Despite the growing popularity of air travel, rail transport is still popular - both in our country and in the world. The routes of long-distance trains plow the continents and the state. Let’s get a closer look at this category of railway trains? First, let's determine the key term.
What is this train?
In order to accurately imagine that this is a long-distance train, you need to know the definition of the root word-concept.
Today, a train is a coupled and formed self-propelled railway train, consisting of several cars, as well as a locomotive (or a motor car), which sets it in motion. It must have sound and visual signals that determine where the tail is and where the head is. Also, almost all trains have an individual number that allows them to be identified.
This transport can also include:
- motor cars;
- locomotives following without a train;
- self-propelled trolleys;
- car racers.
Trains entered our lives in 1825. Today they are able to move around the railway track, monorail, using a contact network, on a magnetic pad. Rail can accelerate to 575 km / h, trackless (magnetoplanes) - up to 581 km / h. There is also a special discipline studying these vehicles - train traction.
The long-distance train is ...
There are several classifications of these vehicles. But we need one that separates them according to the distance of covered distances. The following are highlighted here:
- Long-distance trains are passenger trains whose route length is more than 700 km.
- Direct - follow only one document.
- Local - passenger trains, whose route is shorter than 700 km, following only one road. This section has been discontinued today.
- Suburban - trains whose route is less than 150 km (sometimes 200 km).
- Through - follows through several technical stations without formation-disbandment.
- Prefabricated - a train that delivers wagons to intermediate stations.
- A precinct is a train whose path lies from one technical station to another.
Types of train
When buying tickets for long-distance trains, it will not be superfluous to know about some of their features. We list the most important and interesting.
Long-distance passenger trains are divided into:
- High speed . Follow with a speed of at least 91 km / h. At the same time, their average speed is 140-200 km / h.
- Fast . The average speed along the route is 50-90 km / h.
- Passenger . Movement speed - no more than 50 km / h.
We also note that fast trains have a minimum number of stops on their way, and also cost them much less time. Many of them are branded. That is, they have their own name, unique style, provide more comfortable travel conditions, a convenient schedule. If the long-distance train is a carriage train, then it can be either without the provision of additional services (economy) or increased comfort.
According to the regularity of movement, passenger trains can be divided into one-time, seasonal and year-round. By frequency - the following every day, every other day, on certain days of the week or on specific dates of the month.
What does the numbering say?
When buying tickets for long-distance trains, take a look at the numbering. What she can tell, we put in the table.
| room | Composition Category |
| 921-940 | Tourist or commercial |
| 801-898 | Fast, driven by a motor car (this does not include high-speed and high-speed) |
| 751-788 | All high speed |
| 701-750 | Speed trains |
451-598 | Baby, Single Use, Seasonal |
601-698, 301-450 | Year-round passenger trains |
| 151-298 | Those fast trains that follow one-time and seasonal routes |
| 1-150 | Ambulances with year-round circulation |
Now let's move on to the features of the cars.
Types of passenger cars
The following trains may be part of a long-distance train:
- Suite They have from 4 to 6 compartments, a bar. Each compartment has 1-2 seats. The lower one is transformed into a semi-double bed, maybe the upper shelf. Each compartment also has a table, an armchair, its own bathroom (washbasin and toilet), shower, air conditioning, underfloor heating, TV, radio, media player.
- ST This is an 8-9 double coupe. There are two bathrooms in the car. Each compartment has two lower or upper and lower seats, a table, hangers, a place for luggage.
- Coupe . The standard carriage is 9 four-seat compartments and 2 bathrooms. In each compartment - two upper and lower places, a table, a mirror, hangers, lockers for hand luggage.
- Reserved seat . Nine open compartments (4 seats each) and side shelves (18 seats) - a total of 54 seats. There are tables, coat hooks, lockers and luggage racks.
- Common wagons. They have only seats - 54-81, depending on the comfort class.
When choosing a place, remember the following:
- The lower shelves are odd, the upper are even.
- Near the toilet:
- Always the ninth compartment - seats 33-36 (in NE - 17-18).
- In the reserved seat - 33-38.
- In the car of the general type - 49-57.
Long-distance trains are always passenger. Between themselves, they also differ in speed, frequency, regularity of flights. When choosing a ticket, it is important to consider both the type of car and the location of the seat.