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London to Moscow Option 1, London to Moscow via the daily Cologne-Moscow sleeping-car: The fastest & most convenient way. From £308 one-way, £380 return. Train times London ► Moscow • Day 1: Travel from London to Brussels by Eurostar. On Mondays-Thursdays & Saturdays, leave London St Pancras at 12:57 arriving Brussels at 16:03. On Fridays & Sundays leave London St Pancras at 14:34 arriving in Brussels at 17:33. • Day 1: Travel from Brussels to Cologne by high-speed train. On Mondays to Thursdays & Saturdays, leave Brussels at 16:28 by Thalys train arriving in Cologne at 18:15. On Fridays & Sundays leave Brussels by ICE train at 18:25, arriving Cologne at 20:15. You've time for a meal in Cologne. • Day 1: Travel from Cologne to Moscow by direct Russian Railways sleeping-car, leaving Cologne at 22:28, travelling across Germany, Poland and Belarus, arriving Moscow Byelorruski Station 2 nights later at 10:33 (Day 3 from London). The sleeper has 1, 2 & 3-bed compartments with washbasin, see the photos below. Map of Moscow showing Byelorruski station. Option 2, London to Moscow via Brussels, Cologne & Warsaw: Usually the cheapest way, but with an extra change. From £210 one-way, £377 return. Daily. Train times London ► Moscow • Day 1: Travel from London to Brussels by Eurostar. On Mondays-Thursdays & Saturdays leave London St Pancras at 12:57 arriving Brussels at 16:03. On Fridays & Sundays leave London St Pancras at 14:34 arriving in Brussels at 17:33. • Day 1: Travel from Brussels to Cologne by high-speed train. On Mondays to Thursdays & Saturdays leave Brussels at 16:28 by Thalys train arriving in Cologne at 18:15. On Fridays & Sundays leave Brussels by ICE train at 18:25, arriving Cologne at 20:15. You've time for a meal in Cologne. • Day 1: Travel from Cologne to Warsaw overnight on the 'Jan Kiepura' sleeper train, leaving Cologne at 22:28 and arriving Warsaw Centralna at 10:24 next morning (day 2). The 'Jan Kiepura' has modern air-conditioned Polish sleeping-cars (1 & 2-berth deluxe rooms with private toilet & shower plus TV/DVD player, 1, 2 & 3-berth standard rooms with washbasin, hot shower at end of the corridor, CCTV security, highly recommended), modern couchettes (more basic sleeping accommodation in 4-berth & 6-berth compartments), and reclining seats (not recommended). The sleeper fare includes complimentary toiletries pack and morning tea or coffee and croissant. There is no restaurant car, but feel free to take your own picnic, wine or beer on board! Spend the morning in Warsaw. • Day 2: Travel from Warsaw to Moscow on the 'Polonez' sleeper train, leaving Warsaw Centralna at 15:55 and arriving Moscow Byelorruski station at 11:45 next day (Day 3 from London). The train has modern air-conditioned Polish or Russian sleeping-cars with 1st class 2-bed and 2nd class 3-bed compartments with carpet and washbasin. A Polish buffet car is attached between Warsaw and Terespol (on the Polish/Russian frontier) and a Russian restaurant car is attached for breakfast between Brest (on the other side of the frontier) and Moscow. Next morning, as the train passes through the small station of Borodino, look out for the plaques on the station building marked '1812' and '1942'... Map of Moscow showing Byelorruski station. Option 3, London to Moscow via Berlin: Useful if you'd like to see Berlin on the way. From about £195 one-way. Not daily. Train times London ► Moscow • Day 1, travel from London to Paris by Eurostar, leaving London St Pancras at 16:02 (15:32 at weekends), arriving Paris Gare du Nord at 19:17 (18:47 at weekends). It's a 10 minute walk from the Gare du Nord to the Gare de l'Est. By all means take an earlier Eurostar if you'd like to spend some time in Paris, or if it has cheaper seats available. • Day 1, travel from Paris to Berlin by the City Night Line sleeper train 'Perseus', leaving Paris Gare de l'Est at 20:20 and arriving at Berlin Hauptbahnhofat 08:59 next morning. This train runs daily for most of the year, but only 4 times a week in winter. It runs on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays until 18 March 2010, then daily for the summer until 8 November 2010, then on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays again until March 2011. The 'Perseus' has sleepers, couchettes, seats and a bistro car, see the photos & information below or click for more pictures & information