Looking to travel from Moscow to Almaty by train, preferably leaving Moscow 13th/14th Dec 2019. I'm very new to Russian/Kazakh trains so I'm a little bit confused and have a few questions
I'm aware there are no direct trains between Moscow and Almaty, so I'm looking at changing trains at Petropavlovsk. The schedule for Moscow - Petropavlovsk seems fine - there's a train 090У on 14 Dec. However the schedule for Petropavlovsk - Almaty stops after 8 Dec, does anyone know why? (Planning to transfer onto train 706Т). Are there just no more trains or will the timetable be updated sometime in the future?
If the 706T train is not available after 8 Dec, does anyone have any route suggestions for Moscow-Almaty around 13/14 Dec? Russian railways search engine doesn't return anything as the date is too far in the future. I'd like to have a planned route asap for visa application.
Another question I have is about the Russian visa. I'm not sure if I'll need a single or double entry visa, as I've heard some trains in Russia dip in and out of Kazakhstan. As I'm not sure of the route I'm taking from Moscow to Almaty, should I apply for a double-entry Russian visa just to be safe? I don't need a visa for Kazakhstan.
Lastly, When I just put Moscow to Almaty in the Russian railways search engine and tick "route with transfer", I can only search for trains up to 5 Nov and see available trains. If I put dates later than 5 Nov the Petropavlovsk-Almaty leg says sold out. Is it just that they're not on sale yet?
If anyone has had experience booking this route online, some guidance would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Submitted September 24, 2019 at 08:45PM by woshju https://ift.tt/2n2JvbL
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