Useful information on how to get to the metro from Pulkovo

How to get to the metro from Pulkovo? Perhaps, this question interests everyone who has ever visited the North Capital through the air gate of the Russian Federation.

But is it real? Is there any kind of public transport going there or the only option is to resort to taxi services and pay a huge amount of money for the journey?

This will be discussed in this article. However, the reader will learn much more than just a set of information on how to get to the metro from Pulkovo, he will get acquainted with the services offered by the airport, its achievements and throughput.

Section 1. General description of the object

Pulkovo is actually the only airport in St. Petersburg, which is also an international air gate of the North-West Federal District. By the way, very few people know that it was called "Highway" until 1973. Today it is located at a distance of twenty kilometers from the city center.

Serving almost thirteen million people for 2013, the airport took the third place in terms of the number of passengers brought. Pulkovo Airport is also the base airport for Transaero Airlines and Russia.

Now everything, both international and domestic flights are carried out through the new Terminal-1. A well-known to many terminal Pulkovo-1 was closed for repairs, which are planned to be completed in 2014. After the repair work, the Pulkovo-1 building will be connected to the newly built terminal, where passengers of domestic flights will be serviced. At the end of March this year the Pulkovo-2 terminal, which sent international flights, completely stopped operating.

Section 2. Architectural features

From Pulkovo to the metro, you can reach quite quickly, however, finding yourself in a building, you still need to try to allocate time and look around. And to look at actually is that.

The total area of all the aprons of the terminal has now become twice as large. Previously, it was 250 thousand square meters, and now - 450. Aerocomplex services are equipped quite modern and in accordance with the requirements of all, even the most capricious travelers.

The design of the airport belongs to the British Bureau of Architecture Grimshow Architects. The entire appearance of the terminal reflects the historical buildings of the Northern Capital and resembles the features of the architecture of the era of the USSR and the grand halls of the Hermitage. In sunlight, the roof of the building has a gleam of gold, like the domes of St. Petersburg's temples .

A wavy curved ceiling is similar to the smooth surface of the Neva River, sculptures of female airplanes are present, and the transition from the registration area to the border control zone resembles the bridges of the Northern capital.

The new terminal has 110 cabins for passport control, therefore, there will not be any queues here. The passenger and passenger flights registration area is divided into two parts, with 88 racks. For the issuance of bags and suitcases, 7 ribbons-carousels for luggage were installed.

Conditions have been created for people with disabilities. There are 17 approaches for landing, there are 14 tele-towers, 45 elevators, and 17 escalators in the air complex.

Section 3. How to get to the city (taxi and special express)

In general, worry about the fact that the passenger gets lost or can not get to the city in time, definitely not worth it. Let us explain why. The fact is that today in the building everything is extremely simple and understandable. Everywhere you can see beautifully illuminated signs and plaques. For example, "Pulkovo Airport - Metro", and further the arrow coordinates the traveler about the correct transition to the destination. As noted by experienced travelers, such pointers are encountered literally at every step, which means that the question of how to get to the metro from Pulkovo does not arise even from those who found themselves at the airport for the first time.

Express buses from Pulkovo-1 (№K800) and from Pulkovo-2 (№K900) run every hour even at night. They can be reached immediately to several metro stations: Technological Institute, Moskovskaya, Vladimirskaya, Dostoevskaya, which is the final one.

Section 4. How to get to the metro from Pulkovo (buses and minibuses)

Public transport is also abundant. Of course, he moves around the city more slowly, but the prices for him are much lower.

From the station "Moskovskaya" is sent a fixed-route taxi No. K39 and bus number 39.

From the station "Kupchino" - a fixed-route taxi №K-113.

From the metro station "Sadovaya" the minibus №К-213 and №К-3 are sent.

From Vladimirskaya Square - fixed-route taxi №K-900.

Section 5. Plans for the future

In connection with the construction of a new terminal, the entire load was distributed to the first and second aprons. But the third almost completely freed. Earlier on the arrival of passengers, for example, at the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, a separate lane was assigned, which complicated the work of the personnel and the stay of other passengers in the hall. Now for the visitors to this event passengers Pulkovo Airport will take the entire third platform. Consequently, there will be no problems with the registration and luggage delivery for the rest of the passengers.

It should be noted that the freight apron has already been introduced, which also greatly facilitated the work. Due to the increase in the area of the airport, the harvesting volume has certainly not decreased. But this is not a problem: a lot of new equipment has been acquired, so it is not difficult to clear the runways in winter from snow.