postheadericon the final itinerary

after one week of intensive research of  diverse information sources (including russian websites with original timetables of the Russian Railways) and the great help of my colleague and friend in our Moscow office the itinerary is now final. It’s really important to have a detailed planning ahead of your yourney because of so many dependencies.

It’s not possible to leave the Transsiberian train spontaneously on the station to interrupt your yourney for a few days. You need always to have a fixed booking for the wagon and the train. You get your tickets signed with your full name and the passportnumber. Beside that it’s important to book the tickets 45 days in advance because they open the sale of tickets there. And as early as possible you have the chance to get the best places, especially during the busy summer times.

My colleague in Moscow is dealing with that, and he told me that he has feeded his Oulook calender with each single part of my yourney not to miss the ideal date for the purchase of the ticket.

This is the final itinerary:
Date Day Depart Arrive Durance itinerary Remarks/ train no.
31.07.2010 Sa 22:18   36:15 Frankfurt/Main (Südbahnhof) – Moscow Deutsche Bahn
01.08.2010 Su       on train to Moscow nighttrain
02.08.2010 Mo   10:33   Arrival Moscow (Belorusskaja)  
03.08.2010 Tu 16:50   25:27 Moscow – Ekaterinburg Train No. 16
04.08.2010 We   20:17   Arrival Ekaterinburg  
05.08.2010 Th       Ekaterinburg  
06.08.2010 Fr 06:30   20:49 Ekaterinburg – Novosibirsk Train No. 10
07.08.2010 Sa   04:19   Arrival Novosibirsk  
08.08.2010 Su 17:06   13:06 Novosibirsk – Krasnojarsk Train No. 86
09.08.2010 Mo   07:12   Arrival Krasnojarsk  
10.08.2010 Tu 17:48   17:51 Krasnojarsk – Irkutsk Train No. 10
11.08.2010 We   12:39   Arrival Irkutsk  
12.08.2010 Th       Baikal  
13.08.2010 Fr       Baikal  
14.08.2010 Sa       Baikal  
15.08.2010 Su 06:42 13:32 06:50 Irkutsk – Ulan-Ude Train No. 2 “Rossija”
16.08.2010 Mo 13:27   18:03 Ulan-Ude to Ulaan Baatar (Mongolia) Train No. 6
17.08.2010 Tu   06:30   Arrival Ulaan Baatar  
18.08.2010 We       Ulaan Baatar  
19.08.2010 Th       Ulaan Baatar  
20.08.2010 Fr 13:50   16:48 Ulaan Baatar to Ulan-Ude Train No. 5
21.08.2010 Sa 14:02 07:38 09:09 Ulan-Ude – Chita Train No. 2 “Rosija”
22.08.2010 Su   00:11   Arrival Chita  
23.08.2010 Mo       Chita  
24.08.2010 Tu 00:36   41:49 Chita to Khabarovsk Train No. 2 “Rosija”
25.08.2010 We   17:37   Arrival Khabarovsk  
26.08.2010 Th       Khabarovsk  
27.08.2010 Fr 08:26   25:51 Khabarovsk to Vanino Train No. 351
28.08.2010 Sa   10:17   Ankunft in Vanino  
29.08.2010 Su     ca. 15:00 Ferry Vanino to  Sakhalin  
30.08.2010 Mo ?? ?? ca. 1:00 Kholmsk – Korsakov  
31.08.2010 Tu       Sakhalin  
01.09.2010 We 10:00 13:30 3:30 Ferry Sakhalin to Wakkanai/Japan  
02.09.2010 Th       Hokkaido  
03.09.2010 Fr       Hokkaido to Tokyo Train
04.09.2010 Sa       Tokyo  
05.09.2010 Su 09:35 14:15 12:40 Flight with A380 Tokyo-Frankfurt Lufthansa LH711

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