MOSCOW RAILWAY STATION (Moskovsky Vokzal)Address: Ploschad Vosstania 2, just off Nevsky Prospekt Metro: Ploschad Vosstania. Intourist ticket office: it is the first door on the right if you enter the main hall via the main lobby. (You can use the St. Petersburg Railway Agency at Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboyedova, for buying tickets in advance).
A female railway porter on the.A porter is a railway employee. The role of a porter is to assist passengers at, and to handle the loading, unloading, and distribution of luggage and parcels. In the United States the term was formerly used for employees who attended to passengers aboard sleeping cars, a usage unknown to British or Commonwealth English where such staff are known as attendants or stewards, terms which are also common in translation in non-English speaking European train travel.The word derives from the Latin portare, meaning 'to carry.' Hence, in railroad use, the application to someone who carries baggage and parcels of passengers, among other duties. Contents.History United Kingdom Porters arose in the Traffic Department of early railway companies, as junior staff grades in most of the independent railway companies. Station porters handled passengers' luggage, assisted passengers to and from trains, carried out general cleaning duties in the station and on its platforms, and often assisted on ticket barriers and in booking offices as they advanced towards higher grades.
Sleeping car Stewards referenced by the on English-Scottish sleeper trains. Stewards referenced at international rail travel site. Alternative Attendant term at website. See sleeper Stewards referenced at website.
'Sapsan' from Moscow in St. PetersburgMoscow Station (Moskovsky Vokzal)St. Petersburg's oldest and busiest rail station, Moscow Station is located in the very centre of the city on Ploshchad Vosstaniya,at the junction between Nevsky Prospekt and Ligovsky Prospekt. The station is served by two metro stations, Ploshchad Vosstaniya onthe red line and Mayakovskaya on the green line. It is a short walk from the station to several hotels, includingthe,the,the,and the.Read more about Moscow Station.Vitebsk Station (Vitebsky Vokzal)The St. Petersburg terminal for trains to/from Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Baltic States, Vitebsk Station is a beautifulhistoric building located in the southern centre of the city, just under 2km from Nevsky Prospekt. There are two metro stationsconnected to the mainline concourse, Pushkinskaya on the red line and Zvenigorodskaya on the purple line.
Hotels within walkingdistance of the station includethe,the,the, andthe.To find out more about the history of Vitebsk Station, click.Finland Station (Finlyandskiy Vokzal)Famous as the site of Lenin's arrival on his return to St. Petersburg in 1917, Finland Station has gained a new lease of life asthe terminal for the new Allegro express trains to Helsinki. The station is on the north bank of the Neva River, about 2km northof Nevsky Prospekt.
The station is served by Ploshchad Lenina Metro Station (on the red line, two stops north of Ploshchad Vosstaniya).The only hotel within walking distance isthe.Ladoga Station (Ladozhskiy Vokzal)St. Petersburg's newest railway station, Ladoga Station is a sprawling modern building to the east of the downtown area,about 2km across the Neva River from the eastern end of Nevsky Prospekt. Ladozhskaya Metro Station, connected to the mainlineconcourse, is on the orange metro line, four stops from Dostoevskaya in the very centre of the city. About 1km from the station,the is the only hotel within walking distance.