From St. Petersburg you can get to Cheboksary by four modes of transport: quickly, but expensively by plane; cheaper, but with great comfort on the train; even cheaper, but with the hardships of a long and dreary road by bus; by car, your own or as a companion. The choice of transport is an individual thing, depending on financial capabilities, goals, speed considerations. We consider each option separately.
Airplane
Twice a week, flights from Pulkovo Airport operate on the route St. Petersburg - Cheboksary. The plane travels 1100 kilometers between cities in three hours, so it is the fastest way to get to the capital of Chuvashia. If there is no direct flight on the right day, then you can fly through Moscow with a transfer to Vnukovo. The total travel time increases to 5-9 hours, depending on the time interval between the aircraft.
Train from St. Petersburg to Cheboksary
There is no direct train from St. Petersburg to Chuvashia, there is a trailer carriage that is part of the St. Petersburg-Kazan train. This raises problems with buying tickets, it is better to take care of this in advance, otherwise it is likely that there will be no seats left on the required date. The road from St. Petersburg to Cheboksary in a trailer car takes 23 hours. The train leaves during the day and conveniently arrives at the terminal station at two in the afternoon, just in time for checking into hotels.
There is an option faster, but a little more troublesome: to go with a transfer in Moscow. If you leave the Sapsan at three in the afternoon, you can easily catch two Moscow-Cheboksary evening trains, one of them leaves at nine in the evening, the other at midnight, and arrives in the capital of Chuvashia at nine in the morning and half of the second day. In total, the transfer of St. Petersburg - Cheboksary will take 18 or about 22.5 hours.
In addition, such a trip can be combined with a quality walk in Moscow. There are dozens of trains from St. Petersburg that arrive in Moscow in the morning. It is enough for a traveler to spend an hour to move from the Leningrad station to Kazan, to hand over his things, then wander around the capital all day, and go to Cheboksary in the evening.
Bus
Bus crossing St. Petersburg - Cheboksary can attract only low cost or under force majeure circumstances. Buses start from the bus station on the Obvodny Canal and drive almost 1400 kilometers to Cheboksary in 24-25 hours. Even the comfort of modern buses does not mitigate the severity of such a long and exhausting journey. Such a trip is suitable for bus-tempered travelers, but for most people, especially for the elderly and children, it will be a painful test.
St. Petersburg. Where to go from?
Pulkovo Airport is located at: Pulkovo highway, 41. You can get to it from anywhere in the city by taxi. There are also regular buses running between the nearest Moskovskaya metro station and the airport. Minibuses take passengers to the city center to Sennaya Square. You can drive to Pulkovo by your car and, if necessary, leave it in a guarded parking lot for the duration of the trip.
Moskovsky Station is located in the city center at 85 Nevsky Prospekt, within walking distance of Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station and Mayakovskaya metro station, in addition, several trolleybus and bus routes stop near the station.
The bus station, from where the St. Petersburg - Cheboksary buses depart, is located at 36 Obvodny Canal. The Obvodnoy Canal metro station is half a kilometer away , you can get to the bus station by city bus, taxi or metro.
Cheboksary. Where to come?
Cheboksary Airport is located 8 kilometers from the city center at: Skvortsova Square, 1. From the airport you can easily get to the central areas of Cheboksary by trolley bus, bus, minibus or traditional taxi.
Cheboksary station and bus station are located very close, hundreds of meters apart and three kilometers from the city center, where you can get by bus, trolley, minibus, taxi. Station address: Privokzalnaya street, d. 1. Bus station address: Prospekt Mira, d. 78.
From St. Petersburg by car to Cheboksary
Typically, a car travels this route faster than a regular bus, because the car has higher average speed, and the bus has more intermediate stops and time losses associated with a large number of passengers. At an average speed of about 90 km / h, the car will reach Cheboksary in about 15-16 hours, which is much faster than the options with a bus and trailer car.
Moreover, 670 kilometers, and this is almost half the distance to Cheboksary, is occupied by the modern high-speed, multi-lane M10 highway, which makes a quick and comfortable road from Moscow to St. Petersburg by car. Reviews of drivers about it are mostly positive, although traffic jams and accidents occur on the autobahn. In addition, you need to remember that video surveillance is carried out throughout the route, so that dashing and too high speed are guaranteed to turn into fines. There are paid sections on the road.
You can get to Cheboksary not only by your own car, but also using such services to search for travel companions via the Internet, such as BlaBlaKar, Prokati, BibKar and others. There are many offers, you can choose the transport according to the level of comfort (minibus or car), the most suitable place and time of departure, it is more flexible to plan a route, for example, to Chuvashia by car, and back by train or plane. And most importantly - you don’t have to drive the car yourself, because not every driver is psychologically and technically ready to drive such a distance while driving. The cost of the road will be 2000-2500 rubles per person.