Transportation

St.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. Ine ticket (for a single one-way trip) costs RUR 7.00, it can be obtained right in the vehicle from conductors.
Charter taxies (buses, mini-buses) circulate along all main routes - as a rule, 7.00 - 22.00. Fare is RUR 6.00 - 20.00.

The Metro System
In St.Petersburg, 58 underground stations form 4 lines. The Metro operates from 5.45 to 24.00. Line transfers stop at 0.10. The fare is RUR 8.00, 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.

Taxies
Taxies can be recognized by the checkered stripes and the letter on the car door, or the highlighted sign Taxi on the roof. The fare: up to RUR 20.00 for picking up, RUR 10.00 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.

Bridges
Usually, from April till November the largest bridges in St.Petersburg are to be unspanned approx. within 0.30-6.00 A.M. interval.
For detailed information: paid service phone 063, 8.00-22.00.

Rent-a-Car
Hertz - Car rental with and without driver; international reservation. Credit cards accepted: AmEx, Visa, DC, EC/MC, JCB, HCC. Open: daily 10.00 - 22.00. Tel. 324-3242. Pulkovo-1,2 arrival halls, 23 Malaya Morskaya ul. [map G-6]. E-mail: hertz-led@peterlink.ru, http://www.hertz.spb.ru

Biracs rent-a-car / Self-drive & chauffeur service, long-term rental, driving abroad, VolksWagen's latest models and other excellent cars. Credit cards are accepted: AMEX, DC, MC/EC, VISA, UNIONCARD. Main Office: 8 Boytsova. Tel. (812)310-5356. Fax (812)319-4849 St. Petersburg, Airport Pulkovo-1 (sector B). Tel. (812)123-8737. Open: 09.00-19.00 daily. E-mail: info@biracs.ru, http://www.biracs.ru
Pulkowo Rent-A-Car VolksWagen latest models, full Rent-A-Car service, no driver. Excellent technical condition & high quality service. Full insurance. Long-term rentals. Any kind of payment - cash, bank transfer, all major cards are accepted: AmEx, Visa, Mc/Ec, DC, UC. Booking: tel.332 0101, fax.332 0186, E-mail:rent-a-car@pulkoworent.ru, http://www.pulkoworent.ru. 197046, Russia, St. Petersburg, 18A Petrogradskaya nab., business center "City-Center". Open: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Stations
The 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-Western 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. 168-4905.
Lost and found: tel. 168-9750, open 8.00 - 20.00.

Finland Station
6 Lenina pl.
Destinations: Vyborg, Karelia.
Tickets: tel. 168-7539.

Central Booking Office
24 Griboedova Kanala nab.
Open: 8.00 - 20.00, SUN till 16.00.
International service coordinator: tel. 168-6733
Information (charged): tel. 162-3344, 24 hours a day.

Bus Station
36 Obvodnogo Kanala nab.
Destinations: Russia, Estonia, Belarus, Finland.
Information: tel. 166-5777, 7.00 - 22.00.
Tickets for International destinations: tel. 166-8101, 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 Terminal
1 Morskoy Slavy pl.
Scheduled ferry lines to Tallinn (Estonia) via Helsinki (Finland), Kaliningrad (Russia), Luebeck (Germany), Rostok(Germany) via Tallinn (Estonia).
Information: tel. 322-6052.

Airport
The 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.104-3822, 24 hours a day.
Lost and found: tel. 123-8361, 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. 104-3444, 24 hours a day.
Lost and found: tel. 324-3787, 24 hours a day.

Airline companies
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise
Airport Pulkovo: tel. 104-3822
Airport Pulkovo-2: tel. 104-3444
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines
5 Kazanskaya ul. tel. 327-3873, fax 327-3870
Airport Pulkovo: tel. 123-8312, fax 325-1805

Transaero Airlines
48 Liteynyy pr. tel./fax 279-6463, 279-1974
Airport Pulkovo: tel./fax 325-1800

Air France
35 Bolshaya Morskaya ul. tel. 325-8252, fax 325-8253
Airport Pulkovo-2: tel./fax 324-3241

Austrian Airlines
32 Nevskiy pr. tel. 331-2005, fax 331-2006
Airport Pulkovo-2: tel. 324-3244, fax 324-3245

British Airways
1/3a Malaya Konyushennaya ul. tel. 329-2565, fax 329-2566
Airport Pulkovo-2: tel. 346-8146, fax 327-8700

CSA, Czech Airlines
36 Bolshaya Morskaya ul. tel. 315-5259, fax 315-5264
Airport Pulkovo-2: tel. 324-3250

Delta Airlines
36 Bolshaya Morskaya ul. tel. 117-5820, fax 325-6228

Finnair
44 Kazanskaya ul. tel. 326-1870, fax 326-1866
Airport Pulkovo-2: tel./fax 324-3249

K L M, Royal Dutch Airlines
23 Malaya Morskaya ul. tel. 346-6868, fax 346-6869
Airport Pulkovo-2: tel. 346-8118, fax 346-8119

Lot, Polish Airlines
1 Karavannaya ul. tel. 273-5721, fax 279-5352
Airport Pulkovo-2: tel. 324-3252

Lufthansa
32 Nevskiy pr. tel. 320-1000, fax 320-1003
Airport Pulkovo-2: tel. 324-3244, fax 324-3245

Malev, Hungarian Airlines
Airport Pulkovo-2: tel. 324-3267, fax 324-3243

SAS, Scandinavian Airlines
25 Nevskiy pr. tel. 326-2600, fax 326-2601
Airport Pulkovo-2: tel. 324-3244, fax 324-3245