The train station and bus station are located next to each other in the western part of the city. To get to the centre from the station take bus №4, 7, 7а, 8а, 9, 20, 33, 101 (bus stop is on Oktyabrskaya ul.) or alternatively you can walk down Voskresensky bul. (it will take about 20 minutes).
Getting there from St. Petersburg:
There are several trains a day travelling to Veliky Novgorod in around three hours.
From St. Petersburg’s Moskovsky station (metro Pl. Vosstaniya) trains depart daily at 07:26, 19:32 (Lastochka express) and also at 07:55 (Sat, Sun).
From Vitebsky station (metro Pushkinskaya) trains depart at 07:45 (Wed, Sat, Sun) and at 19:49 (Fri).
Trains from Veliky Novgorod to St. Petersburg depart at 06:10, 18:06 to Moskovsky station and at 18:15 (Wed) and 11:28 (Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun) to Vitebsky station.
In addition there are also numerous buses (journey time approx 3,5 hours) a day leaving from the bus station at Nab. Obvodnogo kan. 36.
Buses to St. Petersburg run hourly until 23:00. The journey takes around 3,5 hours and costs 450Rbl.
Getting there from Moscow:
There is one daily train to Moscow which takes approximately 9 hours and travels over night. It departs at 21:55 from Leningradsky station (metro Komsomolskaya). The return train departs at 21:20.