about this train. • Day 2: Travel from Berlin to Moscow on the 'Moskva Express'. This runs on Tuesdays, Fridays & Sundays until 30 May 2010, then daily except Mondays & Saturdays from 1 June to 3 October 2010, then Tuesdays, Fridays & Sundays again from 5 October onwards. It leaves Berlin Hauptbahnhof at 15:15 and arrives in Moscow Byelorruski at 20:35 the next day (Day 3 from London). You can double-check the days when this train runs using http://bahn.hafas.de. The 'Moskva Express' uses the same air-conditioned Russian sleeping-cars as the Brussels-Moscow train, with comfortable 1, 2 and 3-berth compartments with washbasin, see the pictures above. A Russian restaurant car runs between Brest and Moscow serving inexpensive meals, drinks and snacks. Option 4, London, East Anglia, the North & Scotland to Moscow via the Amsterdam-Moscow sleeper: If you live in Scotland, north of England or East Anglia, take a ferry to Holland then the sleeper to Moscow. Option 5, London to Moscow using the direct Paris-Moscow sleeper: Twice-weekly, not the cheapest, but a classic journey. Scotland, north of England, East Anglia ► Moscow... • Day 1, Take a train from your local station to either Harwich, Hull or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for where you live. Transfer to the overnight cruise ferry from Harwich/Hull/Newcastle to Holland, with bars, restaurants & comfortable en suite cabins, arriving next morning. For details of timetables, fares & how to buy tickets for travel to Amsterdam via each of these ferry routes, see the UK-Netherlands page. • Day 2, spend the day in Amsterdam, all the sights are easy walking distance from Centraal station. Left luggage lockers are available at Centraal station, 4-6 euros for 24 hours, paid for with Maestro or Visa cards. • Day 2 evening: The direct Russian sleeping-car leaves Amsterdam Centraal at 19:01 daily, arriving Moscow 2 nights later at 10:33 (day 4), passing through Germany, Poland & Belarus. It has 1, 2 & 3 bed compartments with washbasin, see the photos above. Information on the Russian Railways website Option 6, London to Moscow via Kiev: Avoids Belarus, daily departures, takes 3 nights with time to see a bit of Warsaw & Kiev on the way. Other possible routes & options including those avoiding Belarus via Kiev, Vilnius, Tallinn or Helsinki. London to St peterburg • Option 1: London to St Petersburg via Berlin. This is the most direct route, and the cheapest (by a small margin) for one-way trips. However, it's not the fastest or most frequent option. It uses the direct Berlin-St Petersburg sleeper train which runs twice a week in winter, 5 times a week in summer. The whole trip takes 3 nights. Train times London ► St Petersburg Day 1, travel from London to Paris by Eurostar, leaving London St Pancras at 16:02 (15:32 at weekends), arriving Paris Gare du Nord at 19:17 (18:47 at weekends). It's a 10 minute walk from the Gare du Nord to the Gare de l'Est. By all means take an earlier Eurostar if you'd like to spend some time in Paris, or if it has cheaper seats available. Day 1, travel from Paris to Berlin by the City Night Line sleeper train 'Perseus', leaving Paris Gare de l'Est at 20:20 and arriving at Berlin Hauptbahnhof at 08:59 next morning. This train runs daily for most of the year, but only 4 times a week in winter. It runs on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays until 18 March 2010, then daily for the summer until 8 November 2010, then on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays again until March 2011. The 'Perseus' has sleepers, couchettes, seats and a bistro car, see the photos & information below or click for more pictures & information about this train. Day 2: travel from Berlin to St Petersburg by direct sleeping-car. These leave Berlin on Fridays & Sundays all year round (also on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays from 1 June to 29 September) leaving Berlin Hauptbahnhof at 15:15 and arrive in St Petersburg (Vitebski station) at 06:13 two nights later (Day 4 from London). This train is routed via Belarus into Russia, so you will need both a Russian visa and a Belarus transit visa. The sleeping-cars have 2 & 3-berth compartments. There is no restaurant car, so take plenty of food and water, and your own supply of wine or beer... You can double-check the days when this train runs using http://bahn.hafas.de. Map of St Petersburg showing Vitebski