Tourists from the regions pay 5 times more for railway tickets to the sea than for “air”
Currently, with early sales, a rail tour to the south will cost up to five times less than by air.
Specialists of the OneTwoTrip service studied the offers of Russian Railways and airlines for June 1, after the launch of booking of “summer” railway transportation. Material for analysis was the price of a ticket to Sochi on June 1. For “air”, the minimum offers for one-way flights were taken as a basis, including flights with transfers, excluding tickets at baggage-free fares.
The difference in price between the seat and air ticket exceeded 2 times. The biggest difference is recorded in Volgograd: a railway ticket will cost 5.3 times cheaper than an aircraft. Then follows Saratov - 4.2 times, in third place Voronezh (3.3 times).
From Moscow to Sochi is 3’291 rubles, coupe – 3’699, for a plane ticket will have to pay 5’310 rubles. From St. Petersburg, the price is 4’310, 6’611 coupe, air travel is 8’286.
The most expensive air transportation to Sochi will be from Saratov – 11’176, more expensive than from Orenburg and Perm, which are in second and third places. From Tyumen - a ticket in a compartment costs 8'669 rubles. air ticket - 9'092 rubles, the train journey will take 66 hours!
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