St. Petersburg is a city on the Neva, where thousands of tourists come from and depart from every day. Five railway stations are located here: Baltic, Vitebsk, Ladoga, Moscow and Finland stations.
Stations of St. Petersburg
The Baltic railway station receives and sends only commuter trains; long-distance trains do not depart from here. Vitebsky Station is the first in Russia. Long-distance messages are sent from it to Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, the Baltic countries, Prague, Warsaw, Berlin. There are also domestic flights: Kaliningrad, Pskov, Novgorod, Smolensk and others. constantly changing and replenishing with new routes. Ladoga station is the only one in the city with through traffic of railway trains. Large long-distance trains and trains of various directions depart from here. It serves trains of the north and east direction, which follow to Adler, Nizhny Tagil, Arkhangelsk, Vorkuta, Barnaul and others. It is here that the Moscow-Helsinki train stops, as well as Moscow-Murmansk. Finland Station is famous for the long-distance passenger services Repin and Sibelius, which depart from St. Petersburg to Helsinki. Trains in northwest and northeast directions also depart from here. Moskovsky Station ranks third in Russia in terms of passenger traffic. High-speed local trains and long-distance trains depart from this station. The train schedule changes and is constantly updated.
Buying tickets
Tickets can be bought directly at the box office of train stations. You can book them on the Internet, as well as buy at the terminals with which all stations of St. Petersburg are equipped. It is better to do this in advance, as some routes, especially inter-city communications within the country, are in great demand, especially on weekends and before holidays.
Thus, from St. Petersburg you can get to almost any city in Russia, as well as to countries near and far abroad. Trains are very comfortable and convenient, so you can safely travel without experiencing discomfort or inconvenience. Rail transport is considered the most reliable of all modes of transport in Russia.