Railway Movement in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg is a city on the Neva, where thousands of tourists come and from where every day. There are five railway stations: the Baltic, Vitebsk, Ladoga, Moscow and Finland stations.

St Petersburg Train Stations

The Baltic railway station accepts and sends only suburban trains, long-distance trains do not depart from here. Vitebsk railway station is the first in Russia. It sends long-distance messages to Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, the Baltic States, Prague, Warsaw, Berlin. Inland flights are also operated: Kaliningrad, Pskov, Novgorod, Smolensk and others. The timetable of trains is constantly changing and replenished with new routes. Ladozhsky Railway Station is the only one in the city with the through traffic of railway trains. From here large departures and electric trains of different directions are sent. It serves the trains of the northern and eastern directions, which follow in Adler, Nizhny Tagil, Arkhangelsk, Vorkuta, Barnaul and others. It is here that the train stops with the Moscow-Helsinki message, as well as Moscow-Murmansk. The Finnish railway station is famous for long-distance passenger messages Repin and Sibelius, which depart from St. Petersburg to Helsinki. From here trains also depart in the north-west and north-east directions. Moscow railway station takes the third place in Russia in terms of passenger traffic. From this station high-speed local trains are sent, as well as long-distance trains. The schedule of the electric trains changes and is constantly updated.

Buying tickets

Tickets can be purchased directly at the ticket office of railway stations. You can book them on the Internet, as well as buy in terminals, which are equipped with all stations in St. Petersburg. It is better to do this in advance, as some routes, especially long-distance calls within the country, are in high demand, especially on weekends and before holidays.

Thus, from St. Petersburg you can get to almost any city in Russia, as well as to the countries of near and far abroad. Trains are very comfortable and convenient, so you can safely travel without experiencing discomfort and inconvenience. Railway transport is considered the most reliable of all types of transport in Russia.