From Saint Petersburg to Moscow by 'Sapsan' train

Moskovsky railway station is located in the center of St. Petersburg, but when it was built in the 40s of the 19th century, this place was the outskirts of the city.
At the same time the other station was constructed in Moscow. Both stations connected St. Petersburg (which at that time was the capital of the Russian Empire) and Moscow and were called "Nikolaevsky" after Nicholay the First- Russian emperor. The projects were identical, so the stations looked like twins. But today inside they look different.
There you can see the schedule. My train is 771. As usual, I arrived at the station in advance, because I do not like to rush. For me, it's better to wait somewhere in a cafe than to run headlong.
And speaking about the wleather it is really not very good for taking a walk. It snowed all night, and in the morning snow began to melt. Now it has turned into a solid mess. I can imagine what a headache this is for utilities and how they hate this kind of weather. For me, this weather is also hateful, but unfortunately, it is not uncommon in winter in the European part of Russia.
It's better to stay at the station.
This is a map showing rail connections between St. Petersburg and other cities. Recently some places (Ukraine, Europe) are disconnected. But even though, you can go to many places from St. Petersburg.
In the center of the hall there is a monument to Peter the Great, the founder of St. Petersburg. In the Soviet era here was a monument to Lenin, but it was replaced in 1993.
This time I'm travelling with Sapsan. In the last video, during a trip to Minsk, I showed what the “Lastochka” looked like. Now you can see what "Sapsan" is. Sapsan is the Russian word for the bird perigrine. This is a pretty fast train. It covers the distance of 635 km between St. Petersburg and Moscow in 3hours and 55 minutes. One-way-ticket price is around 2.500 RUB (or 40 USD).
Sapsan is a Siemens development. Now that Siemes has left Russia the future of Sapsan is not clear.
But in China, I traveled with Maglev, which reached speeds of up to 430 km / h. So, I think there are no irreplaceable trains.
In general, the train is quite comfortable and modern, but once again I realize that in Japan trains are more friendly for passengers, because there you can always travel face1 forward in the direction of the train. In Europe or in Russia, manufacturers somehow did not think about this. On the other hand, Sapsan offers seats with a table that are convenient for instance for negotiations, which I have not seen in Japanese bullet trains.
On the way from St. Petersburg to Moscow, my train makes 2 stops - at Bologoye and Tver.
On board you are requested to keep the noise level down. And once again it reminds me of trains in Japan.

[ruview]

3:25-boarding Sapsan for Moscow
4:12-comparing Sapsan with Shinkansen (a Japanese bullet train)

[utubevallarinos]

Russian view, thank you for sharing such interesting information. Greetings from José Luis, from Monterrey, Mexico. Feb. 21, 2023.

[davidsthoughts]

Riding the Sapsan from St. Petersburg to Moscow, or from Moscow to St. Petersburg, is on my bucket list.

[Cheppg]

Many thanks for sharing very useful information. Greetings from Paris👍

[souphathaychatouphonexay]

Could you please tell if we can buy tickets at a counter service in train station??

[ThVikng]

I actually prefer to drive facing backwards.

[nicolaithesecond]

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