Volgograd is an important transport hub in southern Russia. It has a significant airport, a river transport route, highways and railway lines pass through the city. Trains make a long stop at the Volgograd railway station. During this time, it is really possible to fully examine it.
It can be useful for transferring to other trains, especially during the holiday season when tickets are scarce.
Local formation trains
The schedule of Volgograd railway station can be divided into two parts - trains, for which the city is the station of departure and arrival, as well as passing trains. Local trains are:
- At 17:16 the "Daytime Express" departs. It follows to Astrakhan. The trip takes 5.5 hours. A ticket in a seated car costs from 600 rubles, in a reserved seat - from 770, and in a compartment - from 2000.
- Passenger train to Grozny. It departs at 21:55 and is on the road for 25 hours. Thus, he arrives in Grozny at 10 pm, which is not very convenient. Ticket to Groznya reserved seat costs from 1000 rubles, in a compartment - from 1900.
- At 02:07. A fast train is leaving for St. Petersburg. To go to the Northern capital 36 hours. A reserved seat ticket costs from 1800 rubles, and in a compartment - from 3600.
- 07:24. Passenger train to Moscow. To go day, he arrives at the Paveletsky station. Rarely goes.
- 16:30. Corporate composition for Moscow. On the road is 18 hours. From 1800 there is a ticket in a reserved seat, from 2700 in a compartment, and 8700 in a sleeping car.
- 18:13. Fast train to Moscow, unbranded, on the way is 21 hours. It has cheap seated cars, from 1100 rubles per ticket. In a reserved seat, a ticket costs from 1200, and in a compartment - from 2400.
- Composition to Nizhnevartovsk. It departs at 00:10 and is on the road for 63 hours. A reserved seat ticket costs from 2900, and in a compartment - from 7200.
Transit trains
There are many of them, especially in the summer months, when seasonal passenger trains go through the city to Kislovodsk and the cities of the Black Sea coast.
The train schedule of the Volgograd railway station for the southwest direction is as follows:
- 02:16. Summer train to Anapa from Izhevsk or Saratov.
- 05:30. Summer trains from cities in the Asian part of the country to Adler.
- 08:23. Summer and year-round trains to Novorossiysk from Nizhny Novgorod and Saratov alternate.
- 08:41 and 12:38. Summer from Chelyabinsk to Adler and from Ulyanovsk to Anapa.
- 23:55. Year-round from Saratov to Rostov.
Foreign formation trains
Azerbaijani formation trains depart from Volgograd railway station at 22:43. One from Moscow, the second from Kyiv. They alternate, go rarely, once a week. Drive to the capital of Azerbaijan 29 hours.
In the opposite direction, that is, to Moscow or Kyiv, these trains leave Volgograd at 06:06.
At 03:52, trains from Central Asia to Moscow leave for the capital. This may be a train from Tashkent of the Uzbek formation, as well as rare trains from Dushanbe, Kulyab and Khujand. They are formed by the railways of Tajikistan, they are mainly used by guest workers, so it is better not to take tickets for them.
In the opposite direction, that is, trains of the Tajik formation depart for Central Asia at 13:10, and the Uzbek train at 20:59.
Features of the station building
Like many similar objects, the address of the railway station in Volgograd is Privokzalnaya Square, 1. The station building was rebuilt after the end of the Second World War - in 1950-1953. It is an example of architecture in the Stalinist Empire style. The main entrance is made of granite, with bas-reliefs depicting the battles of the Great Patriotic War and the Civil War on its sides.
Inside the station there are two large halls, their streams are decorated with paintings.
The station building has everything you need for passengers: wi-fi, sockets, toilets and a prayer room, as transit to Muslim regions passes through it.
What to see near the station?
Volgograd railway station is located near the Volga embankment and the city center. Opposite it is a memorial and historical museum. Right behind the museum, Gogol Street begins. It leads to the beautiful building of the hotel "Intourist" and the zero kilometer of Volgograd. In the same part of the city you can see the monuments to the tram and Alexander Nevsky. From the zero kilometer it is easy to walk to the station "Komsomolskaya" of the local underground tram. Not far from the station there is a bus station, from where buses leave for different cities, for example, Derbent and Grozny.
