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    You enter Russia at Vainikkala. The stop is at 22:00. So you would be entering a full two hours before your visa starts. And I very much assume the answer to be ‘no’ — it’s Russia.
    – Jan
    Commented Jun 23, 2016 at 2:18
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    One does not simply enter Arstotzka a few hours early.
    – JonathanReez ♦
    Commented Jun 23, 2016 at 11:52
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    1-1.5 hours before the visa validity starts is a time at which the visa is not valid. If you rephase "1-1.5 hours before the visa validity starts" with "without having a valid visa", your question becomes "Is it possible to enter Russia by train without having a valid visa?" The answer now seems pretty obvious.
    – David Richerby
    Commented Jun 23, 2016 at 19:47
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    @DavidRicherby: whereas if you phrase it "is it possible for Russian border officials to exercise discretion to allow something that formally is forbidden?" then the answer is equally obvious and opposite. So the thrust of the question is whether either of those rephrasings actually reflects the real world, and if you have an answer to that question based on knowledge of the behaviour of actual Russian border guards then you should write it as an answer, like Jan did, not as a comment. Maybe Russian border guards follow the rules, maybe they don't: it was not obvious to the questioner which.
    – Steve Jessop
    Commented Jun 25, 2016 at 13:59
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    @SteveJessop It's nore remotely obvious that it's possible for border officials to use discretion to allow something that is forbidden. Unless you mean it in the most literal sense that, sure, any border guard anywhere in the world could do or allow anything that is physically possible, even if doing that thing would cause them to be fired, imprisoned or worse.
    – David Richerby
    Commented Jun 25, 2016 at 15:09