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I use this Lotus train every year, for more than 30 years, to see my grandmother. In my "town" the train costs only 3 minutes - just have time to jump and jump out with your bags when the platform is very low from the supen, but the train is not to blame for that.
Lotus is one of the oldest branded trains, which ran in the direction of Astrakhan - Moscow and back in the Soviet Union, and continues to do so today. It is named so in honor of the Astrakhan lotus water lilies.
Now I have come home to Moscow and am writing to you, having visited this time both in a reserved seat carriage on the way there, and in a compartment on the way back.
It was very lucky there - now in winter the southern direction is not popular, the reserved seat carriage was almost empty, only the lower seats were occupied, not a single upper one and not a single side one. Despite the usual reserved seat, amazing new clean bio-toilets, new elastic gray mattresses, still friendly guides and the same "samovar" with boiling water. The toilet was only at the end of the car, there was only a storeroom in front. They drowned well, but not hot. New seats - Lotus lived up to its "trademark", but in the coupe I liked it less.
Despite the fact that it is a compartment - for example, a huge toilet at the end of a carriage instead of an entire compartment, as well as a compartment for disabled people, the carriage itself is less new. This could be seen from the state of the toilet, by the strokes of a pen from someone's children, for whom an easel was not bought, and also by the smell. We were fed in a compartment to choose from, either chicken with rice, or meat with buckwheat. At first they just brought a box with water and utensils, then hot - not enough, but tasty, I chose chicken with rice. Previously, they fed better on the Lotus - they even gave yogurt and 2 buns for breakfast.
The train is good, but still long - for example, in Saratov it takes 48 minutes, and in Michurinsk - 32. In Michurinsk, the locomotive is changed - an electric locomotive from Moscow can no longer be powered by electricity across Russia, it is replaced by an ordinary diesel locomotive. And the train starts moving in the opposite direction to the U-turn. But why in Saratov to stand for almost an hour, I do not know, only 2 carriages were attached, nothing special happens there, Saratov is not Moscow, people do not stand in traffic jams for 2 hours and come already at the beginning of boarding.
It is always interesting in Tambov - the parking lot is short, but there are scenes - because of the Zeleny settlement with the prison, you can often see both prisoners and guards who leave at the Tambov station. We are building, not looking anywhere. The picture is terrible, but this is life.
The beds are beautiful both in the compartment and in the reserved seat, white, starched linen. At the same time, in the reserved seat there was just a second sheet and checkered woolen blankets, and in the compartment there were gray quilts and a duvet cover. You don’t need to hand over anything, there is no such races with the counting of towels. I usually take the first compartment and 1 seat downstairs near the conductor - closer to the conductor - less scandals, requests to give up, because they have children, away from the vestibule and distant toilet.
The glasses are now in the cup holder of the Russian Railways, but thin, tea and coffee from the conductor for 30 rubles, although, for example, I have met 50 rubles in others.
Now they wear nothing, except for a basket from the dining car, and before they wore both scarves and socks - now they drive.
Very prompt communication "with the ground" - we have only passengers drinking beer and always occupying the toilet, at the Saratov station 3 employees approached the carriage directly with questions whether everything is in order in the carriage and whether we need a doctor. The police walk quietly on the cars at night and with a flashlight.
Now the train has changed the schedule, it comes to Moscow from Astrakhan at 14:37, many felt uncomfortable, the middle of the day, and not morning, and not at night to the hotel, but to Moscow the train is simply packed - everyone goes to work, and some then simply through Moscow to watch.
So far, there is no replacement for this particular train, since there is not an airport everywhere, so with pricing policy you have to agree - 3300 for a reserved seat for more than 900 kilometers is not expensive.
"Lotos" is a fast branded passenger train owned by the Federal Passenger Company OJSC. It runs on the Astrakhan - Moscow - Astrakhan route. The train was first launched in 1970, but only 22 years later, "Lotos" received the honorary status of the Russian Railways' branded train.
The route of the corporate train "Lotus"
During its long period of operation, the train changed its route several times. The most popular were two directions: through Tambov and Saratov, as well as through Povorino and Volgograd, which diverged within the Michurinsky junction and connected in the Upper Baskunchak.
Today the train runs daily on the Astrakhan - Moscow route and back. Train number 005G departs from the Paveletsky railway station of the capital, and arrives at the Astrakhan-1 station. V reverse direction the composition changes the number to 005Ж.
"Lotus" train: schedule
Branded train "Lotos" No. 005G leaves Moscow at 23:59 and arrives in Astrakhan at 05:30. On the way, the train stops at 29 stations. The longest stop at the Saratov-1 Passenger station is 48 minutes. In the opposite direction, train No. 005Zh departs from Astrakhan at 10:40 and arrives in Moscow at 14:37.
Travel time:
- from Moscow to Astrakhan - 28 hours 15 minutes;
- from Astrakhan to Moscow - 30 hours 3 minutes.
The table shows current schedule corporate train "Lotus" (Moscow time):
Train "Lotos" Astrakhan - Moscow: rolling stock scheme
Signature train "Lotus" includes:
- compartment cars;
- staff carriage (with space for a disabled passenger);
- econom-class train;
- dining car.
The current lineup was formed by combining "Lotus" with one of modern trains, which previously went on the route Saratov - Moscow. Since December 2017, its part has been attached to the tail end in Saratov, and to the head of the Lotus train in Moscow. 6-9 passenger cars and 1 restaurant car reach Astrakhan.
Signature train "Lotus": service class
The Lotus train offers passengers high level comfort and service. Each carriage will delight you with a modern interior, and the restaurant car - a varied menu. They are equipped with:
- conditioners;
- dry closets;
- energy saving lamps;
- information boards;
- electrical outlets.
Passengers of compartment cars are also provided with snow-white bed linen, the latest newspapers and a travel hygiene kit.
Ticket price for the corporate train "Lotus"
A train on the Astrakhan - Moscow - Astrakhan route participates in the dynamic pricing program: the higher the demand for the flight, the more expensive the ticket. The price also depends on the season: in winter - lower, in summer - higher. By booking your ticket in advance, you can save up to half the ticket price.
Tickets are sold 90 days before the departure of the branded train. The ticket price for train 005Ж "Lotos" in a reserved seat carriage is from 3598 rubles, in a compartment - from 5096 rubles.
You can buy a ticket for the Lotus branded train at the railway ticket office of the station or online on our website, the official partner of Russian Railways.
Signature train "Lotus". Corridor.
Signature train "Lotus". Wagon restaurant
Travel time: Periodicity: Daily
Technical details In 2005, the train carried 192,000 passengers.
In 2011, eight second-class carriages of the train were renewed. The new cars have double-glazed windows, a modern air conditioning system, dry closets and electronic scoreboards with information about the time, the temperature in the carriage, and the work of the toilet. The cost of the new cars was about 239 million rubles. ... From January 11 of the same year, the route was significantly updated (the train was redirected through Gryazi-Voronezh, Povorino and Volgograd instead of Tambov and Saratov instead of the canceled trains Moscow - Volgograd and Volgograd - Astrakhan).
January 15, 2013 due to the cancellation fast train No. 93/94, the train was returned to the previous route and put on the schedule of the canceled train in the general turnover with by passenger train No. 283/284 Since the spring of 2016, in connection with the liquidation of the VChD-16 "Astrakhan" carriage section, the train was transferred to Volgograd for formation and linked to the general turnover with the No. 1/2 "Volgograd" train in the Volgograd-Moscow route.
Train composition diagram
Ordinal
Wagon numberCar type Points of appeal
carriageNumber of places Note 1ph PL Moscow - Saratov 52/2 In circulation
four trailed groups
LVCh-15 Volgograd Priv. branch of FPK2ph PL -»- 52/2 -»- 3 PL -»- 52/2 -»- 4 PL -»- 52/2 -»- 5 TO -»- 34/4 -»- 6 TO -»- 34/4 -»- 7ph TO -»- 34/4 -»- 8ph TO -»- 34/4 -»- 9ph TO -»- 34/4 -»- 10ph PL Moscow - Astrakhan 52/2 In circulation
four compositions of LVCh-15 Volgograd
Priv. branch of the FPK.
