How To Get to Petrozavodsk

By train

We suggest the participants to consider train connection. Current information about departure/arrival times is given further.

You can buy tickets online from official site of Russian Railways: http://pass.rzd.ru/main-pass/public/en.

Saint-Petersburg should be spelled as SANKT-PETERBURG, Petrozavodsk should be spelled as PETROZAVODSK PASS in a ticket search form. Exact time table and tickets for Russian trains become available 45 days before departure. You will need a print-out of your e-ticket and your passport when boarding a train. Please ask if you need advice.

Types of tickets:

  • Compartment: 1 berth in a 4-berth compartment
  • Soft: 1 berth in a 2-berth compartment
  • Luxury: 1 berth in a 2-berth compartment with shower and WC.
  • Seat: sitting place

Moscow - Petrozavodsk:

  1. No. 018А (recommended): 20:42 — 08:33 - comfortable night train (compartment -- about 46 Euro,  soft -- about 90 Euro, luxury -- about 214 Euro)
  2. No. 016А (recommended): 00:43 — 16:20 - comfortable train (compartment --  about 45 Euro)
  3. No. 092А: 22:20 — 12:23 - night train (compartment -- about 26 Euro)

Saint Petersburg - Petrozavodsk:

  1. No. 806Ч (recommended): 18:00 — 22:55 comfortable sitting train (seat -- about 12 Euro)
  2. No. 022Ч: 19:48 — 02:35  (berth in a 4 berth compartment -- about 12 Euro)
  3. No. 012А (most recommended, but it runs not every day): 23:20 — 07:00 comfortable night train (compartment -- about 12 Euro, soft -- about 36 Euro),
  4. No. 016А: 9:37 — 16:20 comfortable train (compartment --  about 26 Euro)

Current prices are given for your information. Actual prices for August-September can differ and will depend on Euro-Ruble exchange rate changes

By bus

A bus from Joensuu (Finland) to Petrozavodsk takes approximately 7 hours, the ticket costs about 15 EURO.