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Travel to Moscow
Flying to Moscow
Airlines offering direct flights to Moscow from London include Aeroflot, British Airways. From the USA, there are direct flights with Aeroflot.
Most international services use Sheremetyevo 1 airport, to the northwest of the city, while some use Domodedovo airport to the south. Flights to Moscow tend to be more in demand (and pricier) during the summer and around Orthodox Christmas in early January.
From London - 3 hours 45 minutes; New York - 9 hours; Los Angeles - 12 hours 10 minutes; Toronto - 11 hours 15 minutes (including stopover); Sydney - 21 hours 35 minutes (including stopover).
City Airports:
Telephone:+7 495 937 5555
Website:www.vnukovo.ru
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Website:www.vnukovo.ru
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Moscow Vnukovo International Airport is situated 30km (18.5 miles) southwest of central Moscow.
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ATMs and currency exchange facilities are available in the terminals.
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Luggage storage services can be found on the lower floor of Terminal A. Trolleys can be used free of charge. Lost luggage services operate in Terminal A (tel: +7 495 436 2932 [international flights]; or: + 7 495 436 4513 [domestic flights]) and Terminal B (tel: +7 495 436 2925).
Telephone:+7 495 578 6565.
Website:www.svo.aero/en
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Website:www.svo.aero/en
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Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport is located 29km (18 miles) northwest of Moscow.
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Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport offers banking and bureaux de change facilities. Currency exchange services are available in departures in Terminal D,E and Terminal F, while ATMs are located in Terminals D,F and the arrival area of Terminal E.
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Luggage trolleys can be hired in the arrivals hall of Terminal F, and luggage packing facilities are also available. A porter service is available to assist passengers on request. Luggage rooms can be found in Terminals D, E and F. A lost property office (tel: +7 495 578 4782) can be found in Terminal C. A lost property office (tel: +7 495 578 7464) is also on hand to assist passengers who have misplaced (or recovered) items in the airport complex.
Telephone:+7 495 933 6666.
Website:www.domodedovo.ru
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Website:www.domodedovo.ru
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Moscow Domodedovo International Airport is located 42km (26 miles) south of central Moscow.
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There are several operating cash desks, currency exchange offices and ATMs, scattered around the passenger terminal of Domodedovo International Airport. Bank services are provided around the clock.
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Trolleys are available free of charge throughout the airport terminal and at the train station. There is a left-luggage facility in the luggage office at the underground level of the terminal, and baggage-packing services are available on the first floor next to the check-in desks. A lost property office (tel: +7 495 504 0285) is also available.
Travel by road
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The road network around Moscow is good, but the condition of highways deteriorates away from the main intercity routes. The government has created several tourist routes with road signs in Latin script; elsewhere, it is necessary to read names in Cyrillic.
Traffic drives on the right and the minimum age for driving in Russia is 18. Speed limits are 60kph (37mph) in built-up areas, 90kph (55mph) outside of built-up areas and 110kph (68mph) on motorways. All cars must carry a first-aid kit, a fire extinguisher and an emergency triangle or red light. Filling stations can be far apart and so it is wise to carry spare petrol.
To drive in Moscow, foreign drivers need an International Driving Permit or a national driving licence with an authorised translation. Visitors travelling in their own cars must carry an itinerary card, petrol vouchers purchased at the border and a customs form guaranteeing that the car will be taken out of Russia on departure.
You should arrange car insurance for travel within Russia before you leave or upon entry. Russian embassies or specialist tour operators can provide further details.
Emergency breakdown service:
GAI (tel: +7 495 923 5373).
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The Moskovskaya Koltsevaya Avtomobilnaya Doroga (Moscow Ring Road) surrounds Moscow, linking roads from Minsk (M1), Kiev (M2), Nizhny Novgorod (M7), Riga (M9) and St Petersburg (M10).
Driving times:
From Nizhny Novgorod - 6 hours 30 minutes; St Petersburg - 9 hours; Minsk - 8 hours; Kiev - 11 hours; Sochi - 20 hours.
Coaches:
There are long-distance buses to many cities around Moscow but trains are usually a better choice. The Central Bus Station (tel: +7 499 748 8029) is located by the Shcholkovskaya metro station in the eastern suburbs of the city.
Travel by rail
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State-owned Russian Railways (tel: +7 8800 775 0000; http://eng.rzd.ru) is a model of efficiency but the bureaucracy can be daunting. Timetable information in English is available from their website.
Moscow has nine railway terminals arranged in a ring around the city centre that serve various destinations in the Russian Federation and beyond. The railway stations most likely to be used by visitors to Moscow are Belorussky, Kievsky and Leningradsky vokzal, or Yaroslavsky vokzal for Trans-Siberian trains.
Kupeny (second class) service is usually perfectly comfortable. Compartments have four berths, the linen is clean and each carriage has a provodnik (attendant) who can provide tea and snacks. Spalny vagon (first class) seats in two-berth compartments cost twice as much.
You can buy tickets at stations or from the downtown offices of the Moscow Rail Passenger Agency. Bookings may also be made online at http://rzd.ru but currently only in Russian. For more information on Russian trains, see www.seat61.com/Russia-trains.htm.
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Trains and stations around Moscow are operated by the Moscow Railways Agency (tel: +7 8800 775 0000; www.mza.ru, in Russian only).
Journey times:
From St Petersburg - 6 to 9 hours; Helsinki - 13 hours 30 minutes.
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