Moscow Guide
Arrival
By train
Most of Moscow's eight main-line train stations are on the Circle line of the metro, and relatively central. Don't hang around, as they're full of beggars, thieves and drunks, and have nothing useful aside from left-luggage facilities and exchange bureaux.
Arriving by train from London, Berlin or Warsaw, you'll end up at Belarus Station (Belorusskiy vokzal), about 1km northwest of the Garden Ring, which is served by Belorusskaya metro. Most trains from the Baltic States arrive at Riga Station (Rizhskiy vokzal), 2km north of the Garden Ring (Rizhskaya metro), while services from Prague, Budapest or Kiev terminate at Kiev Station (Kievskiy vokzal), south of the Moskva River (Kievskaya metro).
Trans-Siberian trains from China or Mongolia pull into Yaroslav Station (Yaroslavskiy vokzal) on Komsomolskaya ploshchad. Services from St Petersburg and some trains from Finland and Estonia arrive at the neighbouring Leningrad Station (Leningradskiy vokzal), while trains from Central Asia and western Siberia terminate at Kazan Station (Kazanskiy vokzal), across the square. All three stations are linked to Komsomolskaya metro.
Trains from Crimea and the Caucasus arrive at Kursk Station (Kurskiy vokzal), on the southeastern arc of the Garden Ring (Kurskaya metro), while services from central southern Russia wind up at Pavelets Station (Paveletskiy vokzal), further round the Ring to the south of the river (Paveletskaya metro).