Saint Petersburg has a well-developed public transportation system including buses, street cars, trolleybuses, and the Metro system.
Above-ground transportation - Operates from 6.00 to 24.00. Fare is collected through the sale of special tickets. One ticket (for a single one-way trip) costs RUR 14.00, it can be obtained right in the vehicle from conductors.
- Charter taxis (buses, mini-buses) circulate along all main routes - as a rule, 7.00 - 22.00. Fare is RUR 15.00 - 40.00.
 The Metro System
- In St.Petersburg, 59 underground stations form 4 lines.
- The Metro operates from 5.45 to 24.00.
- Line transfers stop at 0.10.
- The fare is RUR 14.00, paid by special tokens (which may be also used for local calls on some city's pay-phones) / by magnetic cards available at all Metro stations.
 Taxis
Taxies can be recognized by the checkered stripes and the letter "T" on the car door, or the highlighted sign "Taxi" on the roof. - The fare is RUR 20.00 - 30.00 per kilometer.
The larger hotels maintain their own fleets of cabs for their clients, but they charge a considerably higher fare. Although many taxi-parks have their own taxi-order services, taxies may be also ordered via the centralized taxi-order service, tel. 312-0022, 24 hours a day. TerminalsThe five operating railway stations of St.Petersburg carry out transportation services both within Russia and the CIS and abroad. Information about trains (charged): tel. 055, 24 hours a day. - BALTIC STATION
120 Obvodnogo Kanala nab.
Suburban trains to: Peterhof, Oranienbaum (Lomonosov), Gatchina.
- VITEBSK STATION
52 Zagorodnyy pr.
Destinations: South-Westem Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary. Suburban trains to Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), Pavlovsk.
- LADOGA STATION
Ladozhskaya metro station
Destinations: North/ North-East of Russia, Finland.
- MOSCOW STATION
2 Vosstaniya pl.
Destinations: Moscow, Northern Russia, Urals, Siberia, Central and Southern Russia.
Business center: tel. 768-4905.
Lost and found: tel. 768-9750, open 8.00 - 20.00.
- FINLAND STATION
6 Lenina pl.
Destinations: Vyborg, Karelia.
Tickets: tel. 768-7539
Central booking office24 Griboedova Kanala nab.
Open: 8.00 - 20.00, SUN till 16.00.
International service coordinator: tel. 768-6733
Information (charged): tel. 067, 8.00 - 22.00  Bus station
36 Obvodnogo Kanala nab.
Destinations: Russia, Estonia, Belarus, Finland.
Information: tel. 766-5777, 7.00 - 22.00
Tickets for International destinations: tel. 766-8101, 7.00 - 20.00.
River passenger terminal
195 Obukhovskoy Oborony pr.
Scheduled river voyages and cruises Moscow, Valaam Island (Lake Ladoga), Kizhi Island (Lake Onega).
Information: tel. 262-0239
Tickets: tel. 262-6321 Sea passenger terminal1 Morskoy Slavy pl.
Scheduled ferry lines to Kaliningrad (Russia), Rostock (Germany), Helsinki (Finland) via Tallinn (Estonia)
Information: tel. 322-6052 AirportsThe St Petersburg Pulkovo Airport is placed on two sites, which carry out the whole complex of domestic and international transportation services. The close location of the sites makes the Pulkovo Airport attractive for transit to other cities in Russia and the CIS via Saint Petersburg. - PULKOVO
Domestic, CIS, and some international flights. Location - 18 km from the city center. 39 Bus (airport - Moskovskaya metro station) Charter taxi services (airport - Moskovskaya metro station).
Information: tel. 704-3822, 24 hours a day.
Lost and found: tel. 723-8361, open: 8.00 - 20.00. - PULKOVO-2
International flights. Location - 17 km from the city center. 13 Bus (airport - Moskovskaya metro station) Charter taxi services (airport - Moskovskaya metro station).
Information: tel. 704-3444, 24 hours a day.
Lost and found: tel. 324-3787, 24 hours a day.
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