Moskovsky Railway Station in Saint Petersburg is the city’s main railway station. The Saint Petersburg–Moscow route is the main route served by the station. Trains from Saint Petersburg arrive in Moscow at Leningradsky Railway Station. Many trains from the east and south of Russia also arrive at Moskovsky Station.
The station is located in the central part of the city, next to Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg’s main street. From 1851 to 1924, the station was known as Nikolaevsky Station.
The railway station is located on Vosstaniya Square, in the western part of Nevsky Prospekt. Two popular shopping centers (the Galereya Shopping Center and the Nevsky Center Shopping Center) and several hotels are located near the station.
High-speed Sapsan trains run between Moskovsky Station in St. Petersburg and Leningradsky Station in Moscow. This is the fastest way to travel between St. Petersburg and Moscow. An even faster railway is under construction. The high-speed railway station will be located near Moskovsky Station.
The closest metro stations to Moskovsky Station are Vosstaniya Square and Mayakovskaya.
Moskovsky Station ranks third in Russia in terms of passenger rail traffic and is one of the five largest railway stations in Russia. Currently, trains departing from Moskovsky Station carry 15,400 long-distance passengers and 27,600 commuter train passengers.
Trains depart (and arrive) from Moskovsky Station in St. Petersburg to the following cities: Adler, Anapa, Astrakhan, Baku, Belgorod, Borovichi, Bryansk, Velikiye Luki, Vesyegonsk, Vladikavkaz, Volgograd, Voronezh, Yevpatoriya, Yeysk, Ivanovo, Izhevsk, Kazan, Kaluga, Kislovodsk, Kostroma, Kursk, Mariupol, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Stary Oskol, Novorossiysk, Ostashkov, Pestovo, Rzhev, Samara, Saratov, Sevastopol, Simferopol, Sonkovo, Ulyanovsk, Ufa, Feodosia, Kharkiv, and Yaroslavl.
Train tickets to and from St. Petersburg (including Sapsan and Lastochka trains) are best purchased online, but can also be purchased at the station ticket office.
Tourist Information
How to get from Moskovsky Station to some popular tourist destinations in St. Petersburg?
Palace Square, the Admiralty, and the Hermitage can be reached from Moskovsky Station by public transport along Nevsky Prospekt (buses 191, 22, 24, 27, 7, trolleybuses 1, 10, 11, 22, 5, 7). You can also walk along Nevsky Prospekt (a distance of approximately 3 kilometers).
The Russian Museum, Mikhailovsky Theater, Kazan Cathedral, and the Cathedral of the Savior on Spilled Blood are all within walking distance (a distance of approximately 2 kilometers). You can also take a bus or trolleybus to Gostiny Dvor and then walk.
To get to the Peter and Paul Fortress, the best way is by metro. The nearest metro station is Gorkovskaya. From this metro station, you can also walk to the cruiser Aurora.
To get to Pulkovo Airport from Moskovsky Station, take the metro to Moskovskaya Station, then take bus #39 or K39 to the airport.