Lowest CO2€86.69
- АО «ФПК» S-761106:334h 13m10:46Yaroslavl-MoskovskySankt-Peterburg Glavnii
Door to door 4h 57mCO2 20.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Yaroslavl to St Petersburg train
Trains from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg start at €79.54 and take 4h 57m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg starts at €79.54 and takes 4h 57m door to door, run by 1 operator over 607 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 57mDoor to door
- 4h 13mMoving
- €85.04 to €168.64From
- 06:33 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 20.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€85.04 to €168.64 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €168.64Mon21
- about €148.29Tue22
- about €130.14Wed23
- about €130.14Thu24
- about €121.34Fri25
- about €121.89Sat26
- about €154.34Sun27
- about €97.14Mon28
- about €103.74Tue29
- about €85.04Wed30
- about €127.39Thu1
- about €92.74Fri2
- about €92.74Sat3
- about €88.89Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| АО «ФПК» | €61.94 | 4h 52m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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A room in St Petersburg for the night the train gets in
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When to book Yaroslavl to St Petersburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €93.2990 days
- €71.5360 days
- €50.2945 days
- €52.0430 days
- €67.4021 days
- €88.8914 days
- €134.667 days
- €110.473 days
- €122.861 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €50.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 168 percent. The dearest point is €134.66, 7 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €88.89Sun
- €67.99Mon
- €75.07Tue
- €85.04Wed
- €90.41Thu
- €92.74Fri
- €86.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Yaroslavl
Rail
- Yaroslavl-Moskovsky
- Yaroslavl railway station
- Yaroslavl Pristan railway station
Saint Petersburg
Rail
- Sankt-Peterburg Glavnii
- Sankt-Peterburg Vitebskii
- Sankt-Peterburg Finlyandskiy
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 607 km against 607 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Tikhvin, Rybinsk, Kirishi, Borovichi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Yaroslavl at 06:33 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 24m | 1h 14m | 3h 10m | €53.24 | 130.6 kg | 1 |
| Train | 4h 57m | 4h 13m | 44m | €79.54 | 20.0 kg | 5 |
Questions about Yaroslavl to St Petersburg
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg take?
The Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg takes 4h 57m door to door, of which 4h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 607 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg cost?
The Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg starts at €79.54 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €85.59. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg?
1 operators run the Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg: АО «ФПК». Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg use?
The Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg leaves from Yaroslavl-Moskovsky and arrives at Sankt-Peterburg Glavnii. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg?
Travelling from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg by Flight costs €53.24 and takes 4h 24m door to door, against 4h 57m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg?
Fares for the Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €50.29. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 168 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg produce?
The Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg produces about 20.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 607 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg?
Operators on the Train from Yaroslavl to St Petersburg publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 57m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Yaroslavl to St Petersburg on 20 September 2026: 607 km of route against 607 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €79.54, and 4h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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