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Travel Question - Moscow to St. Petersburg

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sagdeb Just Starting Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 1	Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 6:55 am    Post subject: Travel Question - Moscow to St. Petersburg Hello - our flight from the united states arrives in moscow at 10:25 am on a sunday in july. we want to then fly to st. petersburg...if we reserve a 1:55 pm aeroflot flight...will that be enough time to get through customs, etc? thanks in advance for the advice
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Paul-Holmes Lounge Wizard Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1073	Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 7:06 am    Post subject: yes
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traceymill Lounge Lizard Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 84 Location: chicago il	Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 7:01 am    Post subject: mocow to saint petes you can fly if you want or you can take an overnite train from moscow to saint petes(or a fast train for that matter, they have a couple that make it in five hours). It saves a nite in a hotel and gets there via a bit of an adventure. You could even walk a bit around moscow if you take the overnite, just an idea!!!! That is what I am doing on July!
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traceymill Lounge Lizard Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 84 Location: chicago il	Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 7:05 am    Post subject: wondering how much a ticket is from moscow to saint petes is on the red arrow???? 2nd class? 1st?
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wu687 Lounge Lizard Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 199 Location: Victoria BC, Canada	Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 8:08 am    Post subject: It should be no problem making that connection, providing you are at SVO airport, you still will have to go from SVO2 Terminal to SVO1 Terminal, look for free Aeroflot transfer service. A first class ticket costs 2401Rbl last June, taken from price on ticket, second class would be about half of that.
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thenuge Frequent Guest Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Midwest, USA	Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 12:26 am    Post subject: Red Arrow I just did the Moscow-St Pete-Moscow with the Red Arrow going up and an express coming back. I paid about $178. The Red Arrow was great....the best roadbed I've ever traveled over.
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traceymill Lounge Lizard Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 84 Location: chicago il	Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 12:28 am    Post subject: red arrow cool, I am taking the red arrow in july, what class ticket did you travel?? and was there a dining car or should I bring my own food?? thanks for the tip.
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wu687 Lounge Lizard Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 199 Location: Victoria BC, Canada	Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 1:08 am    Post subject: The Red Arrow is a night train, but has a dining car. It leaves around midnight and arrives around eight in the morning. You will find a number of trains that leave around midnight. First class is for two people, 2nd for four, both are enclosed compartments,thus in a first class carriage you have only eighteen people, in second 36.
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thenuge Frequent Guest Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Midwest, USA	Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 3:09 pm    Post subject: Red Arrow We had a two berth cabin. You get a box lunch of sorts and a woman comes around selling open face sandwiches, etc. We didn't see any need to use the dining car.
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lifesucketh Just Starting Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Singapore	Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 7:55 pm    Post subject: Hi, there ! I will be travelling from St Petersburg to Moscow in early September, would you recommend me to purchase the overnight train ticket (1st class) in advance ? Am worried that they may be sold out since I noticed that you mention that the Red Arrow only has 18 1st class berths. Looking fwd to your advice. Cheers.
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traceymill Lounge Lizard Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 84 Location: chicago il	Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:53 pm    Post subject: they do sell out ahead of time,but it is worth a try. There are two other nite trains that are good, #4 and #6, besides the red arrow.
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wu687 Lounge Lizard Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 199 Location: Victoria BC, Canada	Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:27 pm    Post subject: You will find that the train has more than 1 first class carriage, each first class carriage only has 18 berths.
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