Bus Tallinn — St Petersburg from February 1, 2024

Dear friends, all information about changes on bus routes Tallinn — St Petersburg — Tallinn from February 1 is listed on the pages of these routes on our website.

⋄ Daily bus service from Tallinn to St Petersburg

⋄ Daily bus service from St Petersburg to Tallinn

The only thing that changes is the bus carrier on the Russian side and the need to pass through checkpoints Narva / Ivangorod on foot.

The schedule, ticket fares, level of comfort in the bus remain the same.

Due to the temporary closure of traffic through the Ivangorod border crossing point (in Russia) during its reconstruction, from February 1, 2024, bus routes Tallinn — St. Petersburg — Tallinn is carried out on two buses with a pedestrian crossing of the border. As part of a single joint service on the Tallinn — St. Petersburg line between Tallinn and Narva, travel is carried out on Baltic Shuttle buses, and between St. Petersburg and Ivangorod — on buses of the Russian bus carrier “SKSauto”. The ticket price includes full travel to your final destination.

Crossing the border between the checkpoint in Narva and the checkpoint in Ivangorod is carried out on foot. The bus parking area in Narva is located at “Peetri Plats” Square. The bus parking area in Ivangorod is located at Kingiseppskoye Highway 1A. Approximate border crossing time: 8–9 minutes passage between the Estonian and Russian checkpoints along a covered bridge crossing and 6–7 minutes from the checkpoint to the bus stop.

Map of the Narva-Ivangorod border pathway on foot

Buses wait for passengers to board after crossing the border on foot for two hours (in the case of queues at the border checkpoint, longer). According to the agreement of bus carriers, they pick up each other’s passengers if they are late for boarding due to problems with documents or luggage.

“SKSauto” provides transportation on Yutong buses produced in 2023, equipped with climate control, a water cooler, a toilet, Wi-Fi, and connectors for charging mobile devices.

SKSauto buses