The southern travel destination is especially popular in May-September, during the holiday season. At this time, people go to relax at the sea and see the nature of the south of Russia. One of the most popular destinations during this period is St. Petersburg-Anapa.
Distance between cities
These two Russian cities are quite far apart even by Russian standards. 1736 kilometers - the distance in a straight line (with a possible air flight) along the route St. Petersburg-Anapa. The distance by car when traveling on the closest route will be 2186 kilometers. You can cover this distance by car in about 32 hours (excluding parking).
It is worth calculating how much fuel you have to spend for a one-way trip. Suppose the passengers are going to travel by car. We will assume that the average fuel consumption per 100 kilometers will be 8 liters. We multiply 8 by 21.86 and we get that for one trip on the route St. Petersburg-Anapa, you will have to use 175 liters of gasoline.
A truck consumes an average of 30 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers. Multiplying 30 by 21.86, we will know that for a truck trip from St. Petersburg to Anapa656 liters of fuel will be needed.
Anapa-St. Petersburg: distance by car
We will analyze how you can get from St. Petersburg to Anapa by car. Accordingly, the return path can be overcome along the same route. We need to get on the road in the direction of the village of Ulyanovka, which is 27 kilometers away from the northern capital. In general, it will be necessary to drive 112 kilometers through the territory of the Leningrad Region. The following settlements are located along the route: Ushaki, Ryabovo, Lyuban, Trubnikov Bor, Babino. Then begins a section of the highway, located in the Novgorod region. The first settlement that will need to be passed in this area is Chudovo. In the Novgorod region, a motorist will have to drive 218 kilometers to the village of Dobyvalovo. Russia is a big and wide country! The Tver region has always been famous for its hospitality, so any driver, having driven into the village of Ozerny, will be able to have a bite to eat and relax. In the Tver region, on the 273rd kilometer of the highway towards Anapa, there is the last settlement in this direction - Zavidovo. The route continues to Moscow (244 km), Tula (197 km), Lipetsk (114 km), Voronezh (396 km), Rostov (363 km) regions and Krasnodar region (360 km).
Railway service
A train runs daily from the northern capital to Anapa. It departs from the main station of St. Petersburg at 22:11 Moscow time. The length of the route of the composition is 2382 kilometers, so itwill stay on the road as much as 44 hours 9 minutes. Arrival at the Anapa railway station is scheduled for 18 hours 20 minutes (daily, one day after the departure of the train from the Northern capital). The train "Anapa-St. Petersburg" also follows daily. By the way, the return flight is slightly longer because the train leaves Anapa at 22:55 and arrives in St. Petersburg two days later at 22:51.
Route to Anapa
The first stop after the start of the route is the station Malaya Vishera (located at a distance of 162 km from the main station of St. Petersburg). Train stop - 1 minute. Then the train heads towards the Bologoye-Moskovskoye stop (about 2 hours drive). After this stop, passengers get off and board the train at the Spirovo station. The branded train "St. Petersburg-Anapa" arrives in the regional center of Tver at 04-18 and costs 1 minute. The next stop of the train is the Kursk railway station in Moscow. After a stop in the capital, the train will proceed towards Tula, where it will arrive in 10 hours 38 minutes of the first day of the journey. Further, the train route will pass through the stations of Efremov, Yelets, and at 18 hours 3 minutes the train will arrive in Lipetsk. After this stop, the train will travel a little over 4 hours without stopping and arrive in Voronezh at 22:17. The train will stop for 5 minutes, after which it will head to the Liski station (a little over an hour to go). After this stop on the way there will be Rossosh station (at 01:17), Chertkovo (at 03:10), Millerovo (at 04:22), Likhaya (at 06:08). To the city of Rostov, the train "St. Petersburg-Anapa" will arrive, according to the Russian Railways schedule, at 9:12 am. The train will stop for 28 minutes. The next (and last) stop of the train is Timashevskaya station (parking time is from 12:16 to 12:20).
Anapa-St. Petersburg: return route
On the way back, this train takes a slightly different route. On the way from St. Petersburg, this train does not go through Krasnodar, but from Anapa it does. The first stop after the start of the route is Krymskaya station (parking 32 minutes). Then the train will stop at the station of the village of Abinskoye. At 03:17 the train will arrive at the station. Krasnodar-1, and at 03:37 - Krasnodar-2. Then at 03:59 there will be a technical stop lasting 27 minutes. Parking at Myshastovka station will last from 04:48 to 05:32. Before stopping at the Rostov railway station, the train will proceed to the stations Bryukhovetskaya, Kanevskaya, Starominskaya. Further, the train will again deviate from the route from St. Petersburg, stopping at Novocherkassk, Shakhtnaya, Sulin, Zverevo. After these stations, the Anapa-St. Petersburg flight (RZD route) will follow the same route as the train from St. Petersburg to Anapa. The difference is that some stops are added. The train "Anapa-St. Petersburg" arrives at the final stop at 22:51 on the second day of the journey.
Conclusion
The route "Anapa-St. Petersburg" (railway stretched for a long time) is one of the most popular trains in the country, because it connects the northern and southern parts of the country. Of course, the journey lasts about two days, but still, a train ride will cost passengers much cheaper,than traveling by plane.
Tourists are very fond of riding this train, because there is a great opportunity to admire the beauty of Russian nature, its contrasts depending on the region.
The St. Petersburg-Anapa train is the most affordable and most convenient means of getting from the north to the south of the country.
