{"id":215,"date":"2019-12-13T17:44:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T17:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/?p=215"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:26:59","slug":"berlin-to-moscow-by-train-on-the-paris-moscow-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/berlin-to-moscow-by-train-on-the-paris-moscow-express\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin to Moscow by train (on the \u2018Paris – Moscow Express\u2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day three of my train adventure from Edinburgh to Hong Kong<\/a>, and today was another early start to catch the train to Moscow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This train is run by Russian Railways (RZD) and the route originates in Paris as the \u201cParis to Moscow Express<\/a>\u201d. I joined part way along the route, from Berlin Hauptbahnhof. The train was due to leave at 7.16am but was running slightly late (around 25 mins) due to \u201cconstruction works\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The RZD Paris-Moscow Express train, at Berlin Hauptbahnhof <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A friendly conductor (provodnitsa<\/em>) checked our tickets before we boarded the train and with a combination of Russian, a few words of English and sign language, made sure that we had the correct visas before boarding \u2014 travellers from the UK need a transit visa for Belarus and a visa for Russia. I hadn\u2019t realised this initially when I booked the tickets but luckily I found out with enough time to apply for the visa and to send my passport off to the embassy in London.
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First class on the Paris-Moscow Express<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The train may be the nicest sleeper train I\u2019ve ever been on! It\u2019s full of thoughtful and useful details that make travelling easier and the trains are absolutely spotless. The provodnista<\/em> even came round to our compartment around 6pm to hoover it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first class compartments are the same as second class, except each compartment is two-berth in first class (two beds) and four-berth in second class (more like a bunk bed arrangement).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Signage indicating the destination, time, temperature inside and outside the train<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some of the useful details on the train:<\/p>\n\n\n\n