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red-and-white signs your hand out and flag or drivers on buses,
above the tram rails. Less down a car. After the trolley buses and trams.
crowded than buses, they collapse of the USSR, To use the metro, buy a
are a great way to see the many chastniki were newly token (zheton) from the
city. However, they tend to impoverished scientists, ticket offices (kassa)
break down frequently. lawyers and other within each station.
professionals looking to
Travelling by make ends meet. Today DIRECTORY
Trolley Bus they tend to be pensioners,
immigrants and students AIRPORTS
Trolley buses, unlike trying to earn a bit of Pulkovo Airport
trams, run up and down cash. Negotiate your price ∑ pulkovoairport.ru
Nevskiy prospekt and, in before setting off and AIRLINES
this part of the city at never get into a car with
least, are a convenient more than one person in it. Air Baltic
∑ airbaltic.com
and cheap mode of
transport. But they can Travelling on Foot Turkish Airlines
get crowded and, like ∑ turkishairlines.com
trams, often break down. St Petersburg is an BOATS
Blue-and-white signs excellent city for walking.
mark the stops. Many of the main sights, Just Go Russia
∑ justgorussia.co.uk
especially those at the
Travelling by city’s centre, are close St Peter Line
∑ stpeterline.com
Minibus together, making it easy
to travel from one to the TRAINS
Minibuses (marshrutka) other by foot.
are privately run and Street signs are in both Russian Railways
∑ rzd.ru
travel around the city, Russian and English in
following standard bus the centre, Russian only VR
∑ vr.fi
routes; they can be hailed in the outskirts. Many of
by waving your hand. Pay the English signs were CAR HIRE
the driver when you get erected in time for the Avis
in or take your seat and city’s 300th anniversary ∑ avis.com
pass the money on. celebrations in 2003.
Europcar
∑ europcar.com
Travelling by Taxi Travelling by
Bicycle Hertz
It’s safest to avoid ∑ hertz.com
unofficial taxis and stick St Petersburg is flat Sixt
with reputable licensed and compact and should ∑ sixt.com
taxi companies that quote be a haven for cyclists; TAXIS
fixed prices and can be however, the city also
booked by phone. If the attracts a lot of reckless Taxi Vezyot
§ 318 0318
company you call doesn’t drivers. If you choose to ∑ spb.rutaxi.ru
have an English-speaking cycle, wear a helmet and
operator, staff in a stick to quieter streets. Taxovichkof
§ 333 0000
restaurant, bar or hotel Bikes can be rented ∑ taxovichkof.ru
will be happy to make a from Skat Prokat and
booking for you. Velotour, who also lead BICYCLE HIRE
cycling tours. Skat Prokat
Travelling by Goncharnaya ulitsa 7
Chastniki Tickets and § 717 6838
Travel Cards ∑ skatprokat.ru
Chastniki are private Velotour
drivers who drive around All modes of transport § 981 0155
the city looking for fares. run on a flat-fare system. ∑ velotour-spb.ru
Their cars are not marked Regular tickets can be
as taxis – you simply stick bought from conductors
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