Ritual Lux is a customer centered company offering a wide range of personalized funeral services to cater for every budget. We provide professional assistance in arranging international repatriation of human remains. Our company takes orders for transporting a dead body by railway. A traditional full service package or different service options related to repatriation of dead body available to families.
The disadvantages of transporting of deceased by rail: the vehicle needs to be leased for transporting of dead to and from the railway station; the departure and arrival timetable should be considered; the transportation may be suspended and delayed if there is no appropriate transport car attached to the train.
But shipping of dead by train has many advantages that include: transportation speed; well-developed infrastructure; comparatively low prices; minimal package of required documentation, etc.
If you need additional information, please, call at 8 (495) 190-01-29 for free of charge consultation of Ritual Lux Ltd specialists.
FEATURES, ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TRANSPORTING A DEAD BY RAIL
Shipping of body by rail has its own features and specifics that distinguished it from the other methods of transportation. For example, it is necessary to know:
- transportation of deceased can be carried only in the baggage or railway post office transport car attached to the train;
- the coffin is placed into transporting container with zinc insert; the container is hermetically soldered;
- it is strictly forbidden to place any extraneous objects into the container;
- all funeral shipments are given special priority and the railway authorities are loading container into baggage transport car out of common line;
- the following documents must accompany the container with deceased: death certificate; statement/document from SES; statement/declaration confirming absence of extraneous objects in the container
Please note! The total service price doesn’t include ticket price of the persons which will accompany a container with human remains. The full fare applicable to the train ticket should be paid separately in accordance with Russian Railway (RZD) rates.
The disadvantages of transporting of deceased by rail: the vehicle needs to be leased for transporting of dead to and from the railway station; the departure and arrival timetable should be considered; the transportation may be suspended and delayed if there is no appropriate transport car attached to the train.
But shipping of dead by train has many advantages that include: transportation speed; well-developed infrastructure; comparatively low prices; minimal package of required documentation, etc.
If you need additional information, please, call at 8 (495) 190-01-29 for free of charge consultation of Ritual Lux Ltd specialists.
