1st April 2019. Train St Petersburg to Moscow and transfer to Hotel National (Luxury Collection).

We were. collected from the Belmond and our drive to the Railway Station took 10 minutes, not the expected 30 minutes.

We waited in a waiting room and when Sapsam 757 had its platform nominated as 11, we slowly walked to that platform. Our carriage is numbered C2 a d seats 1 and 2, passports are checked and we enter the train. It is a sleek looking ntercity special . Departure is smooth.