, a table, a ladder for climbing up to the second shelf, two sockets, to which electric shavers, cell phones and other gadgets are connected.
Magnetic card keys are provided for access in the compartment.
The car equipment consists of:
⦁ heating system and air conditioning to create favorable climatic conditions;
⦁ three dry closets, working and at the time of stopping the composition;
⦁ hermetic interpass transition;
Video systems for surveillance and security.
The headquarters carriage has a compartment with a device for raising wheelchairs, where people with limited capabilities can travel with comfort. In the same car there is a GLONASS satellite equipment.
Corporate train tickets are sold under 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 availability of seats in the train and with increased demand for some date, the cost of the ticket may increase.
