Trip Nizhny Novgorod-St. Petersburg: choose the type of transport

2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:06

Nizhny Novgorod, or simply Nizhny, is a beautiful city on the Volga. More than a million people live in the city, and many residents of Nizhny Novgorod have business and personal contacts with St. Petersburg, the northern capital of Russia. Residents of Nizhny Novgorod often visit St. Petersburg both for work and during vacations or school holidays.

Distance

If measured in a straight line on the map, then between the administrative center of the Volga Federal District Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg, the distance is small - only 896 km.

Motorways stretch for 1100-1200 km, railways - 890 km, the plane flies 900 km.

When setting out on a trip, keep in mind that in Nizhny and St. Petersburg the time difference is 1 hour.

Train travel

From the Moscow railway station in Nizhny Novgorod (Revolution Square, 2, Moskovskaya metro station) you can go to St. Petersburg using one of the 5 trains that depart daily on this route.

1. Volga branded train - 059G - leaves for18:25 and arrives at 09:43. A little over 15 hours on the road.
2. 132G leaves Izhevsk, making a stop in Nizhny Novgorod at 13:40 and after 16 hours, at 05:41, the train arrives in St. Petersburg.
3. 347 from Ufa. Arrives in Nizhny at 13:45 and after a short stop goes to St. Petersburg, where it arrives at 12:40.
4. 337th - from Samara. At 13:50 it makes a stop in Nizhny Novgorod and arrives in St. Petersburg at 12:40.
5. From Chelyabinsk, 146-U picks up passengers at Nizhny at 13:35 to then go to St. Petersburg and be there 16 hours later, at 05:41.

Possible departure of train 469G.

The route Nizhny Novgorod-St. Petersburg trains pass in 14-22 hours, making a little more than 20 stops, including in cities such as Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Rybinsk, Bezhetsk. All trains arrive in St. Petersburg at the Moskovsky railway station.

The cost of a ticket depends on the composition, reserved seat railway tickets cost 2268-3410 rubles, coupe - from 3268 rubles. The most expensive travel documents are on the Volga branded train, where you can purchase luxury tickets for 10,437 rubles. However, the cost of tickets must be checked before purchase, as well as the train schedule.

Air service

Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg are connected by well-established flights. From Nizhny Novgorod, the reconstructed and modernized Strigino airport, passengers depart by plane and arrive at Pulkovo.

Direct flight from Nizhny operates only"Rusline" company. Flights 236 and 238 are in the air for 1 hour 50 minutes. The first departs at 10:25, the second at 21:55. Flight 236 departs every day except Sunday, flight 238 except Monday and Saturday.

If the passenger agrees to make a transfer, then he can use any airline that operates flights from Nizhny to Moscow: Aeroflot, S7, UTair. In this case, taking into account the transfer at the Moscow airport, the travel time will be from 3 to 11 hours.

Tickets cost from 9559 rubles. depending on the conditions of the carrier company.

From Nizhny Novgorod to St. Petersburg by bus

From Nizhny Novgorod to St. Petersburg you can go by bus.

The first flight departs at 06:45, the last at 13:00. Buses depart from the bus stop in front of Nizhny railway station and arrive at Obvodnoy St. Petersburg bus station.

Different carriers operate on the route, but this does not affect the cost of tickets. A bus ticket will cost from 1942 to 2164 rubles.

The passenger will travel from 20 to 26 hours. All flights between Nizhny and St. Petersburg involve 1 transfer in Moscow.

On the road by car

Depending on the route from Nizhny Novgorod to St. Petersburg, the distance by car can be 1100-1200 km.

With an average fuel consumption of 8l / 100 km, you will need about 90 liters, which will cost 3500-3700 rubles.

To get from Nizhny to St. Petersburg, you will have to spend 15-18 hours. This way one driverdifficult to overcome in a day, so you need to take care of a place to rest. The highway between the cities is busy; there are many hotels, mini-hotels, motels. The average price of an overnight stay is from 500 rubles.

It's good to stock up on the road with good music, take coffee in a thermos and sandwiches. A fellow traveler found through proven services will not only brighten up loneliness on the road, not letting you fall asleep, but will also pay part of the cost of gasoline.

Road road

On the route Nizhny Novgorod-St. Petersburg, you can lay several options for the road, depending on the desire to pass through Moscow or leave it aside. In any case, you need to leave Nizhny Novgorod along the M-7 highway. There is always a lot of transport on it, but, despite the congestion of the road, you can drive at a speed of at least 100-120 km / h. Whichever option of road trip to St. Petersburg from Nizhny Novgorod is chosen, you first need to get to Vladimir. M-7 on this segment represents 4 quality bands.

Auto travel options:

1. From Vladimir, through Petushki and Noginsk, get to the Moscow bypass road (MKAD), go around the metropolitan traffic jams along it and get onto the highway, which will lead directly to St. Petersburg. It could be the old M-10 road or the M-11 toll road.

2. Having reached the town of Pokrov, soon you need to turn right to Elektrogorsk, where the A-108 highway passes. This makes it possible to bypass the capital with its traffic jams from afar, through Sergiev Posad, Dmitrov and go to the St. Petersburg highway M-10 already behind Klin.

3. Another opportunity to quickly get from Nizhny Novgorod to St. Petersburg is after Vladimir, turn ontoroad R-75, which leads through Kolchugino and Aleksandrov to the city of Kalyazin. Having bypassed Kalyazin, you need to pass Kashin, Bezhetsk and through Vyshny Volochek go to M-10.

No matter what path the path from Nizhny to St. Petersburg takes, one thing is certain: the road will definitely be beautiful and interesting, because it passes through historical places.

Sights along the way

If you go to St. Petersburg from Nizhny Novgorod by car, you can also see a lot of interesting sights and museums. The entire Vladimir region, the cities of Suzdal, Bogolyubovo, Aleksandrov, Sergiev Posad, Kalyazin, Tver, Torzhok, Bezhetsk and others are remarkable monuments of history and architecture.