travel russia moscow moskva oktibrskaia to st pertersburg glvnyi
Moskva Oktiabrskaia is the main station for trains to and from St. Petersburg and Helsinki.
St. Petersburg Galvnyi is the station which accommodates these trains in St. Petersburg.
We rode the "Tolstoy" overnight from Helsinki, through St. Petersburg, to Moscow... about 10 plus hours.
We took the faster "Nevsky Express" back from Moscow to St. Petersburg... about 5 and a half hours.
We were told they both used the same track...
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Unlike Moscow's art-gallery-like main metro stations, the Moskva Oktiabrskaia is all business
and has a much more practical and lived-in look, Moscow, Russia (2009).
Moskva Oktiabrskaia exterior, Moscow, Russia, 2009.
A lit diagram of Moskva Oktiabrskaia, Moscow, Russia, 2009.
Here you can compare the newer, faster, "Nevsky Express" to the older style, regular train
which resembles the slower over-night "Tolstoy," Moscow, Russia, 2009.
Conductor goes through papers, Moskva Oktiabrskaia, Moscow, Russia, 2009.
Trackside, Moskva Oktiabrskaia, Moscow, Russia, 2009.
Shades of agrarian Russia, Oktiabrskaia, Moscow, Russia, 2009.
A food menu from the "Nevsky Express" to St. Petersburg, 2009.
A late night arrival at Galvnyi station, St Petersburg, Russia, 2009.
A train schedule at St. Petersburg's Glavnyi, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009.
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