Transport advice outside and inside Irkutsk

Satellite image of the Irkutsk area (58K)

Trains

There are comfortable trains through Irkutsk on the TransSiberian Railroad:

      -  Moscow - Beijing;
      -  Moscow - UlanBator;
      -  Moscow - Vladivostok;
   Also Irkutsk - Moscow;
   All trains are express trains and run every day.
For more detailed information look at Siberian Railway Guide

Air lines

The most important flight connections to Irkutsk are:

Niigata/Japan - Irkutsk           N/A        weekly
Anchorage - Khabarovsk - Irkutsk  Aeroflot   2 times a week
Seattle - Khabarovsk - Irkutsk    Aeroflot   2 times a week

You can get to Irkutsk with Aeroflot (TU-154) or Transaero (BOING-757)
over Moscow from almost everywhere in the world. Highly
recommended flights are Frankfurt - Moscow - Irkutsk
(about USD 800 roundtrip, USD 600 for students) and
New-York - Irkutsk with Transaero. Good service and
reliabilty.


Irkutsk - Moscow                             Moscow - Irkutsk
  N                                          N
flight   local  days of    price (in $)   flight from  at   days of week
         time   week
146      0830   1,5        250/300/350     145   2000  0650 4,7
9741     1100   6                          131   2130  0810 daily
130      0905   exc.3                      129   1145  2200 exc.3
146      1950   daily                      121   1745  0535 1,3,5
116      1020   exc.4,7    330/450/540     116   2210  0850 exc.3,7

Irkutsk-St.Peterburg                        St.Peterburg-Irkutsk
3741     1540   2,4,6      310            3742  2050  0950 2,4,6
8592     2130   3          310            8593  0840  2115 3(from 18/6)
8594     0945   4          310            8595  2140  1935 5
8598     0945   1          310            8597  0830  2115 7
                                          8591  2000  0830 2

Irkutsk-Khabarovsk                          Khabarovsk-Irkutsk
3858     2200   daily      169
3864     1050   4,7        169            863A  0930  1050 3,6
3830     1235   3          169
5909     2345   3,7        165            5910  1925  2050 1,4
6139     1010   2,4,6      171/209        6140  1625  1750 2,6
3015     0745   6          165            3015  1950  2115 6
3019     2230   3          165

Irkutsk-Yakutsk                             Yakutsk-Irkutsk
3996     1645   1,3,5,6    220            3995  1300  1445  1,3,5
8593     2230   3          102

 Irkutsk-Novosibirsk                         Novosibirsk-Irkutsk
3274     1830   daily      160            3273  0205  0620  daily
3829     1935   2          133            3167  1300  1725  2
6010     1550   2,4,7      145            6009  0930  1410  2,4,7
5910     0905   1,4        130            5909  1815  2230  3
4145     1620   1,5        140            1593  1800  2240  4
8788     1555   3          145            8787  1840  2305  2
                                          4102  1615  2030  4

Irkutsk-Vladivostok                         Vladivostok-Irkutsk
3493     1435   7          230
5719     1005   2,6        191            5720  1735  1930  2,6
8591     0950   3          192            8592  1810  2020  3
3273     0740   daily      230            3274  1505  1715  daily
3015     0745   6          192            3016  1730  2115  6

Irkutsk-Magadan                             Magadan-Irkutsk
4102    2200    3,7        306            4145  1330  1440  1,5
8597    2230    7          306            8598I 0720  0830  1

All times are local times (UTC+9 hours)

Check www.itn.net for schedule, prices and reservation

Russian Visum for Germans

We recommend this quick and reliable Visum service (no invitation required) by:
Viktor Spomer
Konsular Service
Postfach 1449
53584 Bad Honnef

Local transport

Interurban bus

There are a lot of bus routes between the small suburban towns and Irkutsk city. The main routes are to Angarsk (every day) and to Listvyanka (every 2 hours). The last one is to lake Baikal.

Suburban trains(elektrichka)

You can reach any small railway station near Irkutsk.

Hydrofoils

There are a lot of