"A football fan from China couldn't find his train in the timetable in Volgograd on June 19. It was 01:37am local time and his train was to leave according to the schedule. At first we also tried to find the train in the timetable, but then we looked at the ticket closely and it turned out that he was supposed to leave from Vologda but he was in Volgograd," Russian Transport Minister Yevgeny Ditrikh said.

He added that two more fans from China faced the same problem mixing up Vologda and Volgograd while buying train tickets.
Vologda is situated around 250 miles north of Moscow while Volgograd, which will host four World Cup matches in June, is located more than 560 miles south of the Russian capital.