The distance from Kirov to St. Petersburg is about 1380 kilometers. It is inconvenient to travel by bus, as you need to travel at night while sitting and, in fact, there are no regular flights. Therefore, the train, plane and car options remain.
Rail ride
From Kirov to St. Petersburg, the trip takes from 21 to 24 hours. The departure schedule is as follows:
- 07:18. Trains from Izhevsk and Chelyabinsk alternate.
- 10:56. There is a train from Chelyabinsk and a local from Kirov.
- 11:06. The signature train from Yekaterinburg - "Demidov Express".
- 11:46. Trains from Tyumen and Novokuznetsk alternate, the second one is branded.
They all arrive at the Ladozhsky railway station. Their route passes through Bui, Vologda and Tikhvin.
The cost of a railway ticket from Kirov to St. Petersburg depends on the type of carriage and the seasonal fare, approximately the following rates:
- Seated. From 1200 rubles.
- Reserved seat. From 1400 rubles.
- Compartment. From 2000 rubles.
- Sleeping. From6200 rubles.
Back from St. Petersburg to Kirov, the train departure schedule is as follows:
- 13:07, 13:15 or 13:33. Lineups for St. Petersburg and Izhevsk.
- 15:30. Branded trains to Novokuznetsk and Tyumen.
- 16:02. Composition to Chelyabinsk.
- 17:09. Branded train to Yekaterinburg.
By air
From Kirov to St. Petersburg, flights are operated by Pobeda Airlines. The flight departs Pobedilovo Airport at 12:50 and arrives in Pulkovo at 15:00. Flights are not every day, air travel costs from 1600 rubles. The flight back to Kirov leaves Pulkovo at 10:05, two hours in flight.
By car
There is no direct high-quality route from Kirov to St. Petersburg, so getting by car along the shortest route through the secondary roads of the Kostroma region is inconvenient. This route should be taken into account: Kirov - Kotelnich - Sharya - Bui - Most Pure. Near the last settlement, you need to turn onto the M-8 and drive along it to Vologda, and then turn onto the A-114.
The A-114 highway leads to Novaya Ladoga, and from there you can easily and quickly get to St. Petersburg along the E-105.
Another option is also possible, more southerly, if you look at the map. From Kirov, the R-176 highway leads to Kotelnich, and then sharply south to the city of Yaransk, where you need to turn west onto the R-159 highway to the city of Shakhunya in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
From Shakhunya, the R-159 highway leads to Nizhny Novgorod, and from the latter you need to go northwest along the highwayP-152 along the Volga and move through the city of Zavolzhye to the Ivanovo region. This highway in the area of Rostov the Great connects with E-115, which means that you need to move to St. Petersburg along the M-8, A-114 and E-105, as indicated above.
If you want to drive through more populated areas and better roads, then you can get to St. Petersburg from Nizhny Novgorod by M-7 and E-105 through Moscow.
Trip with transfer in Moscow
It is easy to get from Kirov to St. Petersburg by night trains with a change in Moscow. In the capital, it is quite possible to take a walk from morning to evening, see museums, a monorail, parks and other interesting objects.
The branded train of the local formation Kirov - Moscow leaves at 20:30 and arrives in the capital at 09:43. A seat in a seated car costs 1,500 rubles, and a seat in a reserved seat is a little more expensive.
There are enough evening and night trains between Moscow and St. Petersburg that arrive in the northern capital in the morning. They depart from 21:20 (passing from Vladikavkaz) until 01:15. A ticket to a reserved seat car costs from 970 rubles.
What to visit on the way to St. Petersburg?
If you go on the route Kirov-St. Petersburg by car, then along the way you should stop by some colorful old city:
- Tikhvin. There you can visit two monasteries and a museum.
- Nizhny Novgorod. Big and interesting city. Those who are passing through it should take a ride on the cable car.
- Gorodets. You can enter it from the Volga region. In a small town, a whole "museum" is ready for tourists.quarter". Almost like Tula, with museums of gingerbread and samovar.
- Rostov the Great. Despite its small size, it contains many attractions, unusual museums of enamel and frogs, the Kremlin, a couple of monasteries.
