The distance from Saratov to Rostov is about 850 kilometers. This is not so much for the European part of the country and Russia as a whole. It can be passed in different ways. The fastest of them are rail and road. You can also take a bus, but with a change.
Rail option
By train, the distance from Saratov to Rostov can really be traveled in 17-22 hours. The specifics of the route is such that some trains travel on it only in summer.
The train departure schedule from Saratov Station is as follows:
- 01:21,
- 04:17,
- 17:00,
- 18:43,
- 22:20,
- 23:35.
There are no branded ones among them. Passenger only, including summer ones. This affects the quality of the carriages: they may be old, but sometimes Russian Railways even attaches to such trains a certain number of new ones, with dry closets and air conditioners.
Cars in such trains are almost always only reserved seats and compartments. A ticket to a reserved seat costs 1,100 rubles, and to a compartment one - from 2,300 rubles. All trains drop off passengers at the Rostov station, butthe exception is the flight at 04:17 - it makes a stop at the Pervomayskaya station.
Transfer bus ride
Different buses run from Saratov to the south of Russia, but flights do not go to Rostov-on-Don, but to Derbent, Nalchik, Elista and Pyatigorsk. Therefore, the distance from Saratov to Rostov must be covered with a change in Volgograd. It takes 7-8 hours to get to it, buses depart from the bus station from five in the morning to two in the morning, they can also be daily. A ticket costs about 1000 rubles.
From Volgograd, buses to Rostov-on-Don depart from the railway station. They travel the distance Saratov - Rostov in 7-9 hours, tickets cost from 1100 rubles. In Rostov, they arrive at the railway station or the main bus station.
The schedule is as follows:
- 10:00,
- 13:00,
- 19:00,
- 20:45,
- 21:30,
- 22:00.
Drive a car
The distance from Saratov to Rostov by car can be traveled in 11 hours. You need to leave the city in a southerly direction along the R-228 highway, which leads to Volgograd along a picturesque area from the western bank of the Volga.
From Volgograd you need to go west along the E-40 highway. In the northern part of the Rostov region, it connects with the M-4 highway near the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky.
What to see along the way?
The most interesting city on the route from Saratov to Rostov is Volgograd.
You can not ride on itonly on buses and trolleybuses, but also on a rare high-speed tram for Russia, which runs underground and is somewhat similar to the subway.
Directly opposite the beautiful railway station is the historical memorial museum. In addition, the city has two museum-reserves - "Battle of Stalingrad" and "Old Sarepta".
Volgograd has a beautiful embankment, there is a monumental planetarium and a monument to the Motherland.
