Get to St. Petersburg

[Traper]

Does anybody know a good (quite cheap and short) way to get to St. Petersburg from Poland or western Belarus, Lituania?

[jim_fullwood]

STICK YOUR THUMB OUT AND HOPE FOR THE BEST

[Dr_Woland]

The Polish trains are quite good, and still are State-subsidised non-commercial prices, so quite cheap. I've taken the Warsaw-Petersburg train myself.

Departure time used to be 00:47 from Warszawa Wschodniya station, time en-route about 32 hours (you MUST get a Belarus Transit Visa before you travel - the line goes through this way, they re-routed it when Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania demanded visas from Russians). Arrival early in the morning in St P!

Comfy accommodation, used to cost about $60 in second-class sleeper compartment.

Alternatively, head north to Tallinn, and take the night train from there - 6 hours, $25.

Enjoy!

Dr W.