Of all the existing modes of transport, manytravelers choose the railway. The train ride is characterized by high speed, comfort - depending on the selected train and car, and a relatively low price.
There is some variety of wagons intrains, depending on the distance range, the level of comfort and ticket cost, you can choose one or another type of car, even in one train. Seated cars are provided with seats in two rows, with a passage in the middle. The car from the inside resembles the cabin of a passenger aircraft, it can only sit. Such cars are most often in commuter trains, which are for short distances. The cost of tickets is minimal. The station cards are wagons with recumbent shelves, located 4 in a separate compartment. The compartment from the corridor does not close the door, opposite to each compartment there are two more places - the upper and lower side shelves. The lower lateral shelf is transformed into a table with a seating position. The compartment car is separate rooms, fenced off from the common corridor by a door with a lock. Coupe in trains can be four-seated - with two upper and lower regiments, there are also triple and double.
From the passenger ticket it is possible to learn not onlytime of arrival and departure of the train, but also much more. For example, the type of the car is written in separate letters. The soft double car is designated by letters SV. The SVM is a soft car with two and four-compartment compartments, ordinary coupes in trains are designated by the letter K, a reserved car is a submarine, and a common car is O. In addition, information on additional services can be obtained from the ticket, for example, if any. The food is denoted by V1, V2, V3, etc. The figure next to the letter indicates the number of meals. There is no single standard, and in different trains they are fed differently - from a full dinner to a dry ration.
When buying a ticket for long distance trainspassengers are offered women's and men's coupe. The type in this case determines the first buyer, if the woman bought it - it will be a female coupe, if the man is a man. This division is made specifically to ensure that passengers feel as comfortable as possible. Coupes in trains are also mixed, when the sex of passengers does not matter. It is convenient for traveling family.
The main difference between the other trainspassenger train - coupe. Such cars are manufactured from Soviet times, the main suppliers of these are Germany and Tver Carriage Works (TVZ). The standard car consists of nine four-seat coupes, each numbered with Roman numerals - from I to IX, places are numbered from 1 to 36, with the lower shelves odd and the upper ones even. There is an additional two-seater, in long-distance trains it is intended for rest of conductors, and if the train goes less than 12 hours - it is usually offered to passengers. At the beginning and at the end of the compartment car there are two toilets - most often one of them leaves a guide. Modern trains are equipped with biotoilets, which allows you not to take into account the sanitary zones.
Such cars have their own power supply system,heating and ventilation. The car can be heated by wood or coal, or by electricity. The car is equipped with a water heater located at the very beginning of the corridor, as well as a water cooling system. Each compartment has an outlet, shelves for luggage, a table for passengers. The area of the standard compartment is 1.75 × 1.95, the width of the shelf is 60 cm, the length of the general corridor is 18 m, it is wider in width than the corridor in the second-class car, since it has no side seats. Between the windows in the corridor there are special rising seats, allowing passengers to sit down in the corridor, while neighbors in the compartment, for example, change clothes.
As prevalence among travelers to thethe CIS countries are the most popular coupe in the train. Photo of the cars says that they are constantly being modernized and improved, modern coupes are becoming more comfortable, and traveling by rail can bring a lot of positive emotions to any tourist.
