Trains: from May to September Direct trains run from Moscow to Astrakhan every other day. Carriage with numbered reserved seats cost RUR 1,600 one way.
Cruises: in the summer, a large number of domestic Russian cruise ships operate lines from Moscow to Astrakhan. The journey takes approximately 10 days along the Volga, but this is an unforgettable, once in a lifetime experience.
Avia: Astrakhan airport is class III international airport with capacity of 400 passengers per hour. At the moment air carriers “Siberia”, “UTair”, “Airflot”, “Avianova”, “ARMAVIA”, “AZAL”, “SKAT” perform regular flights to Moscow, Baku, Aktau, Erevan. There are international and charter flights to Turkmenistan (Turkmenbashi), Ukraine, Kazakhstan (Alma-Aty) and other CIS and foreign countries. It is planned to organize domestic flights to Saint-Petersburg and Voronezh.
Automobile: transport network of the region is constituted by over 7 thousand km of automobile roads, 65 active ferries and 275 bridges. International transport corridor E-40 “West-East” crosses Astrakhan region. It links Western and Eastern Europe with Kazakhstan, Central Asia and China through the south of Russia (Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, Astrakhan).
Besides, roads M-6 “Kaspiy” Moscow (Kashira) – Astrakhan, Astrakhan – Elista – Stavropol, Astrakhan – Atyrau (Kazakhstan) play an important role in the transport infrastructure of the Astrakhan region.
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