Named train No. 30/29 “Yantar”, Kaliningrad - Moscow
Travel from Moscow to Kaliningrad by train is very exciting. Where else in one night you will enjoy communication with border guards of the 3 countries as much as 4 times!Each stop at the border lasts 40-45 minutes. If you go from Moscow the order is as follows:
1. Belarusian border guards at the exit from Belarus (Gudogay).
2. A few minutes later the Lithuanian guards at the entry in Lithuania (Kena).
3. In a few more hours again when leaving Lithuania (Kybartai).
4. And then finally Russian ones (Nesterov).
2. A few minutes later the Lithuanian guards at the entry in Lithuania (Kena).
3. In a few more hours again when leaving Lithuania (Kybartai).
4. And then finally Russian ones (Nesterov).
If in the previous two countries the border guards are human beings, in Russia they are biorobots. Exceptions are service dogs, and a governor-customs officer, who was very nice and kindly asked if anybody had more than 3000 dollars and food. Everybody used to carry and eat food, but no one confessed.
In the pictures below you can see how this trip looks like in winter:
