Kostroma-Novaya Railway Station

Kostroma-Novaya Railway Station is located on Ploschad Privokzalnaya near the end of Kostroma's main street - Ulitsa Sovetskaya and abour 3.5km from the city centre. To get the city centre take troleybus No.2 from Ploschad Shirokova (Площадь Широкова) bus stop which is just next to the railway station, bus No.7 or minibus No.7 or No.42.

Location	2 Ploschad Privokzalnaya (пл. Привокзальная, д.2)
Selected Destinations	St Petersburg, Moscow, Rybinsk, Yaroslavl, Kirov, Perm, Tyumen, Omsk and other cities on the Trans-Siberian route.
Suburban Trains	In the direction of Yaroslavl and Galich.
Timetables	Long-Distance Trains & Suburban Trains

Kostroma Bus Station

Kostroma Bus Station is located about 1km east of the Kostroma railway station on Kineshemskoe Shosse. To get there from railway station cross the bridge and walk along the shosse.

Location	21 Kineshemskoe Shosse (Кинешемское шоссе, д.21)
Selected Destinations	Galich, Nerekhta, Sudislavl, Moscow, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir, Vologda, Yaroslavl.
Timetable	http://www.kostromag.ru/Kostroma/info/timetables/bus/index.aspx

Kostroma Sokerkino Airport

Sokerkino Airport is located north-east of the city about 7km from Susaninskaya Ploschad. Minibuses (marshrutki) No. 5 and No. 13 run to the airport from Susaninskaya Ploschad. The airport mainly just serves Moscow, but in summer months there are additional destinations.

Location	120 Ulitsa Kostromskaya (ул. Костромская, д.120)
Site	http://kostroma-avia.ru/

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Getting to/from Kostroma

From Moscow

In addition to standard long distance trains connecting Moscow with Kostroma, there is also the Kostroma premium ("firmenny") train. It leaves from Moscow's Yaroslavsky Railway Station and from Kostroma-Novaya Railway Station daily, departing late in the evening and arriving early morning.  It takes just over 6½ hours.  Schedules can be found in Russian on Yandex Timetables: Moscow - Kostroma & Kostroma - Moscow

There are around 7 buses a day in both directions between Moscow's Schyolkovsky Bus Station and Kostroma Bus Station. It takes about 7 hours.

There are two flights a week from Moscow to Kostroma in both directions, but the planes are quite small and old. Planes leave from Moscow's Domodedovo airport.  It takes about 1¼ hours.

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From St Petersburg

The most convenient train from St Petersburg is train which runs between St Petersburg's Moskovsky Railway Station and Kostroma-Novaya Railway Station.  It takes just about 17 hours.  Schedules can be found in Russian on Yandex Timetables: St Petersburg - Kostroma & Kostroma - St Petersburg

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Getting to other cities in the Kostroma Region and on the Golden Ring

THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS BY BUS
DESTINATION	RUSSIAN SPELLING	FREQUENCY	DURATION
Moscow	Москва	7 a day	7 hours
Galich	Галич	around every hour	2½ hours
Nerekhta	Нерехта	9 a day	1½ hours
Sudislavl	Судиславль	up to 9 a day	1¼ hours
Yarolsavl	Ярославль	12 a day	1¾ hours
Ivanovo	Иваново	13 a day	2¾ hours