| pages: | Intro letter | time table | diary 08-20 Aug | Intourist bureau | trip arrangement | travelers | China notes |
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| BUDAPEST HUNGARY to YOKOHAMA JAPAN, Schedule, August 1982 | ||||||
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| Kilometer | Station | Arrive | Depart | Actual | Day | Notes |
| 0 | Budapest Hungary, Keleti Station | Start | 20:05 CET | 20:05 | Sunday | CET = Central European Time = GMT+2 summer time This train out of Budapest is the "TISZA" Express coming from ROME, destination, Moscow |
| 335 | Zahony, Hungary | 00:35 | 01:05 CET | 30 min late | Monday | Hungarian border station, a stamp in the passport |
| 341 | ЧОП,
СССР CHOP, USSR | 03:50 MT | 05:33 MT | 30 min late | Monday | MT = Moscow Time = GMT+4 = CET+2 Russian Customs, count your money. No Russian stamp in the passport, they never do this. I don't know why not. The train is lifted and all wheels are changed for the smaller gauge russian tracks. |
| 607 | ЛЬВОВ
LVOV | 10:11 | 10:27 | - | Monday | All times from now will be Moscow time unless otherwise noted. No bar car, how barbaric |
| 1234 | КИЕВ
KIEV | 19:25 | 19:44 | 1h 10m late | Monday | Passed Chernoble safely. |
| 2106 | Moscow
Kiev Station | 07:15 | End | 1h 45m late | Tuesday | Catch subway to cross town for connection. Due to late arrival, only have one hour to cross town and find the train. |
| 0 | Moscow
Jaroslavl Station | Start | 10:00 | 10:00 on time | Tuesday | The train is the "ROSSIA" express, destination Vladivostok. |
| 282 |
ЯРОСЛАВЛЬ
JAROSLAVL | 14:05 | 14:15 | - | Tuesday | There is no bar car on this train, but wine and champagne are available in the two restaurant cars. One is for the travel groups, the other is a 2nd class restaurant for the russians and is much nicer than the group restaurant. |
| 701 | ШАРЬА
SCHARJA | 20:41 | 20:51 | - | Tuesday | Local sunset, first day out of Moscow. |
| 1437 | ПЕРМЬ
PERM | 08:30 | 08:55 | - | Wednesday | Sunrise, 2nd day |
| 1818 |
СВЕРДЛОВСК
SVERDLOVSK | 15:02 | 15:18 | 12 min late | Wednesday | The Ural mountains, just entered ASIA. |
| 2144 |
ТЮМЕНЬ
TJUMEN | 19:35 | 20:00 | 50 min late | Wednesday | Sunset, 2nd day. |
| 2716 |
ОМСК
OMSK | 05:10 | 05:45 | on time | Thursday | Local time 08:10, beginning of third day, cross the IRTYSCH river which comes from China. |
| 3343 |
НОВОСИБИРСК
NOVOSIBIRSK | 15:50 | 16:12 | - | Thursday | end of 3rd day, cross the Ob river, the 7th longest river in ASIA (4,016 Km, The Mississippi-Missouri is 6,051 Km) |
| 4104 |
КРАСНОЯРСК
KRASNOJARSK | 04:30 | 04:45 | - | Friday | beginning of the 4th day, crossing the Yenisey river, 2nd longest river in ASIA, 5,391 Km |
| 4522 |
ТАЙШЕТ
TAISCHET | 12:04 | 12:08 | - | Friday | Local time = 17:08, the evening of the 4th day |
| 5191 |
ИРКУСК
IRKUTSK | 00:12 | 00:27 | - | Saturday | Local time = 05:12, still dark, can't see the town which is so famous for the number of memorable RISK battles |
| 5647 |
УЛАН-УДЗ
ULAN-UDE | 08:19 | 08:34 | - | Saturday | From IRKUTSK to here, saw the famous Lake Baikal, deepest lake in the world, temp= 5° C, tough water skiing. This stop, ULAN-UDE, change trains for Ulan Bator, Mongolia and PEKING. |
| 6060 |
МОГСОН
MOGSON | 15:37 | 15:52 | - | Saturday | Sunset, local time=21:52, end of 5th day. |
| 6300 |
КАРЫМСКАЯ
KARYMSKOJE | 20:31 | 20:46 | - | Saturday | Change here for train to Peking and PYONGYANG, North Korea |
| 6593 |
ЧЕРНЫШЕВСК-ЗАБ
TSCHERNYSCHEVSK | 02:07 | 02:17 | - | Sunday | beginning of 6th day, local time=08:07. Very nice scenery through here, and moving south the trees begin to change and it warms up. By Chabarovsk, it is a hot and humid summer. Swimming on the beach of the AMUR river, 4th longest river in ASIA. |
| 7119 |
ЕРОФЕИ
ПАВЛОВИЧ
JEROFEI PAVLOVITSCH | 13:00 | 13:10 | - | Sunday | end of 6th day |
| 7731 |
ШИМАНОВСКАЯ
SCHIMANOVSK | 01:45 | 01:55 | - | Monday | begin 7th day. |
| 8314 |
БИРА
BIRA | 14:00 | 14:10 | - | Monday | Local time=21:00 (GMT+11) |
| 8531 | CHABAROVSK | 17:30 | Change train | 2 hours late | Monday | local time=02:30 Tuesday, end of the ride. "WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP ITS BEEN". OK to sleep in the station or the park out front with all the other aqualungs. |
| 8531 | CHABAROVSK | New train | 11:25 | - | Tuesday | local time=18:25. The special night train for the foreigners so we can't observe the border installations. Soon after leaving we can see mountains to the west that are in China. On the train, no opening of windows allowed, no pictures outside. There is a first class car on this train that must be from the old days, it is super first class. The bathrooms have showers so it is possible to clean up after sleeping in the park in Chabarovsk, but only if the car attendant doesn't catch you. |
| 8659 |
ВЯЗЕМСКАЯ
VJASEMSKI | 13:18 | 13:28 | - | Tuesday | This ride is mostly a drunken party all night. |
| 8940 |
РУЖИНО
RUZINO | 17:23 | 17:43 | - | Tuesday | This train avoids the city and port of Vladivostok and instead lands the foreigners in the port of Nachodka. |
| 9185 |
УССУРИЙСК
USSURISK | 21:07 | 21:17 | - | Tuesday | - |
| 9395 |
ЛАРТИЗАНСК
PARTISANSK | 23:35 | 23:45 | - | Tuesday | - |
| 9436 |
НАХОДКА
NACHODKA | 01:31 | 01:33 | - | Wednesday | - |
| 9446 |
ТИХООКЕАНСКАЯ
TIZOOKEANSKYA | 02:25 | End | - | Wednesday | End of the train ride. The important final customs check, addresses of Russian friends are copied by the officials if found, and extra money is confiscated. |
| 0 | Port of Nachodka | Start | 05:00 | - | Wednesday | 12:00 local time, the ferry boat "BAIKAL", 4 meals a day, full time social program, Bar ! open until 1 AM. Boat currency is Yen and no bank, change at the bar. |
| 1500 | YOKOHAMA, JAPAN | 16:00 | End | - | Friday | 16:00 Japan time = GMT+9, Moscow Time = 11:00. A total of 13,052 Km (~8000 miles), 277 Hours start to finish, 11 1/2 days. |
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