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St. Petersburg - Riga


By train

Train Nr. 37
Departure from St. Petersburg - 21:50
Arrival to Riga - 9:40
Journey time - 12 hours 50 min.
A place in the 2nd class (i.e. 4 berth compartment) will cost you about 65 USD. You will pay double for a place in the 1st class (i.e. 2 berth compartment).
N.B.: You will depart from Vitebsky railway station. It is a 1 min walk from Pushkinskaya metro station.
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.

By bus

Eurolines bus from St. Petersburg to Riga
Departure from St. Petersburg - 19:15
Arrival to Riga - 7:45
Journey time - 13 hours 30 min.
The Eurolines has its office right on the square in front of Varshavsky railway station (1 min walk from Baltiskaya metro station) from where the buses depart. You will not miss their huge yellow sign.

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