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Rail

Central Railroad Ticket Office (tel: (812) 168 0111; website: www.ehi.com/travel/ehi/russia/stpets.htm) can provide some times and fares. The principal stations include Finlayandski vokzal at ploschad Lenina, for connections to Helsinki. Moskovsky vokzal on Nevsky prospekt, at ploschad Vosstania, for trains coming in from the north and Moscow; and Varshavsky vokzal at naberezhnaya Obvodnogo Kanala, which serves Poland and Eastern Europe. Facilities are basic to non-existent.

Rail services: It is possible to travel to St Petersburg from most of the European capitals via Warsaw, Berlin, Helsinki or Moscow. There are daily services to Moscow (journey time - 8 hours), Berlin (journey time - 36 hours) and Warsaw (journey time - 26 hours). The Finnish VR passenger services (tel: (307) 23703, Finland; website: www.vr.fi/heo/english/ita/ita.htm) operates services to and from Helsinki (journey time - 7 hours). There is a stop at the Russian border of three to four hours while the wheels are exchanged to fit the narrower gauge of European railways.

Transport to the city: Taxis are the best means of transfer from the station to hotels.



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