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Saint Petersburg by train
Saint Petersburg by train
Saint Petersburg is a major rail hub. The 3.5-hour train ride from Helsinki (Finland) is one of the most comfortable ways to reach the city. Trains also connect to destinations in the Baltics and Central Europe. Alternatively, you can head inland to Moscow.
There are five principal stations:
Moscovskii Station (Московский вокзал): for Moscow, Novgorod, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Volgograd, Kazan, Samara, Rostov-na-Donu, Ufa, Sochi and others cities. Metro: Ploshchad Vosstaniya (closer) and Mayakovskaya.
Vitebskii Station (Витебский вокзал): for Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoe Selo), Pavlovsk, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia . Metro: Pushkinskaya.
Baltiskii Station (Балтийский вокзал): for Petrodvorets (Peterhof), Lomonosov (Oranienbaum), Gatchina, Luga. Also used by trains to/from Aeroport station, with connecting buses to the airport. Metro: Baltiiskaya.
Ladozhskii Station (Ладожский вокзал): For various destinations including Murmansk, Ekaterinburg, Cheliabinsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Astana (Kazakhstan), Helsinki (night-train Leo Tolstoi). Metro: Ladozhskaya.
Finliandskii Station (Финляндский вокзал): Now used again for high speed passenger trains Allegro to Helsinki in Finland. Also trains to Vyborg. Metro: Ploschad Lenina.
Note: Varshavskii Station (Варшавский вокзал) is now closed, trains to/from Poland arrive at the Baltic or Vitebsk Stations.
Until recently, you could only buy a ticket for a Russian train at a train station, but now you can purchase an electronic train ticket.
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