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Presentation of "Golden Eagle" car

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen!

We are happy to tell you about a joyful event! On April 26th at Belorusski Railway Station, and on April 27th at Kazanski Railway Station there was an official presentation of a Deluxe tourist train “Zolotoy Oryol [Golden Eagle] – Trans-Siberian Express”, the first of such type in Russia. Among the top guests attending the event there was the president of the Russian Railways OJSC Vladimir Ivanivich Yakunin, his Highness Prince Michael of Kent, and the head of Federal Tourism Agency  Vladimir Igorevich Strzhalkovski. The companies “Trans-Siberian Express” State Company, “Locotrans” CJSC and GW Travel Ltd. took part in the project development. The train consists of comfortable carriages for accommodating passengers, and each compartment of it is meant for 2 passengers and equipped with a shower, a lavatory, a washbasin, a DVD-player, 2 double beds and spacious luggage closets. Besides, the train comprises cosy carriages-banquet rooms, a carriage-bar, a carriage-kitchen as well as a facility carriage which provides tourists on the way with laundry, hairdresser’s and medical service. The train includes technical carriages designed for supplying the train with electrical power during the whole course. Well-to-do tourists who travel along the Moscow-Vladivostok route will be provided with a brand new level of service and comfort corresponding to the high global standards. Now Russian travelers are given a real chance to travel throughout Russia with comfort!


"Golden Eagle" Train plan

"Golden Eagle" 's popular route


photo gallery




Train "Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express"


Guests book


President of "Russian Railways" Vladimir Yakunin



The note which was written by Vladimir Yakunin


HRH Prince Michael of Kent


The note which was written by HRH Prince Michael of Kent



Head of Federal agency of tourism in Russia Vladimir Strzhalkovskiy


Speech of very important persons


The official opening of the “Zolotoy Oryol” train bas-relief



Speech of very important persons


train departure


A brass band performance



Visiting the plant in the town of Shcherbinka


HRH Prince Michael of Kent and Tim Littler


HRH Prince Michael on the train



Presentation guests


The “Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian express” train presentation at Kazanski Railway Station


The train bas-relief



The presentation


Prince Michael of Kent with his wife and the management of the GW Travel Ltd. company


Prince Michael of Kent and the owner of the GW Travel Ltd. company Tim Littler



Prince Michael of Kent’s wife surrounded by guests


Speech of the owner of the GW Travel Ltd. company Tim Littler


HRH Prince Michael



The Chairman of “Trans-Siberian Express” Board G.N. Korshunov


The train expecting passengers


Getting on the train



The "Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian express" train


Prince Michael and Tim Littler at the train


Prince Michael of Kent with his wife at the steam locomotive



Meeting the “Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian express” train in Kazan


Kul Sharif Mosque in Kazan


Prince Michael in the carriage-bar of the “Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian express” train



Honourable guests on the train


In the restaurant of the “Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian express” train