In total turnover with
by train number 1/2 Volgograd - Moscow11ph PL -»- 52/2 -»- 12ph PL -»- 52/2 -»- 13ph PL -»- 52/2 -»- 14ph PL -»- 52/2 -»- 15ph PL -»- 52/2 -»- 16 PL -»- 52/2 -»- 17 PL -»- 52/2 -»- 41 BP -»- - -»- 18 GDC -»- 14/12 -»- 19e TO -»- 34/4 -»- 20fb SV -»- 18 -»- 21ph TO -»- 34/4 -»- Itinerary
Over the more than forty-year history of the train, its route has changed several times. Only the final points of the route remained unchanged. The modern highway runs through Saratov.
Departure from the station Astrakhan 1 at 14:45 - Arrival at Paveletsky railway station at 19:10.
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- So why are you here? you should have been ahead a long time ago, now you will not make it through the evening.
- Here are the orders that are stupid; they themselves don't know what they are doing, ”the officer said and drove off.
Then a general drove by and angrily shouted something in a non-Russian way.
“Tafa lafa, you can't figure out what he is muttering,” the soldier said, mimicking the general who had driven away. - I would shoot them, scoundrels!
- At nine o'clock ordered to be on the spot, but we did not even go half. That's the order! - repeated from different sides.
And the feeling of energy with which the troops entered the cause began to turn into annoyance and anger at the stupid orders and at the Germans.
The reason for the confusion was that during the movement of the Austrian cavalry, marching on the left flank, the higher authorities found that our center was too far from the right flank, and all cavalry were ordered to switch to the right side. Several thousand cavalry advanced ahead of the infantry, and the infantry had to wait.
Ahead, there was a clash between an Austrian column leader and a Russian general. The Russian general shouted, demanding that the cavalry be stopped; the Austrian argued that it was not he who was to blame, but the higher authorities. The troops, meanwhile, stood bored and discouraged. After an hour's delay, the troops finally moved further and began to descend downhill. The fog, spreading on the mountain, only spread thicker in the lower reaches, where the troops descended. Ahead, in the fog, one, another shot rang out, at first awkwardly in different intervals: draft ... tat, and then more and more smoothly and more often, and business began over the Goldbach River.
Not expecting to meet an enemy below the river and accidentally bumping into him in the fog, not hearing a word of inspiration from the higher commanders, with the consciousness spreading through the troops that it was late, and, most importantly, in a thick fog, not seeing anything in front of and around them, the Russians are lazy and slowly exchanged fire with the enemy, moved forward and again stopped, not receiving orders from the commanders and adjutants, who were wandering through the fog in an unfamiliar area, not finding their troops. This is how things began for the first, second and third columns, which went down. The fourth column, at which Kutuzov himself was, stood on the Prazen Heights.
At the bottom, where the business began, there was still a thick fog, it cleared up above, but everything was not visible from what was happening in front. Whether all the forces of the enemy, as we assumed, were ten versts from us, or whether he was here, in this line of fog, no one knew until nine o'clock.
