Berlin to Saint Petersburg by train
Travel from Berlin (Germany) to Saint Petersburg (Russia) by train (1328km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel by train from Berlin to Saint Petersburg, use one of the direct night train connections on the route from Berlin to Moscow. Tickets for this section can be bought from 160 EUR. You can find the exact timetable and ticket prices via the booking links. You can also find the train connections and fares to Berlin (from 19 EUR) and from Moscow. Optionally, you can also travel via Ukraine, if you want to avoid Belarus.
There are three different travel routes. Have a look on them and decide which one fits best for you.
- 1Berlin (Germany) - Moscow (Russia) - Saint Petersburg (Russia)
- 2Berlin (Germany) - Warsaw (Poland) - Kyiv (Ukraine) - Moscow (Russia) - Saint Petersburg (Russia)
- 3Berlin (Germany) - Bratislava (Slovakia) - Kyiv (Ukraine) - Moscow (Russia) - Saint Petersburg (Russia)
1328 km
How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Berlin to Saint Petersburg, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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train connections : popular connections travelled by other users
Saint Petersburg - Berlin / Cologne - Moscow / Frankfurt am Main - Moscow / Baden-Baden - Moscow / Hamburg - Moscow / Leipzig - Moscow / Munich - Moscow / Munich - Saint Petersburg / Hamburg - Saint Petersburg1 Berlin (Germany) - Moscow (Russia) - Saint Petersburg (Russia)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Berlin (Germany) to Moscow (Russia)
Two direct night trains connect Berlin with Moscow. The journey time is 24 hours. You can buy train tickets from 160 EUR. The price depends on your travel date and the category you choose. You can find the exact timetable and ticket prices via the given booking links.
Three times a week you can travel on these direct train connections. One night train comes from Paris (EN453 Transeuropean Express) with a stop in Berlin. From Berlin there is a direct train EN 441/14M Strizh.
You can find travel reports with many photos about both night trains in our blog.
If you want to avoid the trip through Belarus, travel from Berlin to Warsaw and from there by night train to Kiev. In Kiev you take the direct train to Moscow.
Where to buy a ticket from Berlin to Moscow?
Check times&prices 
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night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 23J/452 Moscow - Paris / EN 453/24J Paris - Moscow / EN 13M/440 Moscow - Berlin / EN 441/14M Berlin - Moscow
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Moscow - Berlin
1b Travelling from Moscow (Russia) to Saint Petersburg (Russia)
You can travel from Moscow to Saint Petersburg by Sapsan high-speed-train or by night train. The fastest travel time is 3:30 hours by Sapsan. A journey by overnight train takes 8 to 9 hours. There are 20 to 25 train connections daily around the clock. Train tickets are available from 30 EUR. You can find these train tickets as well as the exact timetable via the given booking links.
In addition to the fast Sapsan train, overnight travel is very interesting: the night trains offer many comfort categories from basic seats to luxury sleeping cabins.
Where to buy a ticket from Moscow to Saint Petersburg?
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Saint Petersburg - Moscow
2 Berlin (Germany) - Warsaw (Poland) - Kyiv (Ukraine) - Moscow (Russia) - Saint Petersburg (Russia)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
2a Travelling from Berlin (Germany) to Warsaw (Poland)
To travel from Berlin to Warsaw by train, buy a "Sparpreis Europa" saver fare ticket of German railways Deutsche Bahn. The ticket price starts from 29 EUR. The journey time is about 6:30 hours. There are at least four direct connections per day by the Berlin-Warsaw-Express.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your train tickets via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Berlin to Warsaw?
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Express InterCity (EIC) / Berlin Warszawa Express (BWE)
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Warsaw - Berlin
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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2b Travelling from Warsaw (Poland) to Kyiv (Ukraine)
Travel from Warsaw to Kiev by direct train.
There is one overnight train called "Kiev Express" with a journey time of 15 hours. Buy train tickets from 45 EUR. Departure in Warsaw is at 18:20h in the evening. The arrival time in Kiev is 11:00h. This overnight train offers 1, 2 and 3 berth compartments.
The day train has a journey time of 12 hours and departs in Warsaw at 06:40. The arrival time in Kiev is 14:40h. Train tickets are available from 45 EUR.
Find train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Warsaw to Kyiv?
