The Vladimir region, despite its small size, contains on its territory many interesting cities, each with its own history and various sights. In addition to the traditional directions for the Golden Ring, you can go from Vladimir to Kovrov, which is known as the center for the production of weapons. One of the cities of Russian gunsmiths, like Tula or Izhevsk.
Electric train ride
The distance from Vladimir to Kovrov is 85 kilometers. At such short distances it is best to travel by commuter trains. Electric trains from Vladimir to Kovrov go according to this schedule:
- 05:25.
- 06:23.
- 08:23.
- 12:55.
- 15:09.
- 17:28.
- 18:30.
- 19:35.
- 21:10.
A ticket from Vladimir to Kovrov costs 182 rubles. A trip takes an average of 1 hour.
An electric train passes about 10 stations along the way, the most interesting of them is Bogolyubovo. There you can go out and see the monastery and the ancient Church of the Intercession.
In the opposite direction, the schedule of Kovrov-Vladimir is as follows:
- 04:55.
- 05:06.
- 05:58.
- 07:24.
- 09:20.
- 15:25.
- 16:40.
- 18:20.
- 19:08.
- 20:47.
Long-distance train
I travel an average distance of 45 minutes between Vladimir and Kovrov. It is best to travel by train of a new type: "Swallow", which overcomes the distance between cities in 30 minutes. Their departure schedule is as follows:
- 08:58. A ticket costs from 240 rubles.
- 11:16. Ticket price - from 200 rubles.
- 18:21. From 160 rubles per trip.
- 23:22. This composition follows precisely to Kovrov, as the two previous ones. Ticket price - from 400 rubles.
Places on trains of this type are only sedentary.
Of the remaining long-distance trains, those with the cheapest tickets (about 500 rubles). The schedule of their departure from Vladimir is as follows:
- 01:39. Composition from St. Petersburg to Chelyabinsk or Izhevsk.
- 01:49. Not a branded train from Moscow to Novy Urengoy.
- 06:36 or 07:07. The train of the Belarusian formation follows to Novosibirsk.
- 07:30 or 07:50. Train from Veliky Novgorod to Nizhny Novgorod.
- 23:30. Named train to Kirov. It has seating cars.
By bus
The bus station in Vladimir is conveniently located near the railway. If there is no way to go by train or train, you can use the bus. A ticket for it costs from 188 rubles. The trip from Vladimir to Kovrov takes about 100 minutes. There are various types of buses on the route, from small Bogdanovs to 45-seater Neoplanes.
The bus station in Kovrov is located next to the railway on Oktyabrskaya Street.
In the opposite direction, that is, to Vladimir, buses run from 07:40 to 17:40 almost every hour.
By car
By car, you can drive the distance between cities in about an hour. From Vladimir you need to leave on the M-7 highway and move east to the village of Seninsky courtyards near the Nerekhty River. There you need to turn onto R-71 and enter Kovrov from the south.
What to see in Kovrov?
The city does not have as many historical monuments as Suzdal or Gorokhovets, but there are enough attractions. Directly from the station you can get into the city garden. Two museums are located next to it - the local history museum and the memorial house-museum of the gunsmith Degtyarev.
From there you can take a walk to the bridge over Klyazma and to the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ.
If you take a walk from the station to the southern part of the city, that is, beyond the railway tracks, you can find two steles (cities of military glory and a local factory), as well as Victory Square.