Krasnoyarsk Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

The main bus station (230 512; ul Aerovokzalnaya 22) is reached by trolleybus 2 from the train station or bus 53 from ul Karla Marksa. Destinations include Yeniseysk (R243, seven hours, nine daily), Abakan (R294, 8¾ hours, five daily), Shushenskoe (10½ hours at 10am and 9.30pm) and Sayanogorsk (R354, 10½ hours, six daily).

From the lower west side of the river station, marshrutka 106 to Divnogorsk (R25, one hour) runs 30 times per day from 7.10am to 9.10pm, albeit with timetable gaps. Buy tickets from a window halfway down the steps. Several Yeniseysk marshrutky (R250, 5½ hours) use this bus stand too.

Train

Useful overnight hops include Tomsk (R420 platskart, 14 hours) and Lesosibirsk (R320 platskart, 11 hours) for Yeniseysk. Six or more trains daily take around 19 hours to Irkutsk (R520 platskart). Train 055 is the best sleeper choice for Novosibirsk (R541 platskart, 12½ hours), Yekaterinburg (33 hours) and Moscow (60 hours). Train 092 along the BAM takes 30 hours to Severobaikalsk, continuing alternate days to Tynda. Three overnight trains run to Abakan; train 124 (kupe R630, 11 hours) is much the fastest, while train 658 is better for Kuragino. All services use the main Krasnoyarsk station.

There are railway booking offices(9am-6pm) in the river and bus stations.

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Boat

Every few days in summer passenger boats from Krasnoyarsk's spired river station(274 446; 8am-7pm) ply the Yenisey to Dudinka (1989km, 4½ to five days) but foreigners may not proceed beyond Igarka.

Summer hydrofoils to Divnogorsk depart at 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm daily plus 7pm at weekends, returning an hour later. Buy tickets (R70) on board.

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Air

From Krasnoyarsk's Yemelyanovo Airport, you can fly to Germany plus almost anywhere in Russia. Handy KrasAir(www.krasair.ru, in Russian) connections include Moscow (R8700, three daily), Barnaul (R3100, four weekly) and Kyzyl (R3210, four weekly). SIAT (SibAviaTrans; www.siat.ru, in Russian) flies to Igarka and Turukhansk. Just a handful of flights use Cheremshanka Airport, 3km south of Yemelyanovo: double check that yours isn't one of them.

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