Nizhny Novgorod, or simply Nizhny is a beautiful Volga city. More than a million people live in the city, and business and personal contacts are connected with many residents of Nizhny Novgorod with the northern capital of Russia - St. Petersburg. Nizhny Novgorod is often visited in St. Petersburg both at work and during holidays or school holidays.
Distance
If measured in a straight line on the map, then between the administrative center of the Volga Federal Circle Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg the distance is small - only 896 km.
Roads stretched for 1,100-1,200 km, railways - 890 km, the plane flies 900 km.
Going on a trip, it should be borne in mind that in Nizhny and St. Petersburg the time difference is 1 hour.
Train travel
From the Moscow railway station of Nizhny Novgorod (Revolution Square, 2, metro station "Moskovskaya") you can leave for St. Petersburg, using one of the 5 trains that leave daily on this route.
- Named train Volga - 059G - leaves at 18:25 and arrives at 09:43. It takes about 15 hours to get there.
- 132G leaves Izhevsk, making a stop in N. Novgorod at 13:40 and after 16 hours, at 05:41, the train arrives in St. Petersburg.
- 347th from Ufa. He arrives in Nizhny at 13:45 and after a short stop leaves for Peter, where he arrives at 12:40.
- 337th - from Samara. At 13:50 he makes a stop in N. Novgorod, and arrives in St. Petersburg at 12:40.
- From Chelyabinsk, 146-U picks up passengers in Nizhny at 13:35, then to go to Petersburg and be there in 16 hours, at 05:41.
Perhaps the departure of the train 469.
Trains run in Nizhny Novgorod-St. Petersburg in 14-22 hours, making a little more than 20 stops, including in cities such as Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Rybinsk, Bezhetsk. All trains arrive in St. Petersburg at Moskovsky Station.
The ticket price depends on the composition, reserved seats train tickets cost 2268-3410 p., Coupe - from 3268 p. The most expensive travel documents are on the Volga company train, where you can buy tickets of the lux category for 10437 rubles. However, the cost of tickets must be clarified before purchase, as well as the train schedule.
Air traffic
Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg are connected by a well-established air service. From Nizhny Novgorod, the reconstructed and modernized Strigino airport, passengers depart by air and arrive in Pulkovo.
Direct flight from Nizhny is carried out only by RusLine. Flights 236 and 238 are in the air for 1 hour 50 minutes. The first leaves at 10:25, the second at 21:55. Flight 236 flies every day except Sunday, flight 238 - except Mondays and Saturdays.
If the passenger agrees to make a transfer, then he can use any airline that operates flights from Nizhny to Moscow: Aeroflot, S7, UTair. In this case, taking into account the transfer at the Moscow airport, the travel time will be from 3 to 11 hours.
Tickets cost from 9559 p. depending on the conditions of the carrier company.
From Nizhny Novgorod to St. Petersburg by bus
From Nizhny Novgorod to St. Petersburg you can go by bus.
The first flight leaves at 06:45, the last at 13:00. Buses depart from a stop opposite the Nizhny railway station and arrive at the St. Petersburg Obvodnaya bus station.
Different carriers operate on the route, but this does not affect the cost of tickets. A bus ticket will cost from 1942 to 2164 p.
The passenger will travel from 20 to 26 hours. All flights between Nizhny and Petersburg involve 1 change in Moscow.
On the road by car
Depending on the route laid from Nizhny Novgorod to St. Petersburg, the distance by car can be 1100-1200 km.
With an average fuel consumption of 8l / 100 km, about 90 liters will be needed, which will cost 3500-3700 p.
It takes 15-18 hours to get from Nizhny to St. Petersburg. It is difficult for one driver to overcome such a path in a day, so you need to take care of the place of rest. The route between the cities is busy; hotels, mini-hotels, motels will meet a lot. The average price of an overnight stay is from 500 r.
It’s good to stock up on the road with good music, take coffee in a thermos and sandwiches. A fellow traveler found through proven services will not only brighten up loneliness on the way without letting you fall asleep, but will also pay part of the cost of gasoline.
Highway
On the route Nizhny Novgorod-St. Petersburg, you can lay several options for the road, depending on the desire to drive through Moscow or leave it aside. In any case, you must leave Nizhny Novgorod on the M-7 highway. There is always a lot of transport on it, but despite the congestion on the road, you can drive at a speed of at least 100-120 km / h. Whichever option you choose to travel to St. Petersburg from Nizhny, you first need to get to Vladimir. M-7 on this segment is 4 quality stripes.
Road Travel Options:
1. From Vladimir, go through Petushki and Noginsk to the Moscow Bypass Road (MKAD), bypass traffic jams on it and get out onto the highway that will directly lead to St. Petersburg. This may be the old road M-10 or toll M-11.
2. Having reached the city of Pokrov, you soon need to turn right to Elektrogorsk, where the A-108 highway passes. This makes it possible to bypass the capital with its traffic jams from afar, through Sergiev Posad, Dmitrov and go to the St. Petersburg M-10 highway already behind Klin.
3. Another opportunity to quickly get from Nizhny Novgorod to St. Petersburg is to follow Vladimir along the P-75 road, which leads through Kolchugino and Aleksandrov to Kalyazin. Having bypassed Kalyazin, it is necessary to drive through Kashin, Bezhetsk and via Vyshny Volochek get off onto M-10.
No matter what way the path from Nizhny to St. Petersburg runs, there is no doubt one thing: the road will certainly be beautiful and interesting, because it passes through historical places.
Attractions along the way
If you go to St. Petersburg from Nizhny Novgorod by car, you can at the same time see many interesting sights and museums. The entire Vladimir region, the cities of Suzdal, Bogolyubovo, Aleksandrov, Sergiev Posad, Kalyazin, Tver, Torzhok, Bezhetsk and others are wonderful monuments of history and architecture.