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minutes, long enough that you'll see people pull out ebook readers, play smartphone solit-
aire, or kiss.
By Bus and Tram:
Trolley buses (with overhead wires) and regular buses are very
quick, cheap, and convenient for getting around the center of town—and let you see the
city instead of burying you underground like the Metro.
Along the street, stops are marked by an А (for buses), a Т (for trams), a flat-topped M
for trolley buses, and a К for
marshrutki
minibuses (explained on next page). Bus inform-
ation at stops—when it exists—is in Russian only, listing the route number, frequency at
different times of day, and sometimes the names of the stops en route. Trams run only in
the city's outer districts.
All surface transport costs 25 R per ride; board, find a seat, and pay the conductor, who
wears a reflective vest and will give you a thin paper-slip ticket. There are no transfers, so
you pay again if you switch buses. It's definitely worth asking your hotel for a rundown of
which buses stop nearby.
The buses and trolley buses that run along Nevsky Prospekt (between its start, at Malaya
Morskaya Ulitsa, and Uprising Square/Ploshchad Vosstaniya) are useful for almost all vis-
itors: buses #3, #7, #22, #24, #27, and #191, and trolley buses #1, #5, #7, #10, #11, and
#22. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you take the wrong bus and it turns off Nevsky,
just hop out at the next stop. Trolley buses #5 and #22 conveniently veer off from the lower
