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St. Petersburg - Helsinki
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By train
There are 2 trains daily:
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Nr. 34 Repin
Departure from St. Petersburg - 7:32
Arrival to Helsinki - 12:18
Journey time - 5 hours 46 min.
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Nr. 36 Sibelius
Departure from St. Petersburg - 16:32
Arrival to Helsinki - 21:18
Journey time - 5 hours 46 min.
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A short trip, so both trains consist of only sitting cars.
A one way ticket costs about 50 Euro (66 USD), round trip will cost you double.
You CAN NOT book the train tickets in Russia neither via Internet nor by any other
way due to the Russian railway road system. But you can buy your tickets out in
advance: please check my
train tickets purchase/delivery service.
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By bus
The cheapest way to reach Helsinki from St. Petersburg is to go by bus.
The ticket will cost you from 15 to 30 Euro depending on the company you take.
Buses operated by Russians are the cheapest. They leave daily close to
Oktyabrskaya hotel main entrance (Ligovsky pr. 10, Ploschad Vosstaniya metro
station) since 22:30 up to 23:30. One way will cost you about 20-30 Euro - check
directly by the driver.
The trip lasts about 8 hours.
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By plane
The quickest way is certainly by plane.
As the distance is only 456 km, the flight takes less than an hour. But the
standard price is about 300 Euro one way. Promotional offers happen from time
to time but you can hardly hope for less that 150 Euro for a one way ticket.
Check the current offers at
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Tatiana's advice
If 50 Euro for the trip is an affordable price for you - take the train.
Considering all options it is the best ratio of price/comfort.
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