Transport of St. Petersburg

Public transport of St. Petersburg is developing almost also quickly as the public transport of Moscow. As the second largest transport hub, St. Petersburg has an extensive system of ground, underground and water transport.

Of distinctive features - the presence of aquabus (water minibuses). They successfully function in St. Petersburg since 2010. Their fate in 2017, however, is unknown.

From our article you will learn about bus routes, trolley buses, trams, where to watch real-time schedule online, and how much will be fare from 2017.

Cost of public transport of St. Petersburg since 2017

For several years, the cost of travel in public transport of St. Petersburg remained unchanged, but since 2016 the city authorities decided to index transport prices. From January 1, 2017, the cost of transport St. Petersburg did not grow much.

• travel on the metro from January 1, 2017 will cost 36 rubles
• travel by bus, tram and trolleybus - 31 rubles

In general, the cost of public transport increased by 1% comparing with the previous year. The size of discounts on the travel will continue, as well as the general principle of pricing for travel tickets: the more you go, the less you pay.

In St. Petersburg there are several types of travel (single, monthly, reusable). They can all be "Recorded" on the transport card "Plantain".

Buses of St. Petersburg

It organizes the bus movement of the Committee on Transport of St. Petersburg, and the passenger transportation is carried out as state-owned (Passengentransport GUP) and private companies chosen on a competitive basis.

The first thing to know tourists and locals about buses of St. Petersburg are wanted: how much is the passage of where to see the routes and bus timetable SPb.

Tell how it is convenient to see the bus schedule and find the route number.

To do this, you need to know:

• street departure
• destination street
• either metro station

The penalty for a billarous passage on the bus, trolleybus and tram today is 1000 rub. In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Night buses in St. Petersburg

For a long time, to establish in St. Petersburg the night traffic of ground transport was difficult, because the city located on the islands of the Neva and connected by bridges, these bridges had often bred. However, the problem was solved, and since 2012 night buses run in St. Petersburg 0:00 to 5:30 with an interval of 15 minutes. Route numbers correspond to the metro line, which they duplicate, so the letter has been added to digital designation "M".

Non-light buses of Peter: 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m.

During the navigation and breeding period, more shortened routes are also valid. They are designated additional letters BUT and B..

Route route 1M (Metro Red Branch):

Route route 2m (Blue metro branch):

Route route 3M(Green metro branch):

Route route 4m(Orange metro branch):

Route route 5m(Purple metro branch):

Trolley buses

The popularity of trolleybus, as a type of public transport, is gradually decreasing. And in our days, the number of St. Petersburg trolley buses does not exceed 700 units. Everything works around the city 44 trolleybus route. The first trolleybus is usually sent to 05:30 - 06:00 morning last - in 24:00 - 00:30 night.

In 2017, 22 new trolley buses will be released on Peter roads.

Movement interval, cost and fines

Trolleybus movement interval on weekdays averages 8-20 minutes. On weekends - about 30 minutes.

The fare in St. Petersburg trolleybus from January 1, 2017 will be equal 31 rubblem for one trip. Travel Peter.

1000 rubles.

Trams of St. Petersburg

The tram network of St. Petersburg was so branched, which was even listed in the Guinness Book of Records. But in recent years, the number of tram routes has been reduced to 42.

A new life in this type of public transport should give trams of the new generation "Stadler Minsk". They will be launched in 2019. Partially they must associate the city center with his suburbs.

Tram service time

Trams start "working day" in 5:30-6:30 in the morning and finish in 22:00-23:30 .

Movement interval

Tram movement interval - 10-30 minutes; It depends, in most cases, from "popularity" and the workload of the line and on the day of the week (weekdays or weekends).

Cost tickets for tram and fine

One ticket on the tram from January 1, 2017 will cost 31 ruble. Direct on the tram for a month will cost you 1500 rubles. .

Penalty for Bilitive Travel - 1000 rubles.

Minibuses

Due to the possible stops at the request, regulated only by traffic rules, the speed of movement and frequent tracking intervals of the minibus in Peter is a very popular type of ground vehicle. The average fare - 35 rubles. Money is transmitted directly to the driver. The number of St. Petersburg router taxi is distinguished by the letter "K", standing in front of the numbers. Be careful - a bus and a minibus with the same numbers (for example, 10 and K10) can walk in different courses. In addition, it is worth tracking in advance whether the minibus has changed.

In total in St. Petersburg more 400 route taxi routes.

On the site you can find the route you need both in the street and at the metro station.

Aquabus St. Petersburg

In 2015, contracts for the organization of the passenger transportation by water transport, aquabus, ended and will not extend them due to the lack of money in the budget.

In April 2017, it may be launched separate commercial routes, for example, to Kronstadt, along the Right Bank of the Neva and in the Primorsky district.

Metro St. Petersburg

The deepest metropolitan in the world was opened in the 50s of the 20th century and has 5 lines of movement. Many subway stations, which is traditionally for our country, have an original and original architectural solution.

The movement interval is 2 minutes in the summer and only 1 minute - in winter.

In the middle metro station opens in 5:30 , and close in 00:00 - 0:30 .

The work time of each station is convenient to look at the site. Here in real time it shows which stations are on the repair, and the schedule of which stations is changed.

Transport nuances

In St. Petersburg metro there are six transplant nodes connecting two stations, and one node connecting at once three stations.

From 2013 in St. Petersburg there is a night metro. The composition, which rushes between Admiralteyskaya and Sports stations on weekends from 1 to 3 o'clock in the morning, tied both sides of the Neva during the breeding of bridges.

Night trains work on the night from Friday on Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday during the river navigation, from the end of April to mid-November.

Travel stands as well as day subway, 36 rubles. Payment is cash. Penalty for bellile travel in the subway - 1000 rubles.

The night metro opens and closes on the following schedule:

Taxi St. Petersburg

It is not surprising that in such a multiple-free and developed city, like St. Petersburg, there are a lot of companies offering in demand services for ordering a taxi of a variety of marks.

The cost of transportation is initially called the operator when ordering and in fact can only differ slightly from the previously voiced, so you will not have to join the trading with the driver.

Of course, tourist places are the most "bread" for taxi drivers, so it is worth calling a car in advance or go through a few tens of meters, caught the car not on the most "saturated" street.

You can order a tested taxi in advance and pay it online on proven sites:

From the article you learned about public transport of St. Petersburg, buses, trolley buses, trams, metro, aquabuses, taxis and minibuses. We have led links where you quickly see the actual schedule and route. The passage of public transport St. Petersburg in 2017 will rise in price by 1%. We hope that the money received the administration of the city will be able to directly send the development of transport.