10 best sites for buying train tickets

The subsidiary aggregator of the large Russian holding Ozon offers railway tickets for domestic routes, Europe and the CIS. Also here you can buy online tickets at competitive prices. The interface of the service is simple, nothing more - just a line with the search / selection of railway tickets. Payment is made in your personal account on the Ozon.Travel website, and refunds are made there. True, in order to return the ticket and get the money back, you have to sweat a lot. Support at the service responds with a delay, and sometimes the money goes to its owner for a very long time. Therefore, buying tickets here is almost always a roulette. Someone is lucky, and returns are carried out without problems, but for someone - on the contrary.

One of the most popular international online services for booking, buying railway, bus and air tickets. The site has a clear navigation, there are no ads on its pages. On the service you can order tickets to any destination, Onetwotrip also offers favorable terms of cooperation. The aggregator offers to issue a branded bank card, using which you can return up to 9% from each purchase of railway tickets. Favorable conditions also apply to users of the application of the same name. The service has only 3 serious disadvantages: a long wait for a return, poorly working support, and technical failures on the site / in the application.

Russian service that sells train tickets, air tickets, bus tickets and aeroexpress trains online. You can also book a hotel room here. The design of the site is somewhat similar to Russian Railways - the similarity is explained by the fact that UFS.Travel is a technological partner of a domestic company. True, despite the partnership, the service still has a cheat on the purchase of railway tickets, and it is not small. The average service fee is 10-11%. But in terms of cost, UFS is far from the most expensive aggregator. In addition, he has a very profitable offer - PayLate trust payment. With its help, you can buy tickets and use them immediately, and pay for them within 12 months. with interest payment of 3.5% or without interest within 50 days.

Ya.Travel is a site where you can book a hotel room and buy air tickets, train or bus tickets. The service offers affordable rates, does not change the final cost after booking. If there is an error in the ticket, or the user cannot use it for any reason, then you can write to support and make a refund. The procedure is performed online.However, from fast here only registration of the application. Often the service pulls with a return, but still fits within the deadlines established by law. The problem with the return is rare, but still spoils the overall impression of the aggregator.

Service with affordable prices and a large selection of destinations. On the site you can buy air tickets, train tickets for traveling around the country, Belarus and Ukraine. Each user here will be able to book a seat not only in the usual, but also in the branded train: Sapsan, Swallow, Strizh. According to reviews, the service has very attentive and friendly support, quickly processing requests from customers. True, among users there are still those who are dissatisfied with the quality of service. However, there are fewer such people than travelers who are satisfied with everything. The only serious minus of the company is the commission. But for all intermediary services, the prices for railway tickets are always slightly higher than for the state-owned company.

The service from the state organization used to slow down, hang at the most crucial moment. Therefore, many users preferred to buy train tickets from third-party aggregators. Now the site has been updated, the errors have been fixed, and now it works without serious failures. Yes, navigation is still not very convenient, but otherwise the service pleases the eye and the traveler's wallet. Train tickets here can be bought online without any additional markups. RZD also provides a 20% discount on the simultaneous purchase of round-trip tickets, offers a profitable accumulative bonus system that can be used to pay for new trips.

The most simple, but very functional site for buying railway tickets online.There is nothing superfluous here: only the most necessary sections. It is very easy to buy a ticket without visiting the railway station with this service. It is enough to choose the direction, departure time, price and place an order. Returns are also made on the site. True, only if you pay with a Visa / MasterCard bank card. In other cases, refunds are issued at the box office of Russian Railways. The service accepts payment not only online and by electronic wallets, but also in cash through the cash desks of Euroset and Svyaznoy communication stores. The aggregator is not as popular as other travel sites, but it provides its services with high quality. The only negative feedback from the user is related to the fact that the ticket turned out to be the top one instead of the bottom shelf.

A site for buying railway tickets, as well as online ordering air tickets, car rental, insurance and hotel reservations. This major aggregator has a notorious reputation for airline tickets: in 2020, due to the pandemic, many customers faced flight cancellations and could not get their money back.But as a service for online purchase of railway tickets, Tickets.ru shows itself on the good side. Here you can find affordable prices for regional, domestic and international routes, and free auto-selection of available tickets with SMS and email notification. In general, using the aggregator is quite convenient. True, a buggy site, incompetent managers and a tarnished reputation due to air tickets do not add attractiveness to the service.

A convenient site for online selection and purchase of railway and air tickets. The aggregator appeared on the Russian market in 2006, but the company has been operating since 1996. Judging by the reviews, this service is considered one of the best: there are no serious problems with the return, simple issuance of train tickets. The site remotely provides supporting documents upon request for a business trip report, you can also order delivery in Moscow here. By the way, it will be free if you order more than 2 pieces. railway tickets and delivery address is within the metro circle line.In addition, the site has a "Catch a ticket" service. With its help, you can buy a ticket for the desired direction even when they are not available. The system automatically tracks trains and empty seats, then notifies the client via SMS or email.

This site is the best among similar services from Russia. It provides a wide range of services: from online purchase of railway and bus tickets, air tickets to full-fledged tours in Russia, Europe, Asia. You can also buy a certificate here and give it to a loved one. With it, he will be able to buy a bus / air or train ticket, tour. The prices on the site are not the lowest, but quite reasonable. The aggregator offers to issue a ticket without registering on the site, in addition, here you can get acquainted with the schedule of flights of planes, buses and trains for free. True, even such a popular service has a couple of drawbacks.Some users complain about the inability to return money for canceled flights, as well as the presence of a service fee: the prices of the aggregator are slightly higher than those of the official carrier.