International Conference Physics of Neutron Stars – 2017 50 years after July 10 — 14, 2017, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The city of 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 Saint Petersburg. Trains from Moscow and other cities to the south and south-east of Saint Petersburg arrive at the Moskovskiy vokzal, linked to the metro station Ploshchad' Vosstaniya. Most trains from the west and south-west (including West-European countries) arrive at the Vitebskiy vokzal (metro station Pushkinskaya). Trains from the east and nord-east, as well as transit trains Helsinki—Moscow, arrive at the Ladozhskiy vokzal (metro station Ladozhskaya). Trains Helsinki — Saint Petersburg arrive at the Finlyandskiy vokzal (metro station Ploshchad' Lenina). Baltiyskiy vokzal (metro station Baltiyskaya) serves only regional trains.

See the metro scheme and maps below.

If you arrive by plane:
Passenger flights to Saint Petersburg arrive at the Pulkovo international airport, located ca. 15 km south of Saint Petersburg. From the airport, one can reach the Moskovskaya metro station by bus No. 39 or "marshrutka" (routed shared taxi, minibus) No. K-39. You will have to pay ∼40—80 roubles inside the car (depending on the route and your luggage). Alternatively, you can use an ordinary taxi (a cab). In the latter case, it is strongly recommended to order it upon arrival only at the official "Taxi Pulkovo" counters located in the arrival hall of the terminal (it should cost typically 1–2 thousand roubles) or at the official site Taxi Pulkovo. Uber also operates in St. Petersburg. If you prefer to take an Uber taxi the cost should be 500 — 1000 rubles, depending on the location of your hotel.

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

From the Moskovskaya metro station follow by the Second (blue) metro line to the correspondence station Tekhnologicheskiy institut (Technological Institute), then change to the First (red) line (see the metro scheme below) and follow to the station Ploschad' Muzhestva.

Here is a scheme of the St.-Petersburg metro lines: Ploshchad' Vosstaniya, Baltiyskaya, Ploshchad' Lenina, and Pushkinskaya stations are on the First (red) metro line; Ladozhskaya is on the Fourth (orange) line. Ploschad' Muzhestva (your destination) is on the First (red) metro line. The cost of a single trip on the metro is 45 rubles. Payment for carrying luggage is 45 rubles as well. In order to pass to the metro station you can buy a token or use a travel card ("podorozhnik"). The detailed information about transport pass prices available in St. Petersburg can be found at the metro website (http://www.metro.spb.ru/en/pricetickets.html). You can also pay with Mastercard paypass, Visa payWave, Apple Pay or Android Pay. To do this touch your contactless card or smartphone to the card reader on the left hand side of the first turnstile (The first turnstile after the lobby attendant's cabin). The cost of a single trip on the overland public transport (tram, bus, trolleybus) is 40 rubles. You can buy the tickets from the conductor or use the electronic travel card. Minivan taxi buses ("marshrutka") also run in St. Petersburg. However, we do not recomend to use this type of public transport because of low level of comfort and safety.		(click on the map to enlarge it)
The "Saint Petersburg Academic University — Nanotechnology Research and Education Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences" (in Russian, for short, Академический университет, pronounced as Akademicheskiy Universitet) is located between Khlopin street and the Polytechnical University Park, between the Ioffe Institute and metro station Ploshchad' Muzhestva.		(click on the map to enlarge it)
Ways to the conference place from metro stations Politekhnicheskaya and Ploshchad' Muzhestva.	(click on the map to enlarge it)	(click on the map to enlarge it)