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Kyiv - Warsaw
2c Travelling from Kyiv (Ukraine) to Moscow (Russia)
Travel from Kiev to Moscow by direct train. There are 3 to 4 train connections daily with an average travel time of 13 hours. Train tickets are available from 60 EUR. The overnight trains offer 2 and 4 berth compartments.
Find train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Kyiv to Moscow?
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Moscow - Kyiv
2d Travelling from Moscow (Russia) to Saint Petersburg (Russia)
You can travel from Moscow to Saint Petersburg by Sapsan high-speed-train or by night train. The fastest travel time is 3:30 hours by Sapsan. A journey by overnight train takes 8 to 9 hours. There are 20 to 25 train connections daily around the clock. Train tickets are available from 30 EUR. You can find these train tickets as well as the exact timetable via the given booking links.
In addition to the fast Sapsan train, overnight travel is very interesting: the night trains offer many comfort categories from basic seats to luxury sleeping cabins.
Where to buy a ticket from Moscow to Saint Petersburg?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Saint Petersburg - Moscow
3 Berlin (Germany) - Bratislava (Slovakia) - Kyiv (Ukraine) - Moscow (Russia) - Saint Petersburg (Russia)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
3a Travelling from Berlin (Germany) to Bratislava (Slovakia)
Train tickets from Germany to Slovakia are available from Deutsche Bahn (German railways).
These saver fare tickets "Sparpreis Europa" are available from 29 EUR. If you travel to cities in Slovakia where no saver fare ticket is available to buy from Deutsche Bahn, buy a train ticket until the last possible railway station. From there buy a ticket of Slovak railways to your final travel destination.
Find exact train schedules and train ticket fares via the given booking links.
Between Czech Republic and Slovakia you will also find private express trains "Regiojet" and "Leo Express". They have very good offers which can be interesting for travelling between Germany and Slovakia if you buy two train tickets having a stopover along the way in Czech Republic.
Where to buy a ticket from Berlin to Bratislava?
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
IntercityExpress (ICE) / Railjet (RJ) / SC Pendolino (SC) / Rýchlik (R) / EuroCity (EC) / EuroCity (EC) / LEO Express (LEO) / EuroCity (EC)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 40457 Berlin - Budapest / R 615/443 Cheb - Košice / EN 445 Prague - Košice / Rx 767/443 Cheb - Humenné
train company:
DB Deutsche Bahn / ŽSSK Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko / RJ RegioJet / LEO LEO Express
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Bratislava - Berlin / Munich - Bratislava / Hamburg - Bratislava / Cologne - Bratislava / Frankfurt am Main - Bratislava / Munich - Košice / Berlin - Košice / Hamburg - Banská Bystrica
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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3b Travelling from Bratislava (Slovakia) to Kyiv (Ukraine)
Travel from Slovakia to Ukraine by direct train. There are two daily trains crossing the border at Cierna nad Tisou to Chop. One of these trains is the overnight train from Bratislava and Prague to Lviv and Kiev.
You can buy ticket on the websites of Slovakian and Ukrainian railways. One train ticket from Slovakia to Chop. And a second train ticket from Chop to your travel destination in Ukraine.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Bratislava to Kyiv?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Osobný vlak (Os)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
R 801/82 Bratislava - Kyiv
train company:
ŽSSK Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko / UZ Укрзалізниця
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Kyiv - Bratislava / Bratislava - Lviv / Košice - Lviv / Košice - Kyiv
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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3c Travelling from Kyiv (Ukraine) to Moscow (Russia)
Travel from Kiev to Moscow by direct train. There are 3 to 4 train connections daily with an average travel time of 13 hours. Train tickets are available from 60 EUR. The overnight trains offer 2 and 4 berth compartments.
Find train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Kyiv to Moscow?
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Moscow - Kyiv
3d Travelling from Moscow (Russia) to Saint Petersburg (Russia)
You can travel from Moscow to Saint Petersburg by Sapsan high-speed-train or by night train. The fastest travel time is 3:30 hours by Sapsan. A journey by overnight train takes 8 to 9 hours. There are 20 to 25 train connections daily around the clock. Train tickets are available from 30 EUR. You can find these train tickets as well as the exact timetable via the given booking links.
In addition to the fast Sapsan train, overnight travel is very interesting: the night trains offer many comfort categories from basic seats to luxury sleeping cabins.
Where to buy a ticket from Moscow to Saint Petersburg?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Saint Petersburg - Moscow
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