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The Russian Trains are admired mostly amid foreigners that either launch on lengthy trips or just commute between Moscow and St. Petersburg. There are eight train stations in Moscow that are operated by the Moscow Metro and are situated close to the center of the city. Outside of the stations you will be able to catch a Taxi, just beware, they may be costly. The Russian Trains commonly fall into a category consisting of three different trains, “Firmeny”, “Skoryi” and “Elektrichki”. “Firmeny” trains are most preferred; they are long distance trains that are controlled by a private company. These trains are faster, cleaner, secure and more expensive. Two of the most well-known “Firmeny” trains are, “Rossia” (Russia) that connects Moscow and Vladivastok and “Krasnaya Strella” (Red Arrow) that connects Moscow and St.Petersburg.

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Most of the long distance trains are divided into two divisions, the Platzkarat and the Coupe. The Coupe is an individual cabin with four places on two bunk beds with a small table in the middle. Foreigners usually favor the Coupe. The Platzkarat on the other hand is transportation for loads and appears as if it was meant to transport troops. Even if you would like to get to the extremes and experience the strong intuit ness of all the Russian smells, sights and sounds then we strongly recommend you not to take the Platzkarat.

Moscow - Saint Petersburg Trains

Trains are popular with foreigners shuttling between Moscow and St. Petersburg or launching extended journeys across the country. Here is a table with all the trains between Moscow and St. Petersburg. The "Red Arrow" and "Aurora" are the most recommended.

 

New! New! New!

There is a new train "Grand Express 54/53"

Moscow - Sankt-Petersburg - Moscow

New Train Grand Express Moscow - Saint Petersburg - Moscow , Car

There are four categories in this train:

Grand Lux Class, Premium Class, Grand Class, First Class

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  New Train Grand Express Moscow - Sankt-Petersburg - Moscow ,Grand Class   New Train Grand Express Moscow -  Saint Petersburg - Moscow , Bar   New Train Grand Express Moscow - Saint Petersburg - Moscow , Premium Class  

"The Grand Express” is Russia 's first privately owned and operated luxury passenger train, offering a daily overnight service between Moscow and St. Petersburg . A one-way ticket starts at $183 to travel in a shared sleeping compartment, after which prices are for a private space. Grand Deluxe compartment has an en-suite bathroom, DVD player and Internet access"

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GRAND EXPRESS TRAIN

Departure

Arrival

Price per person starts from:
First Class Premium Grand Grand De Luxe
Moscow - St. Petersburg 54

23:24-08:26

181 USD

183 USD 270 USD

352 USD

           
St. Petersburg- Moscow 53

23:47-08:30

183 USD

185 USD 272 USD

354 USD

 
* Please be advised, that if one person wants to buy the train tickets for this train , he has to buy the whole compartment ( 2 tickets)

The train has 14 cars:

* two cars with Grand de Luxe class suite-compartments

* two cars with Grand class room-compartments

* two cars with Premium class room-compartments

* seven cars with First class room-compartments."

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MOSCOW - ST. PETERSBURG TRAINS


Firmeny trains Train #002A "Red Arrow" MOSCOW Leningradski [daily 23.55] - ST. PETERSBURG Moovski [next day 07.55]. Total time: 8h00m. Price: 1st class (2-berth compartment) - $150, 2nd class (4-berth) - $103, 3rd class - N/A

Train #004A "Express"
MOSCOW Leningradski [daily 23.59] - ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [next day 08.00]. Total time: 8h01m. Price: 1st class - $140, 2nd class (4-berth) - $99, 3rd class - N/A

Train #006 "Nikolay's Express"
MOSCOW Leningradski [daily 23.30] - ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [next day 07.00]. Total time: 7h30m. Price: 1st class - $156, 2nd class - $106, 3rd class - N/A

Train #020
MOSCOW Leningradski [daily 00.43] - ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [09.20]. Total time: 8h37m. Price: 1st class - $189, 2nd class - $125, 3rd class - N/A

Train #024A "Yunost"
MOSCOW Leningradski [daily 12:30] - ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [same day 21:15]. Total time: 8h45m. Price: 1st class - N/A, 2nd class - $140, 3rd class (sitting place) - $99

Train #026 "Smena Express"
MOSCOW Leningradski [daily 23.01] - ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [next day 06.40]. Total time: 7h39m. Price: 1st class - $189, 2nd class - $125, 3rd class - N/A

Train #028
MOSCOW Leningradski [daily 21.30] - St.Petersburg Moskovsky [next day 05:20]. Total time: 7h50m. Price: 1st class - $118, 2nd class - $89, 3rd class - $58.

Train #030
MOSCOW Leningradski [daily 20.26] - St. Petersburg Moskovski [next day 05.05]. Total time: 08:39. Price: 1st class - $118, 2nd class - $89, 3rd class - $58

Train #038 "Afanasy Nikitin Express"
MOSCOW Leningradski [daily 0.23] - ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [next day 08.32]. Total time: 8h09m. Price: 1st class - $198, 2nd class - $129

Train #056
MOSCOW Leningradski [daily 20.10] - ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [next day 04.55]. Total time: 8h45m. Price: 1st class - $74, 2nd class - $50, 3rd class - $35/33-sitting place.

Fast train #160 "Aurora Express"
MOSCOW Leningradski [daily 16.30] - ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [same day 22.16]. Total Time: 5h46m. Price: 1st class - $147, 2nd class - $137, Business class - $ 166

Fast train #164 R-200 Express
MOSCOW Leningradski [Monday, Friday 18.28] - St. Petersburg Moskovski [same day 23.15]. Total Time: 4h47m. Price: 1nd class - $180.

