Moscow-Nice express leaving the Russian capital (screenshot from YouTube clip)Passengers disembarked after more than 50 hours aboard the Moscow-Nice express which left the Russian capital on Thursday, passed through five different countries and made 29 stops en route before reaching its destination just 30 minutes behind schedule.
Waiting for them was "a heroes welcome, a fanfare and official speeches" to mark the arrival of a service which, in the words of a BBC report, harked back "to the days of the tsars, when Russian nobility holidayed on the French Riviera."
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The decision to relaunch the route was taken two years by Vladimir Yakunin, the president of the president of the state run Russian railways, as part of a plan to strengthen its continental lines.
Prices for the trip begin at €306 for an adult travelling one way in second class to €459 in first.
For those to whom money is no object, there's also the luxury tariff of €1,050 for a single ticket allowing passengers to travel in a compartment sleeping two people, complete with a shower and a flat screen TV.
For the moment the service operates once a week leaving Moscow on Thursday afternoon and arriving in Nice on Saturday evening and making the return journey on Sunday, arriving on Tuesday.
For those of you who don't like flying and have plenty of time on your hands, it's perhaps the perfect way to travel.
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