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St.Petersburg. I put there prices for city transport, the
schedule of drawbridges, etc.
Road Slave, this is a second part of my replay to your
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Some information about St.Petersburg on 19.05.99
The exchange rate on 19.05.99: USD 1 = Russian Roubles 24
(sale), 26 (buy) (approxim.)
Transport from Pulkovo-II to metro station "Moskovkaya" -
minibus (5 roubles or little bit less) and bus (2 roubles)
number 13
St.Petersburg Hostels
1. International Hostel, from 19 USD
2. Hostel Holiday, from 14 USD per night
3. Summer (Petrovsky) Hostel, from 6 USD per night
The schedule of drawbridges for summer'99
1. Volodarsky (Neva): 2.10-3.45, 4.15-5.45
2. Finlyandsky (Neva): 2.30-5.00
3. Alexandra Nevskogo (Neva): 2.30-4.55
4. Bol'sheokhtinsky (Neva): 2.00-5.00
5. Liteyny (Neva): 1.50-4.40
6. Troitsky (Neva): 1.50-4.50
7. Dvortsovy (Bolshaya Neva): 1.40-3.00, 3.20-4.50
8. Most Leytenanta Schmidta (Bolshaya Neva): 1.45-4.55
9. Birzhevoy (Malaya Neva): 2.10-4.50
10. Tuchkov (Malaya Neva): 2.10-3.05, 3.35-4.40
11. Sampsonievsky (Bolshaya Nevka): 2.10-2.45, 3.20-4.25
12. Grenadersky (Bolshaya Nevka): 2.45-3.45, 4.20-4.50
13. Kantemirovsky (Bolshaya Nevka): 2.45-3.45, 4.20-4.50
Some other drawbridges - sometimes, for 10 minutes maximum
(sorry, I don't know the verb - what do they do?)
Please, note that there is not metro communication between
metro stations "Lesnaya" and "Plotchad' Muzhestva". There
is a bus number 80 (free) which works between these two
stations only.
Prices for transport: metro - 3 roubles; bus, trolleybus
and tram - 2 roubles; minibuses - from 3 to 5 roubles.
Discounts for metro: card for 7 days/10 trips - 24 roubles,
for 15 days/20 trips - 45 roubles etc. There is not month
card with unlimited trips anymore.
It's possible to get to the small cities around
St.Petersburg by minibus now, not just by train - sometimes
it's even cheaper. There is a quite comfortable bus to
Peterhof - from Baltiysky Terminal.
3269696 - this is free telephone service which can help you
to find a fellow-traveler going to other Russian city by
own car and looking for a person to share expenses with.
Oh, yes, about phone numbers: 01 - fire service, 02 -
police, 03 - ambulance, airport Pulkovo-II - 1043444, bus
station - 1665777 (in Russian), railway info - 055 (in
Russian).
You are welcome! If you think I have add any information -
tell me.
Drawbridges 'go up.'
They 'stay up' for 10 minutes.
If you come to the bridge and want to cross, you will say
"Damn, the bridge is up.'