The Journey to the Carpathian Mountains

The trip from Dnepropetrovsk to the Carpathian Mountains takes over 24 hours by train. They normally buy 3^rd Class tickets. Here’s a description of the ride, taken from a Ukrainian Travel site:

3rd Class – Platzcart

Not the best choice. Each carriage has 54 berths, among which 36 berths of normal type (in cabins) and 18 side located (along the passageway). Berths are in two levels. Cabins have no doors and cannot be closed. There are boxes for luggage below lower level berths in cabins, and small luggage niches below side located ones. Under the upper level berths there are small berths for storing the luggage. Each carriage has WCs with washing-stands, 2 per each carriage. One or two stewards serve every carriage. In spite of very low quality of 3rd class carriages they are popular in Ukraine, the reason is their very low tickets price.

Sounds bad, but it could be worse. This is 3rd class. There are 4th and 5th class options too!

And then there is always the traditional option...

But the advantage of taking the train is that after being in that cabin for over 24 hours, when you finally get to the mountains and you step off the train, you actually believe that the air is fresh!