station. • Option 2: London to Moscow then Moscow to St Petersburg. This is the fastest & most frequent option as it runs daily and can take as little as 2 nights if you take a daytime train to St Petersburg the same day you arrive in Moscow. However, you can stop off in Moscow for however long you want, as the Moscow-St Petersburg leg is ticketed separately. This route isn't much more expensive than option 1 for one-way trips and it's actually cheaper for return journeys as discounted Saver return fares are available. This is the fastest and most frequent option, using daily direct trains from Cologne or Warsaw to Moscow, then one of many Moscow-St Petersburg trains. For a return trip, this is the cheapest option. Travel from London to Moscow as shown in the London to Moscow section above. Travel from Moscow to St Petersburg by any of the many overnight or daytime trains. Overnight trains: The best Russian Railways overnight train is the famous 'Krasnaya Strela' (Red Arrow) leaving Moscow (Leningradski Vokzal) at 23:55 daily, arriving in St Petersburg (Moskovski Vokzal) at 07:55 next morning. The Krasnaya Strela has 2-berth and 4-berth sleeping cars plus two luxury sleeping-cars with 1- & 2-bed rooms with private toilet shower and TV/DVD entertainment. The fare is about 1,295 rubles (£25 or $45) in kupé (4-berth sleeper), 2,622 rubles (£49 or $90) spalny vagon (2-berth sleeper) or 5,964 rubles (£112 or $206) luxury sleeper with private shower and toilet. The Krasnaya Strela has now been joined by a couple of other premium sleeper trains, train 3/4 'Ekspress' and train 5/6 'Nicholaevsky Express'. Since 2005, there's also a privately-run luxury train, the Grand Express, with fares from 3,300 rubles. Click here for info on the Grand Express. New 'Sapsan' high-speed daytime trains: Starting 18 December 2009, three daily 'Sapsan' ('Peregrine Falcon') 250 km/h high-speed daytime trains link Moscow & St Petersburg in only 3 hours 55 minutes (one makes extra station stops and takes 4 hours 15). This has now been increased to 5 daily trains each way. Built by Siemens and based on the superb German ICE, they are set to revolutionise travel between Russia's two prime cities, with additional services and faster journey times to come as the line is progressively upgraded. See the Russian railways' Sapsan video. Traveller Ian Newberry reports: "on May 19 I travelled from Moscow to St Petersburg on Sapsan train 156 leaving at 13.00. Departure was punctual and the staff greeting passengers could not have been better - they all speak English as well as Russian. The service on the train was extremely good and in business class a full 3 course meal was served with wines and spirits all included in the price of the ticket. Information was supplied through screens and announcements in English as well as Russian. The train is very comfortable and arrived 5 minutes ahead of schedule at 17.40. If one wants to avoid a night train then this is a very civilised way to travel, on a par with any equivalent TGV or ICE available in western Europe." To buy tickets, first arrange your London to Moscow tickets as shown above. • Then book an internal Russian train between Moscow & St Petersburg using the booking form below which links to Russian rail ticketing & visa agency Real Russia. • Option 3: London to St Petersburg with a stopover in Minsk. The often-underrated capital of Belarus is worth a stop, so this option is worth considering, especially as the whole trip still only takes 3 nights even with 1 night in a hotel in Minsk. If you'd like to visit the capital of Belarus for 24 hours or more on the way, this option is daily with cheap Saver return fares available. It doesn't cost much more, either. Travel from London to Minsk as shown in the section below. Spend a night & day in Minsk, or longer if you'd like. A sleeper train leaves Minsk at 17:40 arriving St Petersburg Vitebski station at 08:52. It has 2-berth & 4-berth sleepers. Returning, a sleeper train leaves St Petersburg Vitebski at 19:08 arriving Minsk at 09:10. It has 2-berth & 4-berth sleepers. Spend a day and night in Minsk, then travel from Minsk to London as shown in the section below • Other options... You could travel to Copenhagen, then Stockholm, take an overnight cruise ferry to either Tallinn or Helsinki, then a train to St Petersburg or Moscow. Slower & more complex, but much to see on the way, a holiday in itself.