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Pegontheroad May 5th, 2015 08:30 AM

train Helsinki to St. Petersburg
 
I'm planning on taking the Allegro high-speed train from Helsinki to St. Petersburg. I believe it's a Russian train. I haven't been on a Russian train since 1967, and I wasn't very impressed then.

Has anyone taken this train or a similar train from Helsinki to St. Petersburg? If so, what were your impressions?

Any advice?

babelic May 6th, 2015 11:28 PM

Allegro is a Finnish train. It´s run by VR, which is our national train company :)

Michael May 7th, 2015 08:34 AM

We took the train from Helsinki to St. Petersburg in 1995. I did not have the impression that it was substantially different from any other western European trains.

live42day May 8th, 2015 08:06 PM

We took this train last year, it was great. Very nice trip. You will enjoy it.

Pegontheroad May 10th, 2015 12:11 PM

Thanks for the replies.

thursdaysd May 10th, 2015 02:45 PM

http://www.seat61.com/helsinki-to-st...m#.VU_e_JMWJko

Looks very nice.


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