Travellers in Russia are very fond of the route "Kazan - St. Petersburg". This very long way connects the major cultural and tourist centers of our country, which have played a crucial role in the history of the Russian state and continue to play it further.
Kazan - Saint Petersburg: distance
These two major Russian cities are located very far from each other. In a straight line (meaning air travel), the distance between settlements is 1201 kilometers. It goes without saying that when traveling on the highway between St. Petersburg and Kazan, you will have to cover a much greater distance. By measuring the path on the map, taking into account the scale, we can state with absolute accuracy that the cities are 1518 kilometers apart from each other.
Path by car
The way between the regional centers can be covered by your own car. Without stops on the road, you will have to spend about 20-21 hours. In reality, of course, it will not be possible to meet such a time, because in any case, the driver on such a long journey will make stops for rest. On the roads of the Leningrad region, the car will travel 112 kilometers. The last settlement before leaving for the Novgorod region is a villageBabino.
Then the car enters the Novgorod region. Having overcome 203 kilometers along the highways of this region, the driver will find himself on the border of the Novgorod and Tver regions. The distance from the border of the Novgorod region to the Moscow region is 297 kilometers. By the way, the route "Kazan - St. Petersburg" really passes through the Moscow region, along which you will have to overcome 198 kilometers before entering the Vladimir region. To the junction with the Nizhny Novgorod region, the car will travel 253 kilometers along the highway. Further, travelers will discover the expanses of Nizhny Novgorod. The section of the road to Kazan in this area is also quite large - 234 kilometers along an excellent highway.
The next region on the route of travelers is the Republic of Chuvashia. 159 kilometers of the way will have to pass through the territory of this particular Russian region. Finally, we are entering Tatarstan. The car will travel 56 kilometers through the Tatar land to the entrance to Kazan. Here we are with you!
Bus service between cities
Although a long distance separates the two largest Russian cities, the bus service between them is good. Of course, 3 flights a day may not be that much, but still, with such a remote destination, it is quite enough.
First, let's talk about the departure of buses from St. Petersburg. The first flight departs daily at 9 am from Konyushennaya Square and arrives in Kazan (railway station) at 12 noon (the next day). Total timetravel time with all stops - 27 hours. This is a direct flight, but there are more complex routes. For example, a bus that departs at 20:15 from the St. Petersburg bus station "Obvodny" will stay on the road for 39 hours and 40 minutes and arrive in the capital of Tatarstan a day later at 11 hours and 55 minutes. There is also a daily flight that leaves at 14:30 from the Elektrosila metro station. On the way, the passengers of this bus will spend 42 and a half hours.
"Kazan - St. Petersburg" - a bus that also runs three times a day. Perhaps the schedule is a little off, but the cars depart from Kazan at 16:30, 17:00 and 18:00.
Air service between cities
At the beginning of the article, we mentioned that these cities are directly separated by 1201 kilometers. The Russian company "Aeroflot" opened an air route "Kazan - St. Petersburg" a long time ago. The plane departs from St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport daily at 23:25. The flight will take 2 hours 15 minutes. The return flight rises into the Kazan sky at 3 hours 55 minutes. Arrival time at Pulkovo airport - 6 hours 10 minutes. Of course, getting to your destination by plane is much faster than by train or bus, but the ticket price is an order of magnitude more expensive.
Train "St. Petersburg - Kazan"
Trains between these cities also run regularly. From St. Petersburg in the direction of the capital of Tatarstan, the train departs at 14:11. He will stay injourney 23 hours 47 minutes, passing the following stops along the way:
- Malaya Vishera;
- Okulovka;
- Bologoe;
- Tver;
- Vekovka;
- Moore;
- Navashino;
- Arzamas;
- Sergach;
- Pilna;
- Shumerlya;
- Vurnary;
- Kanash;
- Urmary;
- Zelenodolsk.
On the way back, the train travels a little faster, so the journey from Kazan to St. Petersburg will take only 22 hours and 8 minutes. The train departs from the main station of Tatarstan daily at 13:10 and arrives at the Moskovsky railway station of the second capital of Russia at 11:18. Let's try to figure out why the return flight is faster. The total amount of parking time is identical. This means that on certain flights on the way back, the train travels faster.
Purposes of travel
Trips between these cities can be both business and leisure. The path Kazan - St. Petersburg for business purposes can be overcome by businessmen in search of business partners or to complete transactions; employees of enterprises going on business trips. But tourist trips happen more often, because in each of the cities, and on the way between them, there are a lot of interesting objects. For example, it is worth remembering the Kazan Kremlin, which many consider to be an exact copy of the Moscow one. Few people will be left indifferent by the Neva embankment. People often travel to Saint Petersburg to visit the city's many beautiful Orthodox cathedrals or to seeto Kronstadt.
Of course, the cities are located very far from each other, but this is Russia. Everyone knows perfectly well that in this country the distances between cities can be even more impressive.
