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International
and internal transport
Air transport
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Moscow
Moscow is 2478
kms from Paris, and the flight takes about 3h40.
International flights arrive at Sheremetyevo
airport which is 36 kms out of Moscow. Tel 095
1555005.
Air France
7 Dobryninskaya, Moscow.
Tel 095 237 2325
Aeroflot Soviet Airlines
Leningradsky Prospekt, 37
Moscow 125 167
Tel 1555494
St
Petersburg
Paris-St
Petersburg : 2143 kms, flight time is 5h20. The
airport is Poulkovo, 17 kms to the south of St
Petersburg.
International airline
companies flying to Russia :
(see a listing in Useful Addresses)
Aeroflot Soviet Airlines
Leningradsky Prospekt, 37
Moscow 125 167
Tel 1555494
Japan Airlines
1 Rond Point des Champs Elysées - Marcel
Dassault
75008 Paris
Passenger information : 01 48 62 30 00 Freight : 01
48 62 31 12
Air France
45 rue de Paris
95741 Roissy CDG Cedex.
Tel 01 41.56.78.00. Fax 01 41.56.70.29
There is also Finnair,
British Airways, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines,
Delta, KLM, Lufthansa, Sabena, SAS and
Swissair.
(See the list of Travel
Agencies in Useful Addresses)
Attention : keep
objects of value in your hand luggage, there is a
great deal of theft from luggage.
Rail :
From Paris, via Berlin,
Warsaw, Litovsk, departure from the Gare du Nord
every day at the end of the afternoon. The trip
takes about 45 hours (3000 kms). Reservations from
Intourist.
Internal transport
:
Plane : the company
Transaero is now flying from Moscow to towns in
Russia and the ex-USSR as well as to Istanbul and
Sharjah. It is in direct competition with
Aeroflot's internal flights.
Rail : Be careful,
there are security problems. You should also take
food and drink with you as there is not always a
buffet service on board.
Moscow
From Moscow to St
Petersburg, the 'Red Arrow' train, sponsored by
Intourist, 8 hours overnight.
Moscow stations :
Belorussia station (for journeys to western
Europe), Bielorousskaia pl. I-B1
Yaroslav station (for Siberia and the Far East), 5
Komsomolskaya pl. II-C1
Saviolovski station (destination St Petersburg and
Ouglitch), Boutyrskaya Zastava pl. II-B1
Finland station (destination northern Europe),
Lenin pl. II C1
Moscow station (destination Moscow and central
Russia), 2 Vosstania pl. II C2-3
Warsaw station (destination western Europe), 147
nab. Obvodnovo Kanala
Maritime Transport:
Numerous cruises are organized on the Baltic
Sea in summer, Saint Petersburg is the classical
destination.
Baltic Shipping Company
5 Mezhevol Canal
St Petersburg L35
Far Eastern Shipping
Company
V/O Morpasflot
Zhdanova St 1-4
103759 Moscow
Ukrainian Danube Shipping
Company
Izmail, Ukraine
There is no direct connection
between France and Russia.
In summer the company Moroflot has ferries going
from Helsinki to St Petersburg three times a week
and from Stockholm twice a week. The maritime
station is on Vassilievski island.
Roads
There are 934,000 kms of roads in Russia,
445,000 kms of which are reserved for industries or
farms.
Only 725,000 kms are tarmacked. The distances are
enormous and the roads are in bad condition.
Driving is on the right, the speed limit is 60 kph
in built up areas and 90 kph on other roads. It is
obligatory to wear a seat belt and children must
travel in the back of the car.
The roads are very dangerous - there is very little
driving discipline and Russians 'drink and
drive'.
Foreigners are often stopped for 'infractions',
fines are negotiable in dollars.
Public transport
Public transport is cheap and quite efficient :
there are buses, trams and undergrounds. The
underground is open from 5.30 in the morning till 1
am. Watch out : the signs in the metro are in
Cyrillic and any plans that you are lucky enough to
find are often out of date.
Waterways
Internal waterways totalize 101,000 kms, 95,900
of them offer navigational guides at the service of
the Russian River Flotilla, 60,400 kms guarantee an
aid to night navigation and 16,9000 kms are
artificial waterways.
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