Getting There By Rail
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Valtion Rautatiet – VR (tel: (0307) 20902; fax: (09) 707 3593; website: www.vr.fi) is the main passenger rail service provider. Trains in Finland tend to be clean and efficient. Services depart from Rautatientori (Railway Square), located on Kaivokatu, off Mannerheimintie. ATMs, exchange facilities, newsagents, a car hire office and hotel booking centre are all available at the station.
Rail services: Three main lines arrive from Turku in the west, Tampere in the north and Lahti in the northeast, through which trains from St Petersburg and Moscow pass. There are three daily direct train services to Russia. The Finnish morning train, Sibelius, to Vyborg (journey time – approximately 6 hours) departs before 0700. The Russian afternoon train, Repin, to St Petersburg (journey time – approximately 6 hours) departs mid-afternoon. The Russian night train, Tolstoy, to Vyborg and then on to Moscow departs early evening (journey times - approximately 15 hours). It is possible for travellers to continue on to Berlin on the Repin.
Transport to the city: The railway station is centrally located and is linked to the Helsinki metro system by a pedestrian tunnel.
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