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Trans-Siberian Railway detour to Volgograd?

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  • 22-09-2008 6:11pm
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    mangledbadgers
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    Has anyone included a detour to Volgograd with the Trans-Siberian Railway?

    I really want to include this city in my trip, due to its significance in WW2 (Stalingrad).

    I intend to travel from St Petersburg... Moscow... Volgograd... Irkutsk... Ulanbaatar... Beijing. Hopefully in Oct/Nov 2008.

    If anyone has any ideas/advice i'd be delighted!!biggrin.gif

    (I've read most of the Trans-Siberian Threads, which are very helpful, but haven't found any with a detour to Volgograd)
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    mangledbadgers
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    Hi there!

    Before i get any replies... confused.gif (Hopefully one!)

    I have decided now to do this trip in the opposite direction, by flying to Beijing, and getting a Trans-Siberian Train (Beijing/ UlanBaatar/ Irkutsk/ Moscow/ St Petersburg) and then go interrailing through europe!

    I still would love to visit Volgograd, so if anyone has any advice, let me know!
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    Also, if I wanted travel (by train) from St Petersburg to Krakow or Warsaw would i need a transit/tourist Visa for Lithuania or Belarus or Ukraine (depending on the country i travel through)?

    Thanks if ye can help!


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    cailinoBAC
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    Don't know about the trans siberian side of things, but if you're travelling to Warsaw you will almost definitely need a transit visa for belarus (the only exception being one route from Lithuania to Poland that I think would involve a lot of detours. IF you go through Ukraine you won't need a visa, but it's further down south. You can get the transit visa either in Moscow same day, or from the Belarusian embassy in London.


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    mangledbadgers
    Registered Users Posts: 124 ✭✭mangledbadgers


    Thanks for that! I found the easiest way to see what train routes you can take was the German www.bahn.de website... but wasn't sure on the Visas for those countries!


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