Transport - St Petersburg - page 462

First of all, try online - you can buy many train tickets ( www.rzd.ru ), bus tickets
( www.luxexpress.eu ) and, of course, nearly all airline tickets via websites.
Buying train tickets in person can be done at any train station (even at a differ-
ent terminus from where your train departs), although waiting time can be long.
More useful is the centrally located Train Tickets Centre ( Кассы ЖД ; nab kanala
Griboyedova 24; 8am-8pm Mon-Sat, until 4pm Sun; Gostiny Dvor) , although lines can
be just as long and torturously slow moving. Don't expect anyone to speak Eng-
lish, and make a note of your train time, number and departure date to give to
the person behind the glass window.
You can buy ferry tickets for nearly all boats at the Ferry Centre OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP ( Паромный центр ; ul Vosstaniya 19; Ploshchad Vosstaniya) , a short
walk from the Moscow Station. Alternatively, it's possible to buy ferry tickets in
the Sea Port ( Морской вокзал ; www.mvokzal.ru ; pl Morskoy Slavy 1) at the far-
flung end of Vasilyevsky Island, as well as online through the ferry companies
themselves.
If time is tight, then nearly all travel agencies can organise onward travel tick-
ets for you, although of course there's usually a mark-up on the cost and a deliv-
ery fee.
Train
Moscow Station
If you're arriving from Moscow, you'll come to the Moscow Station (
Московский вокзал ; www.moskovsky-vokzal.ru ; Nevsky pr 85) , in the centre
of the city. There are two metro stations close by: Pl Vosstaniya (Line 1) and
Mayakovskaya (Line 3). To get here (you can enter both stations through one
building) turn left outside the main entrance to the Moscow Station, and the
exit is in one side of the building on Ligovsky pr.