Average train ticket prices increased by 20% over the year

Ticket prices on long-distance trains across Russia increased by an average of 20% year-on-year in July 2025, Izvestia found out.

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According to Rosstat, the most expensive fare (by 27.4%) was in the unregulated segment — in the compartments of branded trains. For comparison, last year the branded coupon ticket increased in price by 14.8%.

A ticket to a compartment car of a fast non-company train has become more expensive by 23.8% over the past year.

The indexation also affected the most in-demand segment of railway tickets, namely reserved cars. Thus, in July of this year, the cost of travel in a branded reserved seat increased by 20.7% year-on-year.

Passenger transportation on long-distance trains is carried out in regulated and unregulated segments. In reserved and shared carriages, they are regulated by the Federal Antimonopoly Service.

As the Antimonopoly service informed Izvestia, starting from December 1, 2024, the maximum fares for travel in reserved and shared cars have been indexed by 11.6%.

According to Mikhail Burmistrov, CEO of INFOLine-Analyst, there is a higher price increase compared to this indicator.

In cases where the 11.6% increase in ticket prices is exceeded, additional verification of the carrier by the Federal Antimonopoly Service is required, Ilya Zotov, chairman of the All-Russian Association of Passengers, told Izvestia.

The Federal Passenger Company (FPC) does not dramatize the situation. Izvestia was told there that during the high travel season, that is, in summer or December, ticket prices are always higher, and during the less active period, in February or November, they decrease.

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Railway, dear: train tickets have increased in price by an average of 20% over the year