It was 9 o'clock in the morning. The fog spread like a continuous sea down, but near the village of Shlapanice, at the height at which Napoleon stood, surrounded by his marshals, it was completely light. Above him was a clear blue sky, and a huge ball of the sun, like a huge hollow crimson float, swayed on the surface of the milky sea of fog. Not only all the French troops, but Napoleon himself with his headquarters was not on the other side of the streams and lower reaches of the villages of Sokolnitsy and Shlapanitsy, behind which we intended to take a position and start a business, but on this side, so close to our troops that Napoleon could in our army to distinguish horse from foot. Napoleon stood somewhat ahead of his marshals on a small gray Arabian horse, in a blue greatcoat, in the same one in which he made the Italian campaign. He silently gazed into the hills, which seemed to protrude from the sea of fog, and along which Russian troops were moving in the distance, and listened to the sounds of shooting in the hollow. At that time, his still thin face did not move a single muscle; shining eyes were fixedly fixed on one place. His assumptions turned out to be correct. Part of the Russian troops had already descended into the hollow to the ponds and lakes, partly they were clearing those Pratsen heights, which he intended to attack and considered the key of the position. In the midst of the fog, he saw how in the depression made up by two mountains near the village of Prats, all in one direction towards the hollows were moving, shining with bayonets, Russian columns and one after another disappeared into the sea of fog. According to the information he received in the evening, from the sounds of wheels and footsteps heard at night at the outposts, from the disorderly movement of Russian columns, according to all assumptions, he clearly saw that the Allies considered him far ahead of them, that the columns moving near Pratzen constituted the center of the Russian army, and that the center is already weakened enough to successfully attack it. But he still hadn't started business.How to buy tickets for the Lotus branded train (№005G / 005ZH)
If you want to immediately buy tickets for the Lotus branded train (No. 005G / 005ZH) and you have no questions, you can select the desired travel date within 45-60 days using the calendar and proceed to buying a railway. ticket.
How to buy cheap tickets for the Lotus branded train (№005Г / 005Ж)
When you click the "BUY A TICKET" button (after selecting the travel date), you will see a window with all available trains in the direction of Astrakhan - Moscow - Astrakhan for the selected date.
Also, on trains with a dynamic pricing program, ticket prices may increase in the event of a shortage of seats.
It is worth noting that from time to time a "GOOD TUESDAY" promotion is available for some trains, when tickets for the upper compartment can be bought at prices two times cheaper than usual. Other shares of Russian Railways may also be valid. All of them are available on our service.
How to choose a seat on the Lotus branded train (No. 005G / 005ZH)
During the purchase process, you will be asked to select any seat in the carriage that has not yet been booked. On trains long distance the usual layout of the cars, there may be only minor design differences, although the arrangement of the passenger seats is generally monotonous.
Thus, if you have already traveled with the Lotus branded train (No. 005G / 005ZH), you know that the carriages have upper and lower shelves, as well as side seats.
In the process of buying a railway. You will need to choose a seat on the ticket, for this reasonably convenient carriage schemes are provided, where each number and seat are clearly marked.
So you yourself can choose not only the number of seats, but also their location in the car. This is convenient if you want to redeem a whole compartment in the Lotus branded train (No. 005G / 005ZH) or take a place away from the toilet and doors.
Schedule and schedule of the Lotus branded train (No. 005G / 005ZH)
To view the schedule of the Lotus branded train (№005G / 005ZH) right now, select the date of your trip and click "BUY A TICKET", in the window that opens you will see if there are trains available in the direction of Astrakhan - Moscow - Astrakhan.
You will immediately see the departure time of these trains, the arrival time and the travel time. If the train you want is not in the list, try looking at adjacent dates. Sometimes the system will suggest the nearest dates by itself.
If you want to see the full schedule of a specific corporate train Lotus (No. 005G / 005ZH), then you need to select the link under the number of the train you need and click on it. The full schedule and route of the train with all stops will open in a separate window.
When planning your trip, keep in mind that the travel times of long-distance trains, which are indicated on the website, on the ticket and on the station boards, are always Moscow time. Be careful.
Electronic ticket for the Lotus branded train (No. 005G / 005ZH)
Our site sells only electronic train tickets for the Lotus branded train (No. 005G / 005ZH). This means that when you buy such a ticket, you get a number of benefits. First, you save time. No need to go to the ticket office, no need to stand in lines, you can choose tickets in a relaxed atmosphere at home or in the office.
Of course, there are always those who need a regular train ticket for the Lotus branded train (№005Г / 005Ж) on a form. For example, passengers with pets are still better off contacting the ticket office of the station to clarify the possibilities of transporting an animal.
Also, a regular train ticket on a form may be needed for a report by travelers. But here, too, there are two options. You can immediately buy tickets for the Lotus branded train (No. 005G / 005ZH) at the ticket office on the form, or buy it online in advance, and then exchange it at the box office for a standard ticket on the form. This can be done on the day of departure and then there will be no need to go to the ticket office or to the station once again.
