Vladimir region, despite its small size, contains many interesting cities on its territory, each with its own history and various sights. In addition to the traditional directions for the Golden Ring, you can go from Vladimir to Kovrov, which is known as a center for the production of weapons. One of the cities of Russian gunsmiths, like Tula or Izhevsk.
Train ride
The distance from Vladimir to Kovrov is 85 kilometers. For such short distances, it is best to travel by suburban trains. Electric trains from Vladimir to Kovrov run according to the following schedule:
- 05:25.
- 06:23.
- 08:23.
- 12:55.
- 15:09.
- 17:28.
- 18:30.
- 19:35.
- 21:10.
A ticket from Vladimir to Kovrov costs 182 rubles. The trip will take an average of 1 hour.
The train passes about 10 stations along the way, the most interesting of them is Bogolyubovo. There you can go out and see the monastery and the ancient Church of the Intercession.
Backwardaside, the Kovrov-Vladimir schedule is as follows:
- 04:55.
- 05:06.
- 05:58.
- 07:24.
- 09:20.
- 15:25.
- 16:40.
- 18:20.
- 19:08.
- 20:47.
By long distance train
A short distance between Vladimir and Kovrov long-distance trains pass an average of 45 minutes. It is best to travel by a new type of train: "Lastochka", which covers the distance between cities in 30 minutes. Their departure schedule is:
- 08:58. A ticket costs from 240 rubles.
- 11:16. Ticket price - from 200 rubles.
- 18:21. From 160 rubles per trip.
- 23:22. This composition follows precisely to Kovrov, like the two previous ones. Ticket price - from 400 rubles.
Seats on this type of train are seated only.
Of the other long-distance trains, those with the cheapest tickets (about 500 rubles). The schedule of their departure from Vladimir looks like this:
- 01:39. Composition from St. Petersburg to Chelyabinsk or Izhevsk.
- 01:49. Not a branded train from Moscow to Novy Urengoy.
- 06:36 or 07:07. The train of the Belarusian formation, follows to Novosibirsk.
- 07:30 or 07:50. Train from Veliky Novgorod to Nizhny Novgorod.
- 23:30. Branded train to Kirov. It has seating cars.
By bus
The bus station in Vladimir is conveniently located near the railway station. If it is not possible to go totrain or train, you can use the bus. A ticket for it costs from 188 rubles. The trip from Vladimir to Kovrov takes about 100 minutes. Buses of various types run on the route, from small Bogdans to 45-seat Neoplans.
The bus station in Kovrov is located next to the railway station on Oktyabrskaya Street.
In the opposite direction, that is, to Vladimir, buses run from 07:40 to 17:40 almost every hour.
By car
By car, you can travel the distance between cities in about an hour. From Vladimir, you need to leave along the M-7 highway and move east to the village of Seninskie dvoriki near the Nerekhta River. There you need to turn onto R-71 and enter Kovrov from the south.
What to see in Kovrov?
The city does not have as many historical monuments as Suzdal or Gorokhovets, but there are enough sights. Directly from the station you can get into the city garden. Two museums are located next to it - the local history and memorial house-museum of the gunsmith Degtyarev.
From there you can walk to the bridge over the Klyazma and to the Nativity Cathedral.
If you walk from the station to the southern part of the city, that is, behind the railway tracks, you can find two steles (the city of military glory and a local factory), as well as Victory Square.
