Department of Theoretical Astrophysics St. Petersburg

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Saint-Petersburg has well-developed transportation links to other Russian cities and large cities all over the world.

If you arrive by train:
There are several large railway stations ("vokzals") in St. Petersburg. Trains from Moscow, other Russian cities to the south and south-east of St. Petersburg and some trains from Ukraine arrive at the Moskovskii vokzal, linked to the metro station Ploshchad' Vosstaniya. Most trains from the west and south-west (including European countries) arrive at the Vitebskii vokzal (metro station Pushkinskaya). Trains from the east and nord-east, as well as transit trains Helsinki—Moscow, arrive at the Ladozhskii vokzal (metro station Ladozhskaya). Trains Helsinki—Saint-Petersburg arrive at the Finlyandskii vokzal (metro station Ploshchad' Lenina). Baltiiskii vokzal (metro station Baltiiskaya) serves only regional trains.

The railway timetables and other relevant information (in Russian) can be found here.

Here is a scheme of the St.-Petersburg metro lines. Ploshchad' Vosstaniya, Baltiiskaya, Ploshchad' Lenina, and Pushkinskaya stations are on the First (red) metro line; Ladozhskaya is on the Fourth (orange) line.

The Ioffe Institute is located at the corner of Politekhnicheskaya and Kurchatov streets, near metro station Politekhnicheskaya:	Here you can see the facade of the Main building of the Ioffe institute:
(click on the scheme to enlarge it)

If you arrive by plane:

Almost all passenger flights to St. Petersburg arrive at the Pulkovo international airport, located ca. 15 km south of St. Petersburg. Domestic and some international flights arrive at the Pulkovo-1 terminal, from where one can reach the Moskovskaya metro station by bus No. 39 or "route taxi" (express minibus) No. 39. Most of international flights arrive at the Pulkovo-2 terminal, from where one can reach the Moskovskaya metro station by bus No. 13 or "route taxi" No. 13. You will have to pay ∼20—60 roubles inside the car (depending on the route and your luggage). Alternatively, you can use an ordinary taxi, which is recommended to order at the special taxi desks located in the arrivals halls of Pulkovo-1 and Pulkovo-2 terminals.

More detailed information can be found at the airport Web site.

From the Moskovskaya metro station please follow by the Second (blue) metro line to the correspondence station Tekhnologuicheskii institut (Technological Institute), then change to the First (red) line (see the metro scheme) and follow to Politekhnicheskaya.