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City transport
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St Petersburgers walk, summer or winter. Around town, along canals, onto the islands, to and from work. Yet it is a big city, and sooner or later you're going to want to use its cheap and relatively efficient
public transport
system. Unlike Moscow, overground transport is more useful in the centre than the fast
metro
network (daily 6am to just after midnight). There is an overstretched network of
trams
,
buses
and
trolleybuses
, as well as very efficient commercial
minibuses
. For general information on public transport see the "City Transport" section of the Moscow account, much of which also applies to St Petersburg - note, however, that overground transport all has conductors, from whom one should purchase a ticket for a single ride only. Official
taxis
are more expensive than private cars, which are likely to stop if you stick out your arm and are generally safe during the day. As a guide, Nevskiy prospekt to the Peter and Paul Fortress is $2 to locals, though foreigners are likely to be charged more. One of the best ways to see St Petersburg May to October is by boat, whether a private motorboat, which can be picked up alongside any bridge on Nevskiy prospekt (from $35/hr), or one of the large tour boats with commentary by the Anichkov Bridge ($4). When the bridges go up (May to late-Oct) at 2am (until 5am) and you are stuck on the wrong island, the private boats sometimes run a very expensive ferry system. Other useful information
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Russian Federation,
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