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Train Timetable for Moscow - St. Petersburg Buy Train Tickets Online

First departure 00:20
Last departure 23:55
Trains per day 21 - 23
Price from 40.43 $
Fastest journey 3h 33m
Distance 631 km

Moscow - St. Petersburg train information

You can get from Moscow to St. Petersburg by train, the distance between the cities is about 631 km. You can check the available trains and actual ticket prices for the required departure date on our website: the sales usually start 90 days prior to departure.

Types of trains from Moscow to Saint Petersburg

The route Moscow - St. Petersburg is mostly served by branded trains, which provide a certain level of comfort and range of services, bio toilets and air conditioning. In some cars the meals are included in the ticket price, passengers of other cars can order meals to their compartments or visit a restaurant car. Express day trains have seating cars with economy and business cars. Night trains offer four types of sleeper cars: luxury – double cabin with private bathroom, premium - compartment with 2 berths, second-class - compartment with 4 berths, and third-class – dormitory-style car.

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High-speed trains

The fastest train option to travel from Moscow to Saint Petersburg is taking a high-speed train that reaches its destination in about 4 hours. There are two brands of high-speed trains between the two Russian capitals – Sapsan and Nevsky Express. Both of them are seating day trains.

Sapsan

The most popular train between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg is high-speed train Sapsan – and the most frequent: 13 trains leave Moscow every day to St. Petersburg, and 2 more depart on Saturdays and Sundays. Each train consists of 10 cars, sometimes there are double trains with 20 cars: all of them are seating, the class of seats and service ranges from economy to business and premium. Meals are included in all cars except economy class, there is also a bistro car. Car # 6 is equipped for disabled people, in the car # 10 there are special seas for passengers with children. Sapsan rating: 4.81/5 based on 2209 reviews of travellers

Nevsky Express

Nevsky Express was the first high-speed train in Russia. Now this train is less popular than Sapsan, however, it also gets from Moscow to St. Petersburg in only 4 hours. There is only one train a day, but the time is quite convenient: the train departs from Moscow daily at 13:40, and arrives to St. Petersburg at 17:45. The tickets fare for Nevsky Express is usually lower than for Sapsan, while the price includes meals. The advantage for a family or a small group of travelers is that the car is not open-spaced like on most seating trains, but have 4-seater compartments, which gives the company of travelers more privacy and comfort.

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Luxury sleeper trains

Three luxurious trains - Grand Express, Red Arrow, and Express - boast not only the most convenient timetable, but also a wide range of services and best-trained stuff. For passengers who appreciate real comfort and privacy, these trains offer spacious VIP coupes with individual bathrooms, wide berths and included additional services. These luxury compartments are sold entirely for single or double occupancy.

Grand Express

Red Arrow

Express

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Overnight trains

Several branded sleeper trains run from Moscow to Saint Petersburg every night, among them we recommend Megapolis, Arktika and Doubledecker. They offer berths in the compartments of first or second class cars with a/c and bio-toilets, the meals can be included in the price or served at the restaurant car at the additional cost.

Megapolis

Arktika

Doubledecker

Departure and arrival train stations

The route Moscow - St. Petersburg is mostly served by branded trains, which provide a certain level of comfort and range of services, bio toilets and air conditioning. In some cars the meals are included in the ticket price, passengers of other cars can order meals to their compartments or visit a restaurant car. Express day trains have seating cars with economy and business cars. Night trains offer four types of sleeper cars: luxury – double cabin with private bathroom, premium - compartment with 2 berths, second-class - compartment with 4 berths, and third-class – dormitory-style car.

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Departure from Leningradsky train station
The Leningradskiy railway station serves trains departing to the north-west of Russia, as well as to Estonia and Finland. Long-distance trains follow to St. Petersburg and Murmansk, Pskov and Petrozavodsk, Velikiy and Velikiye Luki, Helsinki and Tallinn. The Leningradsky Railway Station was constructed between 1844 and 1851 by architect Konstantin Thon under the decree of Emperor Nicholas I and has the same design as the Moskovsky Railway Station in St. Petersburg. Since the opening The Leningradsky Railway Station has changed names several times and renovated in 1950 and 1972.
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Departure from Kursky train station
Kursk railway station is transit. The railway does not end at the station, but passes through it, connecting the northern and southern directions. From Kursky railway station you can go to the Black Sea coast, to the Crimea or the Caucasus, to Saint Petersburg or to the east of the country. Kursky railway terminal has two parts - above ground, with waiting rooms and ticket offices, and underground - with storage chambers, passageways to trains and metro stations.
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Arrival to Moskovsky train station
Moskovsky railway station in St. Petersburg is the third largest in Russia in terms of passenger traffic. Most of the trains run between St. Petersburg and Moscow. The first passenger train departed to Moscow on November 1, 1851. The train schedule of the Moscow railway station includes high-speed Sapsans. Leningradsky railway station in Moscow and Moscowsky railway station in St. Petersburg are twins. They were built by one project of architect K.Ton and both in 1855 were called Nikolaevsky. Since 1930 the station is called Moskovsky.
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Arrival to Ladozhsky train station
Ladozhsky Train Station services trains departing to the north and east of Russia. Trains depart from here depart to Helsinki and Murmansk, Vorkuta and Karaganda, Tyumen and Chelyabinsk, Vologda and Arkhangelsk, and also to some cities of a southern direction. From the level of the ground lobby of the metro station to the long distance trains, you need to climb up the escalator.

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