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Pulkovo Airport to Saint Petersburg: bus, metro, taxi or transfer
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Pulkovo is Saint Petersburg's only passenger airport, in the south of the city. The metro does not reach the terminal: you take a bus to Moskovskaya station and continue by metro. By car the centre is about half an hour away without traffic.
Public transport
- Bus 39 — to Moskovskaya metro in about 25 minutes with stops, roughly 5:30–1:30, every 5–7 minutes.
- Bus 39E — non-stop express to Moskovskaya, 15–20 minutes, roughly 6:00 to midnight.
- Then the blue metro line to Nevsky Prospekt and the centre.
When a car is better
At night after the metro closes, with children and luggage, in a group — and whenever you are going not to the centre but to Pushkin, Pavlovsk, Peterhof, Gatchina or straight to Veliky Novgorod.
Opening bridges
From spring to autumn the bridges over the Neva open at night. If your hotel is on Vasilyevsky Island or the Petrograd side and you land after midnight, the route may be longer. The travel time is shown when you book; the night surcharge is already included.