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Rail

Moscow has nine railway terminals connected to the Russian Federation's extensive rail network. The state-owned Russian Railways (RZhD) network is broken into regional divisions. Moscow Railways operates the majority of termini and services in the Moscow area, with passenger services operating on 95% of the network. The three railway stations most likely to be used by visitors to Moscow are Belorussky vokzal (tel: (095) 973 8191; metro Belorusskaya), which has trains from Western Europe via Warsaw, Kievsky vokzal (tel: (095) 240 0415; metro Kievskaya), which has trains from Budapest, Prague and Kyiv; and Leningradsky vokzal (tel: (095) 262 9143; metro Komsomolskaya), with trains from Helsinki and St Petersburg. Trains to and from Riga, the Latvian capital leave from Rizhky vokzal.

The Central Railway Inquiry Office (tel: (095) 266 9000/9) provides timetable information; rail information and ticket sales (tel: (095) 921 4513). Tickets are available at the station or from Intourist, Mokhovaya ulitsa 13. Rail tickets may also be ordered (tel: (095) 266 9333).

Rail services: Due to the large distances involved, almost any trip a Western visitor will make in Russia will be on a night train. Major connecting routes are from Kiev in the south, (journey time 13 hours), St Petersburg (journey time 8 hours 30 minutes) and Helsinki (journey time 14 hours) in the north and Western European cities via Warsaw, as well as Budapest and Prague. The Trans-Siberian Railway is a great way to see how massive a country the Russian Federation is, but the journey takes at least a week.

Transport to the city: The train stations are connected to the city's metro system (see above).



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