Russian Railways ticket sales in 60 days - calculate the date

The calculation of Russian Railways ticket sales for 60 (45) days will definitely be needed for those who plan to make a trip on the days of probable mass movements of people. If you do not make a timely calculation of the start date for purchasing tickets, then you may simply not have time to buy them. Below on the page is available depending on the selected number.

During school and student vacations, on holidays or in summer, there is an especially large passenger traffic in many directions. During this period, tickets simply may not be on sale.

There are also categories of people for whom it is very important to ride on the lower shelf, since the state of health does not allow him to climb to the upper one. Since these are the most popular places, you need to think about buying tickets in advance by calculating the start date of ticket sales.

In the article, you can get acquainted in detail with the current online systems that sell Russian Railways tickets in 60 days - you can calculate the opening date for train tickets in advance.

Naturally, it is best to buy Russian Railways (Russian Railways) tickets when they are just on sale. If earlier the term for preliminary purchase of tickets was 45 days (only for some trains - 60 days), then, starting from December 11, 2016, the official website of Russian Railways provides the opportunity to make purchases 60 days before the start of the transport departure. This rule came into effect for all trains.

Information provided on the official website of Russian Railways:

For all trains and trailers running within the country from 11.12.2016, ticket sales will open 60 days prior to the day of train departure.
The sale on the 60th date both on the Russian Railways website and at regional ticket offices starts at the same time. This creates a level playing field for all passengers who have chosen to purchase the Russian Railways website or the ticket office.
Seats on trains that run to Russia from Finland can be purchased from 4:00 Finnish time. Tickets are available on the Finnish Railways Reservation System.

Calculator for calculating the period of 60 days or 45 before the departure of the train

You can calculate the exact start date for the sale of railway tickets for the required date using the calculator calendar below. By clicking on a certain number in the calendar, the calculation of the term appears instantly. You can choose a period of 45 or 60 days.

When you click on any date, a new number will appear each time. You can independently calculate the departure of the train up to 60 days.

Let's look at an illustrative example:

You need to leave the selected station on 09/15/2018. For this, the month August (2018) is selected in the calendar and the number 15 is pressed. The system will automatically make the calculation - ticket sales will start on 18.06.2018.

To make it convenient to select the month and year in the calendar, there are left and right arrows, which you need to click on if necessary. If you press the arrow to the left, then the months will be indicated in the direction of decreasing, and if the arrow to the right - increasing. When the turn reaches December, an automatic transition to the next year is performed. Thus, it is possible to move forward on the calendar for several years.

After choosing the month and year, a day is selected. To do this, click on the desired number in the calendar. After selecting the year, month and date, a message will appear indicating the date when the ticket sale opens. Depending on the selected period, the system will show the date 45 or 60 days.

When to buy tickets for June 10, November 4, December 31, February 23, April 29, May 1, May 9, 2018?

This question is of interest to many, since holidays are always in demand for travel.

Number of required shipment - Ticket sale start date

June 10, 2018 - 12.04.2018
4 November 2018 - 06.09.2018
December 31, 2018 - 02.11.2018
23 February 2019 - 26.12.2018
April 29, 2018 - 01.03.2018
May 1, 2018 - 03.03.2018
May 9, 2018 - 03.03.2018

In order to have time to buy comfortable seats on May 1, 2018, you can buy a ticket starting from March 3, 2018. If you need to travel on May 9, then starting from March 11 you can take tickets on the Russian Railways website or at the box office.

The start time of the sale. How to buy a ticket on the Russian Railways website in 60 days?

There are two reasons why it is better to make a purchase at the moment when a sale was opened:

Ticket prices are minimal;
you can choose the most convenient places for yourself, including the bottom shelf.

To find out the exact time when the sale of Russian Railways tickets begins on the website or at the company's ticket offices, you can familiarize yourself with the information in detail on the Russian Railways website page.

Different regions may have different (local) sales start times before 8:00. To find out, the “My Orders” tab opens on the Russian Railways website in your personal account. In order not to miss the start of sales, it is worth refreshing the browser page from time to time.

When the ticket sale opens, you can see all trains for which you can buy seats 60 days before departure. In fig. 1 shows exactly where you need to make the choice of train, carriage and seat. These actions are carried out in the personal account "My orders".

If the ticket sale was already started, you can purchase tickets online from the options available on the Russian Railways website. For this:

go to the rzd-online page, enter the required parameters and click "Find tickets";

choose from those offered and click "Buy";

on the next page, you can enter detailed data by selecting the type of carriage, seat. By clicking on the number of available seats, a carriage diagram will open;

following the instructions of the system, you need to pay for the selected seats and save e-ticket control coupon.

