First tourist train leaves Moscow for Beijing

MOSCOW, August 15 (Itar-Tass) -- A new tourist train begins its first
14-day trip from Moscow to Beijing. The train will set off from Moscow's
Kazaknsky railway terminal on Monday.
The train will make stopovers in Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk,
Krasnoyerask, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude, Ullan Baatar, and in Erlian. "A rich
program of excursions will be offered in each of these cities," a
spokesman for Russian Railways Co (RZD) told Itar-Tass.
A zest of the trip is a travel along a circular railway around
picturesque Lake Baikal, and a night in an authentic Mongolian jurt, the
spokesman said. Apart from it, dishes of national cuisines will be offered
on board the train.
"Interpreter services will be available for foreign tourists during
the entire trip," the spokesman noted.
Along with sleeping cars, the train has two restaurants, a cafeteria,
and a car with bath cubicles.