Fast train #166 "Nevsky Express"
MOSCOW Leningradski [Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 18.28] - St. Petersburg Moskovski [same day 23.15]. Total Time: 4h47m. Price: 2nd class - $ 167.

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ST. PETERSBURG - MOSCOW TRAINS

Train #001 "Red Arrow"

ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [daily 23.55] - MOSCOW Leningradski [next day 07.55]. Total Time: 7h55m. Price: 1st class (2-berth compartment) - $ 191, 2nd class (4-berth compartment) - $ 127, 3rd class - N/A

Train #003 "Express"
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [daily 23.59] - MOSCOW Leningradski [next day 08.01]. Total Time: 8h00m. Price: 1st class - $ 191, 2nd class - $ 127, 3rd class - N/A

Train #005 "Nikolay's Express"
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [daily, 23.35] - MOSCOW Leningradski [next day 07.15]. Total Time: 7h40m. Price: 1st class - $ 192, 2nd class - $ 125, 3rd class - N/A

Train #019
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [daily 23.16] - MOSCOW Leningradski [next day 06.28]. Total Time: 7h12m. Price: 1st class - $ 145, 2nd class - $125, 3rd class - N/A

Train #023 "Yunost"
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [daily 13.10] - MOSCOW Leningradski [same day 20.55]. Total Time: 7h45m. Price: 1st class - N/A, 2nd class - $ 130, 3rd class - $96

Train #025 "Smena Express"
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [daily 23.00] - MOSCOW Leningradski [next day 06.46]. Total Time: 7h46m. Price: 1st class - $ 189, 2nd class - $127, 3rd class - N/A

Train #027
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [daily 22.30] - MOSCOW Leningradski [next day 06.07]. Total Time: 7h37m. Price: 1st class - $ 189, 2nd class - $125, 3rd class - - $ 88

Train #029
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [daily 21.55] - MOSCOW Leningradski [next day 05.25]. Total Time: 8h00m. Price: 1st class - $ 148, 2nd class - $125, 3rd class - $ 90- sitting place

Train #037 "Afanasy Nikitin"
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [daily 22.25] - MOSCOW Leningradski [next day 06.01]. Total Time: 7h36m. Price: 1st class - $ 194, 2nd class - $128

Train #055
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [daily 00.35] - MOSCOW Leningradski [same day 09.07]. Total Time: 8h32m. Price: 1st class - $ 144, 2nd class - $112

Fast train #159 "Aurora Express"
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [daily 16.00] - MOSCOW Leningradski [same day 21.41]. Total Time: 5h41m. Price: 1st class - $ 191, 2nd class - $145, 3rd class - $ 83/$103- sitting place

Fast train #163 R-200 Express
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [Thursday, Sunday 18.28] - MOSCOW Leningradski [same day 23.00]. Total Time: 4h32m. Price: 2nd class - $ 138

Fast train #165 "Nevsky Express"
ST. PETERSBURG Moskovski [Monday, Wednesday, Friday 18.28] - MOSCOW Leningradski [same day 23.00]. Total Time: 4h32m. Price: 2nd class - $ 144

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Moscow Railway Stations

Belorussky Railway Station

Serves: Kalliningrad, Lithuania, Smolensk,Belarus (Minsk, Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic and some trains to Latvia.

Address : 7 Tverskaya Zastava Ploshchad Metro: Belorusskaya

Leningradsky Railway Station

Serves north direction: St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Pskov, Vyborg, Murmansk, Estonia (Tallinn), Finland (Helsinki).

Suburban trains to/from Klin, Tver.

Kazansky Railway Station

Serves south-east direction: Adler, Barnaul, Izhevsk, Kazan, Novorossisk, Orenburg, Penza, Rostov, Samara, Tashkent, Toliatti, Ufa, Tchelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Ryazan, Tomsk .

Address: 2 Komsomolskaya Ploshchad. Metro: Komsomolskaya

Paveletsky Railway Station

Serves Voronezh, Tambov, Volgograd and Astrakhan.

Address: 1 Paveletskaya Ploshchad. Metro: Paveletskaya

Kievsky Railway Station

Serves Western Ukraine and Southeastern Europe.

Address: Ploshchad Kievskogo Vokzala. Metro Kievskay

Rizhsky Railway Station

Serves some trains to Latvia.

Address: 79/3 Rizhskaya Ploshchad. Metro: Rizhskaya

Kursky Railway Station

Serves : Kursk, Krasnodar, Nizhni Novgorod, Orel, Perm, Rostov-na-Donu, Southern Russia, Caucasus nations, Eastern Ukraine, and Crimea. Local trains to / from Vladimir, Podolsk.

Metro Kurskay

Savyolovsky Railway Station

Serves Kostroma, Cherepovets and some trains to Vologda.

Metro : Savyolovskaya

Yaroslavlsky Railway Station

Serves : Arkhangelsk, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Irkutsk, Kostroma, Kirov, Novosibirsk, Perm, Vladimir, Vladivostok, Vologda, Yaroslavl. Trans-siberian trains. Suburban trains to Abramtsevo, Sergiev Posad. Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia and China.

Metro Komsomolskaya

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Saint Petersburg Railway Stations

Moskovsky Railway Station Serves: Moscow, Novgorod, Murmansk
Vitebsky Railway Station Serves : Belarus (Minsk), Ukraine (Kiev), Latvia (Riga), Lithuania (Vilnius).

Finlandsky Railway Station

Serves : Finland
Warshavsky Railway Station Serves: Poland (Warsaw)
Baltiisky Railway Station Serves: trains to the cities around St. Petersburg .

 

     
 

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