Train 081/082 operates on the Moscow to Ulan Ude route. The train covers the distance of 5488 km in 3 days and 18 hours. 2nd and 3rd class tickets are available on this train.

The train is not a branded one, but it is clean and provides high quality services. Second class compartments have 4 berths – two upper and two lower ones. Second class tickets are available with and without meals. Bedlinen is included in the price of all 2nd class tickets. Third class is an open carriage without any closed compartments. It has 54 sleeping berths arranged in two levels. Most of the carriages are air-conditioned.