The fare in St. Petersburg metro in 2014 is 28 rubles per trip. There is a complex system of various types of tickets and cards for the subway, so if you buy tickets for many trips, you can travel cheaper.
Metro tickets in St. Petersburg
In the St. Petersburg metro, tokens are still used tokens. Despite the fact that guests of the northern capital and tourists often take them with them, some as a keepsake, some out of distraction, the city government does not intend to abandon this feature. Indeed, the metro token of St. Petersburg is one of the symbols of the city’s transport system.
The cost of one token at the box office is 28 rubles. But the locals, for the most part, have contactless cards, or BSK. This allows you not to stand in lines for tokens and receive various discounts on travel.
A feature of some fares for travel tickets and BSK is that, using them, you cannot immediately attach the ticket to the turnstile again. That is, you cannot draw a friend on your card, a person will have to buy a token or use his card.
A ticket for 70 trips has a validity period of 90 days and a cost of 1960 rubles. There is no financial gain in acquiring it, but groups can move along it, since such a card does not have restrictions on re-presenting at the turnstile.
Turnstile Restriction Tickets
For all tariffs with a restriction, you can re-apply the card to the turnstile no earlier than 10 minutes later. All such tickets save on the cost of travel.
A monthly pass valid for 1 month costs 1, 500 r, it can be used for up to 70 trips, it operates within one calendar month.
A ticket for 10 trips costs 265 rubles, its validity is 10 days.
A ticket for 20 trips costs 485 rubles, valid for 15 days.
A ticket for 40 trips costs 945 rubles, valid for 30 days.