Be sure to print the received electronic coupon or write down its number (14 digits)

It happens that when you try to make a payment, you receive an error message about this action. Most likely, someone was faster and managed to redeem these tickets. Therefore, the bank cannot write off the money. It is necessary to repeat the reservation and purchase of available seats in your personal account from the very beginning.

What to do with the e-ticket Control Coupon?

Received upon purchase e-ticket control coupon is a document of strict accountability, but in order to use it as a ticket when boarding a train, it not valid.

You can get an electronic boarding pass in 2 ways:

Online using the Russian Railways personal account.
On a form of a travel document at a ticket office (with a passport) or a self-service terminal, in the territory of the Russian Federation.

Receiving a boarding pass electronically in the personal account of Russian Railways

For trains with the electronic registration service (in the information about the train and the car they are marked with "ER"), you must first register on the registration page of the Russian Railways website.

After registering in the personal account of Russian Railways, you need to log in to the system. The username will appear in the upper right corner of the site as confirmation of login.

All the details and conditions for the validity of electronic registration can be found on the Russian Railways website page.

How to calculate 60 days yourself

The calculation of 60 days can be done manually. It is imperative to take into account the present day. To calculate the required date, there are 3 different ways (this is at least):

Using the resources of the official website of Russian Railways. The result will be guaranteed to be accurate, but there are date limitations.
Application of a calculator that calculates the date automatically.
Manually.

How to quickly perform a direct calculation 60 days from a specific date

July 31 days, counting includes the 1st number (1,2, ... 31);
August 29, 2018 is the 60th day.

In order to board the train, which will run on August 29, you need to buy tickets for it on July 1 at the moment when they become available at the box office or on the Russian Railways website. For example, in St. Petersburg and Moscow, the sale starts at 8:00.

Retroactive accounting 60 days before the required departure date (example of calculation)

5 days of November must be added to the 31st day in October - it turns out 36.
count 24 days in September (30 days). Thus, you need to go to the Russian Railways website on September 7, 2018 at 8 am and buy a ticket in order to be able to hit the road on November 5.

How to watch 60 or 45 days on the official website of Russian Railways

This method gives a 100% guarantee of an accurate calculation. It is enough to open the Russian Railways website located on the next page.

On the calendar, click on the picture in the "There" field to select the desired date (highlighted in the picture). The dates will be highlighted in yellow and green.

The last date in yellow is the date when the sale of tickets starts 45 days before the start of the train departure, and the last date in green is 60 days

As a result, from May 16, 45 days are June 29, and 60 days are July 14. The sale of seats on the Russian Railways website starts at 8:00 local time.

How to buy 2 or more lower seats on the Russian Railways website

Through one personal account of Russian Railways, you can buy only one lower seat. It is impossible to buy 2 or more, according to the rules. The top seats can be purchased in the required quantity.

To buy tickets for the two lower seats, the purchase should be made from two personal accounts and two different browsers. This will require:

each passenger must have a personal account on the Russian Railways website;
you need to access the site from two different browsers or devices (for example, from a desktop computer and a tablet).

First, select a train, carriage, date and place from one PC and in one browser. Then log in from another device and browser, select the same train, carriage and suitable place for the required date. After everything is prepared for the purchase, make the payment first through one device and then through another. If you act correctly and quickly, then two tickets to the lower shelves will be bought without any problems.

How to distinguish the official website of Russian Railways from another intermediary site suggested by the search engine

If you use a search engine, you may see sites offering exactly the same tickets that are on the official website of Russian Railways. The main difference is that resellers charge up the cost. It is especially noticeable when issuing a ticket refund. If Russian Railways directly takes a commission for this in the amount of approximately 185 rubles, then intermediaries can overestimate this amount several times.

To distinguish the Russian Railways website from the intermediary's website and make a bargain purchase of tickets, you need to pay attention to the address bar of your browser. The symbols " rzd.ru"And the logo" Russian Railways Russian Railways "point to the official website of Russian Railways.

Where tickets disappear that did not start on sale at the box office of Russian Railways?

Tickets start selling 60 days before the train leaves at the same time in two places:

at the box office, the opening time of which will depend on the specific region of the country;
on the Russian Railways website - at the moment when regional ticket offices open (local time).

Thus, the sale of Russian Railways tickets in 60 days (you can calculate the date using a calculator) is the primary reason for the buy-up of seats even before the start of their sale at the box office. You should take into account the local time (time zone) of those regions where ticket sales open 45 or 60 days before the train leaves. If, for example, in Moscow it is 8 o'clock in the morning, then in Novosibirsk it is 12 o'clock, and in Khabarovsk it is even 15 o'clock. Even without visiting the station, seats are actively booked and paid via the Internet.

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