Germany to Kazakhstan by Rail - part 1: Karlsruhe - Warsaw on EuroNight Train EN 453 Paris - Moscow
Part One of the Summer Railway Journey from Heilbronn, Germany to Kapchagay, Kazakhstan; travelling via Karlsruhe, Berlin, Warsaw, Minsk, Moscow, Volgograd, Atyrau, Shymkent, and Almaty;
Train: EuroNight EN 453
From: Paris Gare de l’Est, France
To: Moscow Belorusskaya, Russian Federation
Travelling: from Karlsruhe Hbf, Germany to Warszawa Wschodnia, Poland
Route via: Frankfurt/Main, Erfurt, Halle/Saale, Berlin, Frankfurt/Oder, Poznan, Torun, Ilawa
Travel Class: Kupe Wagon (Second Class sleeping compartment)
Car No: 257
Seat No: 36 (upper berth)
Wagon Model: WLABmz 61-4476 RIC
Registration: RZD 62 85 78-90 167-8
Manufacturer: Siemens and Transmashholding in Tver
Price: RUB 11,500 (approx. EUR 163)
Scheduled travel time: 14 hours and 16 minutes
Distance: 456 km
Travel season: November 2018
Train operator: RZD Russian Railways, Moscow Railway
Technical operator: DB Fernverkehr (Germany), PKP Intercity (Poland)
Locomotives: DB Class 101 (Offenburg - Berlin