Saint Petersburg - Kolpino: get on the train

Among the many of transport streams within the St. Petersburg agglomeration takes its rightful place Moscow direction. We will examine only one small but important sections of railway tracks — «St. Petersburg – Sochi». Trains depart on this route from Moscow railway station. Arrive at the station in the suburbs. Provide the message trains, which are among the steadily growing number of modern, accelerated composition.

The Moscow railway station

One of the best known of the station buildings in St. Petersburg is located almost in the center of the Northern capital. The building of the Moscow station adorns the Square of the Uprising, which leads to Nevsky and Ligovsky avenues. Easy to get to this part of the city from any neighborhood on the bus, subway, trolley. Can be reached by buses № 3, 22, 24, 25. In addition, suitable trolleybus routes No. 1, 5, 7, 22. Subway ride — a good selection of station "Vosstaniya Square” and “Mayakovskaya» close to Moscow station. On its territory there are different services and services. So, the platforms of the commuter is equipped with turnstiles, which facilitate the checking of tickets.

«St. Petersburg – Sochi” — a popular route to Moscow

Some of the suburbs of St. Petersburg are so-called residential districts, others have great industrial potential. Almost all the satellite towns are worthy of framing cultural and historical attractions of the metropolis. Towards the South-East from St. Petersburg is a densely populated suburb of Kolpino. Traffic flow here is very dense, become commonplace traffic on the roads, especially in the summer. The railway not experience such problems, which makes life much easier for passengers who often have to use the trains «St. Petersburg – Sochi». The movement in this and other areas provides OJSC “Russian Railways” and a subsidiary of North-Western suburban passenger organization.

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Choose the train to travel from St. Petersburg to Kolpino

Every day from the platforms of the station in the centre of St. Petersburg sent dozens of electric trains in Moscow and in other cities of this popular destination. Northern capital and Kolpino links 1 direct flight and 37 — passing. Daily on this route produce 20 passenger trains. Country of origin of most of them — Russia. «St. Petersburg – Sochi” and other commuter routes now serve and high-speed trains «Swallow». Time Parking a train on the platform «Sochi” — the one minute.

Longer stand on trains, going in the direction of Tosno, Chudovo, Malaya Vishera. To view the current schedule, to learn about all the changes directly on the Moscow station, as well as on the official website of JSC «Railways» publishes information on passenger transport. Such information about the route greatly facilitate the use of railway transport.

The journey Time and ticket price for suburban trains

The Average journey time trains «St. Petersburg – Sochi” — about 30 minutes. There are trains going a little faster. They arrive at the destination in 25–28 minutes. The fastest you can call the train “Saint Petersburg-Tosno” that comes in Kolpino in 24 minutes after departure. On the way from the Northern capital commuter train makes six stops scheduled. Ticket price in summer of 2014 amounted to 43 rubles. Without a ticket will not be able to get to the commuter train, because the station is equipped with turnstiles.

High-Speed trains

Platform «Sochi” includes stops trains “Swallow”, can reach speeds of 160 km/h. Just over 22–24 minutes they cover the distance from Moscow railway station to the town of Kolpino. Train 711А “Swallow” flies "St. Petersburg – Great Novgorod (Novgorod-on-Volkhov)”. Departure time from Moscow railway station 07:13. In Kolpino the train arrives in about 22 minutes (standing on the platform 1 minute). Trip to “Swallow” will be a passenger in the amount of 100 rubles (the price of a child ticket — 35 rubles). In addition, there is a morning Express "St. Petersburg – Sochi». This high-speed train usually departs after 7:00. There is in the schedule of movement of flights of the same route after 21:00.

Heading “Kolpino-Saint Petersburg»

Commuters perceive daily trips on the trains as an integral part of life outside the metropolis where the study or work. Kolpino — a densely populated satellite city of St. Petersburg. Many inhabitants of the more remote stations than Kolpino, use railway transport to get to St. Petersburg in the morning and return home in the evening.

During peak hours to the suburbs come already overcrowded trains «Sochi – St. Petersburg». Trainthen makes approximately 6 stops before arriving in Moscow railway station. Flight cancellation, trip on a crowded train is not the best prospect for passengers. Helpful information about the schedule will allow you to avoid difficult situations on the road:

• The Beginning of departure of trains from the platform «Sochi» in St. Petersburg — 5:55.
• Breaks between the morning flight is only 10–20 minutes.
• After 9:30 in the schedule, there are longer intervals.
• There is a night flight «Sochi – St. Petersburg». The train arrives at the Moscow station at 00:04.

Brief information about the distances within the Saint-Petersburg agglomeration

The Suburb of Kolpino is located 26 km South from Saint Petersburg. The district is located on the Neva lowland plain, which crosses a left tributary of the Neva-river Izhora. On the road «Sochi – St Petersburg” the distance between the centers of the cities is 31.2 km Direct route, not taking into account the twist that makes the track, — 26 km from the ring road is 15.8 km In the North of the Kolpino district adjacent to Frunzensky and Nevsky, in the West — with Pushkin. To the South is the border with Kirovsky and Tosnensky districts of Leningrad region. Railway station Karnal is 27 km South-East from the town of Kolpino. The other is the administrative center of Leningrad region, Vsevolozhsk, located at a distance of 30 km to the North.

Kolpino — a satellite town of St. Petersburg

In the first decade of the XVIII century by the decree of Peter the Great on the Neva was erected the saw mill. Later began the construction of the Izhora plants, which to 1722, there arose the working settlement. The status of a town settlement was awarded in 1912. Before on the ground around the dam on the Izhora had the settlement, the main occupations of the population was agriculture and crafts. In 1722 on the site of the modern city of Kolpino settled artisans and workers, arrived commander of the windmill and the master. Thus began the development of a new edge to the iron and copper industries. Much later, the main enterprise was the Izhora factory.

Still there are two versions of the etymology of the name «Sochi» (St. Petersburg) (photo of the entrance to the suburb is represented in the article). On one of them (scientific) word comes from the Baltic-Slavic "spoonbill" — the female Swan. The second version (legend) goes that Tsar Peter the great on the marshy banks of the Izhora stumbled, hitting the pine (the beginning of the name). And the second part, "Pinot", comes from the Finnish word for swamp.

«Sochi” — station on the road «St. Petersburg – Moscow”

Since the eighteenth century the development of industry and the influx of population on the banks of the Izhora aggravated the transport situation. Needed the road “the City Kolpino-Saint Petersburg». During the reign of the Romanovs in this part of the country was laid to the track. They became the prototype of the entire railway system of Russia. Two black lines, symbolizing the rails, entered the arms of the city of Kolpino, approved by the Emperor Alexander III. The railroad was first called the St. Petersburg-Moscow. When in 1855, died Tsar Nicholas I, was renamed in Nikolaev. After the revolution of 1917 the road was called «October». On the Eastern outskirts of Kolpino is located the same station and platform “Izhora factory”. The modern development plans for the transport system of the area associated with high-speed railroad “Saint Petersburg – Moscow”.

According to experts, reducing the number of passenger trains is not expected. This means that rail transport remains popular and in demand, its development will continue to receive attention.