Velikiye Luki is an ancient city in the Pskov region. Here is a fortress from the times of the Northern War. The legendary hero of the Great Patriotic War, Alexander Matrosov, is buried in this city. According to one version, another legend was born in Velikiye Luki - twice Hero of the Soviet Union K. K. Rokossovsky. According to the Soviet tradition, his bust was installed in his homeland.
Necessary
- - road map of the Northwestern Federal District;
- - train schedule of the Vitebsk railway station in St. Petersburg;
- - train schedule for the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow;
- - the schedule of suburban trains of the Pskov station;
- - bus schedule from Pskov.
Instructions
Step 1
Several major highways, including international ones, pass near Velikiye Luki, so getting to the modest regional center is not difficult. If you are leaving the capital, you need to get onto the M-9 Moscow-Baltic highway. In any case, you will not pass Velikiye Luki.
Step 2
The road from St. Petersburg to Velikiye Luki is also quite simple. From the Northern capital you need to leave via Pulkovskoe highway towards Gatchina. The road through this suburb is very heavily loaded, so it is better to bypass it, since there is such an opportunity. Then you follow to Luga, Borovichi and Porkhov. Travel time in a favorable scenario is about nine hours.
Step 3
Velikiye Luki can also be reached by train. A good half dozen trains go through this small town. There are also direct flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg. Moscow trains leave from the Leningradsky railway station, St. Petersburg ones - from Vitebsky. Travel time in both cases is about ten hours.
Step 4
You can also get to Velikiye Luki by rail with a transfer. From Moscow or St. Petersburg you need to get to Bologoye, and then change to the Velikoluksky or Polotsk train. This is not a very convenient option, but if you managed to get the right time, it is no worse than direct flights.
Step 5
Another way to get to the center of Velikie Luki district is to get first to Pskov, and then by commuter train to Velikiye Luki. You can also change to a suburban bus - the railway and car stations in Pskov are located almost nearby.
Step 6
There are also direct bus routes from Moscow and St. Petersburg. The Moscow bus goes through Pskov and Pushkinskie Gory. Buses run to the northern capital every day. In addition, a direct flight to Velikiye Luki can be reached from Smolensk. True, the Smolensk buses run only twice a week.
Step 7
There is an airfield in Velikiye Luki. Once there were regular flights to Pskov, Novgorod, Moscow and St. Petersburg. But then their number decreased, and then they completely stopped. It is possible that flights will resume - now a program for the development of small aircraft in the Northwestern Federal District has been adopted, which provides for the resumption of air traffic in the Pskov region.
