Trip Nizhny Novgorod-Saint-Petersburg: choose the type of transport

Nizhny Novgorod, or simply Nizhny Novgorod - beautifulthe Volga city. The city is home to more than a million people, and with the northern capital of Russia - St. Petersburg, many Nizhny residents are connected by business and personal contacts. Nizhny Novgorod residents often come to Peter for work, as well as during holidays or school holidays.

Distance

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

The automobile roads stretched for 1100-1200 km, the railway tracks - 890 km, the plane flies 900 km.

Going on a trip, we must take into account that in Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg, the time difference is 1 hour.

Traveling by train

From the Moscow railway station NizhnyNovgorod (Ploshchad Revolyutsii, 2, metro station "Moskovskaya"), you can go to St. Petersburg, taking advantage of one of the 5 trains that are sent every day along this route.

1. The firm train "Volga" - 059G - leaves at 18:25 and arrives at 09:43. On the road a little more than 15 hours.
2. 132G leaves Izhevsk, stopping in Nizhny Novgorod at 13:40 and after 16 hours, at 05:41, the train arrives in St. Petersburg.
3. 347th from Ufa. Comes to Nizhny at 13:45 and after a short stop goes to Peter, where he arrives at 12:40.
4. 337th - from Samara. At 13:50 he stops in Nizhny Novgorod, and arrives in St. Petersburg at 12:40.
5. From Chelyabinsk 146-U takes passengers in Nizhny at 13:35, then to go to Petersburg and to be there in 16 hours, at 05:41.

It is possible to send the train 469G.

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

The cost of the ticket depends on the composition, reserved seatsrailway tickets cost 2268-3410 rubles, the coupe - from 3268 rubles. The most expensive travel documents are in the Volga corporate train, where you can buy luxury tickets for 10437 r. However, the cost of tickets must be clarified before buying, as well as the train schedule.

Air communication

Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg connectswell-established air communication. From Nizhny Novgorod, the reconstructed and modernized Strigino airport, passengers travel by plane and arrive in Pulkovo.

A direct flight from Nizhnycompany "RusLine". Flights 236 and 238 are in the air 1 hour 50 minutes. The first one leaves at 10:25, the second at 21:55. Flight 236 takes off every day except Sunday, flight 238 - except Mondays and Saturdays.

If the passenger agrees to make a transplant, then hecan 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 journey time will be from 3 to 11 hours.

Tickets cost from 9559 r. 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 leaves at 06:45, the last one at 13:00. Buses depart from the stop opposite the railway station Nizhny and come to the St. Petersburg bus station Obvodnoy.

On the route, different carriers operate, but this does not affect the cost of tickets. The bus ticket will cost from 1942 to 2164 rubles.

The passenger will travel from 20 to 26 hours. All flights between Nizhniy and Petersburg imply 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, about 90 liters will be needed, which will cost 3500-3700 rubles.

To get from Nizhny to St. Petersburg,to spend 15-18 hours. This way one driver is difficult to overcome in a day, so you need to take care of the place of rest. The route between the cities is lively; hotels, mini-hotels, motels will meet a lot. The average price of spending the night is from 500 rubles.

It's okay to stock up on the road with good music, takecoffee in thermos and sandwiches. The companion found through the checked services will not only brighten up loneliness on the way without getting to sleep, but also will pay part of the cost of gasoline.

Highway

On the route Nizhny Novgorod-Saint-Petersburg, you canpave several options for the road, depending on the desire to drive through Moscow or leave it aside. In any case, we must leave Nizhny Novgorod on the M-7 highway. There is always a lot of transport on it, but, despite the traffic congestion, you can go with a speed of at least 100-120 km / h. Whichever version of autotravel in St. Petersburg from Nizhny was not chosen, you first need to get to Vladimir. M-7 on this segment represents 4 quality bands.

Variants of autotravel:

1. From Vladimir through Petushki and Noginsk to get to the Moscow bypass road (MKAD), on it to bypass the capital's traffic jams and get on the track, which directly leads to St. Petersburg. It may be an old M-10 road or a paid M-11.

2. Having reached the city Cover, soon to be turned to the right to Elektrogorsk, where the route A-108. This makes it possible to bypass the capital with its traffic jams from a distance, through Sergiev Posad, Dmitrov and go on the St. Petersburg highway M-10 already behind Klin.

3. Another possibility is to quickly get from Nizhny Novgorod to St. Petersburg - for Vladimir turn off onto the road P-75, which leads through Kolchugino and Alexandrov to Kalyazin. After skirting Kalyazin, you need to pass Kashin, Bezhetsk and through Vyshny Volochek to go to M-10.

No matter what path the way from Nizhny to Peter goes, one thing is certain: the road will be beautiful and interesting, because it passes through historical places.

Attractions along the way

If you go to St. Petersburg from Nizhny NovgorodNovgorod by car, you can at the same time see many interesting sights and museums. The entire Vladimir region, the cities of Suzdal, Bogolyubovo, Alexandrov, Sergiev Posad, Kalyazin, Tver, Torzhok, Bezhetsk and others are remarkable monuments of history and architecture.