Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(vul Sumska 3; 9am-9pm; Radyanska)
This modern bookshop on a seemingly hope-
less crusade to Ukrainianise a Russian-speaking city serves as a club for Kharkiv's
Ukrainian speakers and cosmopolitans. English speakers are welcome to participate in
regular meetings with students of the language - a great way to find local friends.
Information
Post office
(pl Pryvokzalna;
Pivdenny Vokzal)
Provides internet access.
Getting There & Away
AIR
flights to/from Vienna, Warsaw, Moscow, Dubai, Barcelona and Kutaisi in Georgia, as
well as a single domestic service to/from Kyiv (one hour 20 minutes, two daily).
BUS
The most useful services from the
central bus station
( 732 6502; pr Gagarina 22; pr
Gagarina)
are to Poltava (46uah to 75uah, 2½ hours, hourly), Dnipropetrovsk (77uah, 4½
hours, hourly) and Donetsk (80uah to 140uah, 4½ hours, six daily).
Kyiv, including some overnight services.
TRAIN
The main station is
Pivdenny Vokzal
( Pivdenny Vokzal)
. Foreigners should head
straight to the i i (open 7.30am to 8.30pm ), on the right as you walk from the main hall
to the ticket booths as it has English-speaking staff and no queues.
By far the fastest way to get to/from Kyiv is aboard the Intercity+ service (230uah, 4½
hours, three daily), which does the run twice as fast as the normal passenger trains
(181uah, nine hours, four daily). Intercity+ trains stop in Poltava (135uah, 1½ hours).
Other connections from Kharkiv:
Donetsk
90uah to 100uah, four to eight hours, three daily
Moscow
1000uah, 12½ to 14½ hours, up to 13 daily
Odesa
160uah, 14 hours, daily
Simferopol
220uah to 280uah, seven to 10 hours, three daily
