How to get from Pulkovo to the city? Answers and Recommendations

Pulkovo ranks fourth in passenger transportation among Russian airports. Apart from the two basic companies - TransAero and Russia, Pulkovo serves many lines of other carriers. But with the delivery of the new terminal and the arrangement of the area around it, the question of how to get from Pulkovo to the city is sounding more and more often. So, how do you get to the city, whose center is located only 15 km from Pulkovo?

Rental Service

If you have rights and you plan to move around the city by car, then you can use the car rental point. The cost and conditions depend on the specific company, it is desirable to book the car in advance. At the airport there are rental points for 5 companies. These are AVIS, Hertz, Europcar, SIXT and Thrifty. The terms of the order, cost and class of cars can be found on the websites of the respective companies. Having gone through all the procedures on arrival, having received the luggage, having confirmed the order of the car from the agent, you leave from Pulkovo to the center in a rented car.

You can use the rental later, taking the car in the city. In this case, you need to get to the city by public transport. The stop is located directly opposite the exit from the arrival hall on the first floor.

Public transport

Since the opening of the reconstructed complex, he resumed his route and a bus from Pulkovo. On Route 39 - the only one coming from the airport, there are two types of bus and minibus. You are offered an ordinary bus or express, the fare in them is the same. Express, like an ordinary bus, goes to the metro station "Moskovskaya", only along the route does not make any stops. The total time for the express train is about 20 minutes, for a regular bus - twice as much. The interval of motion is 30 and 20 minutes, respectively. Both options begin to move from the metro station at half past five in the morning. From late flights you can leave at 0 o'clock or 1 o'clock in the night, respectively.

In addition to the bus, a shuttle bus runs. The interval of movement is 5 minutes, it runs from 7 am to 11 pm. Travel time by shuttle bus and express is almost the same - 20 minutes, but the shuttle bus costs more. This is the second way to solve the problem of how to get from Pulkovo to the city.

Taxi "Pulkovo"

Unlike other major airports, the Pulkovo administration licensed one of the city's taxi parks, and the official transportation service is called the Pulkovo taxi.

Parking is at the arrival area, and the order counter is on the first floor. The service can give you a receipt for accounting (it should be asked from the driver before the trip). On the receipt will be the order number, the cost of the trip, the destination and even the car number with the taxi park. You can pay for a taxi by means of a bank card (the corresponding equipment is on the order counter) or cash to the driver after the trip.

Transfer

We have considered some of the simplest solutions. If you flew to the city on the Neva, for example, on a tourist permit, then the issue made in the title of this article, in principle, is not worth it. The part of the trip was completed - you arrived in Pulkovo. How to get to the city: the transfer to the accommodation, as well as the flight, is included in the tour price, and this issue is decided by the travel agency.

Please note that in the parking lot near the terminal, besides the above-described minibuses, buses and taxis, there may be another minivan - the Shuttle. This is a gesture of the airport administration for drivers whose cars stayed in parking lot P4 (long-term parking). Parking is paid, but the shuttle bus running between a stop in the parking lot and a stop at the entrance to the terminal is free of charge. Also note that parking is long-term. That is, the problem of how to get from Pulkovo to the city can be solved in this way. Parking is available around the clock and is designed for a long time. If you fly out of Petersburg for a while - come to the parking lot, leave the car under guard, then "Shuttle" reach the terminal, etc. Returning to the city, go in the reverse order and drive away from Pulkovo.

Conclusion

Already now, residents and visitors of the city have three options for solving the issue of how to get from Pulkovo to the city. For the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which will take place for the first time in the territory of the former Soviet Union, it is planned to launch the fourth option - a tram, the original design of which was developed before the Moscow railway station, but in the final version it will run from Pulkovo to the metro station "Kupchino".