Train Description

There are 4 categories of accommodation on the Grand Trans-Siberian Express:

 Standard Economy 4 persons per cabin
 Standard Plus 1 or 2 persons per cabin
 Deluxe Silver 1 or 2 persons per cabin, private shower, and toilet en suite
 Deluxe Gold 1 or 2 persons per cabin, private shower, and toilet en suite

Our private train on some sections will be attached to regular scheduled trains, on some other parts will be hauled by its own locomotive.

The entire train is no-smoking.

Restaurant Cars
There are restaurant cars on the train that serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner as part of the full board service to all passengers of the Grand Trans-Siberian Express. Local cuisine is part of the menu: Russian cuisine in Russia and Mongolia, Chinese cuisine in China. During sightseeing tours in the cities, local meals are served in the specially selected restaurants.

Lounge
The lounge is the most popular place of the train and open to all passengers until late. Come, sit down, enjoy the scenery passing by the window and relax while having a drink and listening to the piano entertainment after dinner.

Lecture Area
In the lecture area, part of the lounge or a restaurant car, your tour escorts hold lectures about the history, geography, economy, and daily life of the regions visited. On some evenings we show films about Russia, Mongolia, and China. Also, your tour escorts offer a language course introducing the Russian language to you.

Deluxe Gold sleeping cars offer the most spacious and comfortable type of accommodation on our private train. Deluxe Gold cabins have a private toilet, washbasin and a spacious shower cabin en suite. Each cabin offers 1 lower and 1 upper bed, a table at the window, a chair opposite the beds, a small wardrobe and storage space. Euro-Sockets for 220 V are in each cabin, capable of razors, loading mobile phones, cameras, and notebooks. The cars are air-conditioned (individual control). The air condition operates only during the time the train is moving.
Deluxe Gold sleeping cars have only 5 cabins each and may be booked for double or single-use.

Deluxe Gold cabin dimensions:
Cabin 2,00 x 3,50 m = 7,0 sqm
Lower bed 120 x 185 cm
Upper bed 80 x 185 cm

Deluxe Silver sleeping cars offer slightly smaller cabins than on Deluxe Gold cars. Deluxe Silver cabins have a private toilet, washbasin and "wet-room" style shower en suite. Each cabin offers 1 lower and 1 upper bed, a table at the window, a chair opposite the beds, a small wardrobe and storage space. Euro-Sockets for 220 V are in each cabin, capable of razors, loading mobile phones, cameras, and notebooks. The cars are air-conditioned (individual control). The air condition operates only during the time the train is moving.
Deluxe Silver sleeping cars have only 6 cabins each and may be booked for double or single-use.

Deluxe Silver cabin dimensions:
Cabin 2,00 x 2,70 m = 5,4 sqm
Lower bed 110 x 185 cm
Upper bed 80 x 185 cm

Standard Plus, as well as Deluxe Silver, is the most popular type of accommodation on our private train. Standard Plus cabins are equipped with 2 lower beds and 2 upper beds. While only the two lower beds are used for sleeping, the two upper beds can be used as additional storage for luggage – or they can be folded away. 2 Toilets and washbasins for common use are situated either at each end of Standard Plus sleeping car, or they are both at one end. The sleeping cars are air conditioned (central control). The air condition operates only during the time the train is moving. Sockets for 220 V are available in each cabin, capable for razors, loading mobile phones, cameras and notebooks. Standard Plus cars offer 9 cabins each and may be booked for double or single-use.

Daily shower facilities are guaranteed.
If you travel eastbound Moscow – Ulaanbaatar: Shower facilities are available in Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Ulaanbaatar and Ulaanbaatar in your hotel rooms where you stay overnight. In addition to that hotel day rooms for showers are at your disposal during stops in Krasnoyarsk and Ulan Ude (one day room per cabin).
If you travel westbound Ulaanbaatar – Moscow: Shower facilities are available in Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Irkutsk, Ekaterinburg and Moscow in your hotel rooms where you stay overnight. In addition to that hotel day rooms for showers are at your disposal during stops in Ulan Ude, Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk (one day room per cabin).
Therefore on both tours, you have guaranteed access to showers in your hotel room every day during the entire journey.

Standard Plus cabin dimensions:
Cabin 2,00 x 2,00 m = 4,0 sqm
Beds 65 x 185 cm

This category is popular with those looking for the most economical way of traveling and is usually booked by families with children or friends traveling together. Standard Economy sleeping cars are equipped with 2 lower beds and 2 upper beds. 2 Toilets and washbasins for common use are situated either at each end of Standard Plus sleeping car, or they are both at one end. The sleeping cars are air-conditioned (central control). The air condition operates only during the time the train is moving. Sockets for 220 V are available in the cabins, capable of razors and loading mobile phones, cameras and notebooks. The Standard Economy sleeping cars offer 9 cabins each and may be booked only by 3 or 4 passengers traveling together. In the hotels the 4 passengers are staying in 2 double rooms, 3 passengers are staying in 1 double and 1 single room.

Daily shower facilities are guaranteed.
If you travel eastbound Moscow – Ulaanbaatar: Shower facilities are available in Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Ulaanbaatar and Ulaanbaatar in your hotel rooms where you stay overnight. In addition to that hotel day rooms for showers are at your disposal during stops in Krasnoyarsk and Ulan Ude (one day room per cabin).
If you travel westbound Ulaanbaatar – Moscow: Shower facilities are available in Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Irkutsk, Ekaterinburg and Moscow in your hotel rooms where you stay overnight. In addition to that hotel day rooms for showers are at your disposal during stops in Ulan Ude, Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk (one day room per cabin).
Therefore on both tours, you have guaranteed access to showers in your hotel room every day during the entire journey.

Standard Economy cabin dimensions:
Cabin 2,00 x 2,00 m = 4,0 sqm
Lower beds 65 x 185 cm
Upper beds 65 x 185 cm