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Surprisingly the culprit was neither Estonian nor Finnish, but Italian tony-cheer frothingfash

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[–] wheresmysurplusvalue@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Freight rail traffic between Russia and Finland is still going, but passenger traffic has been completely closed for a few years (with the closure recently renewed). It's doing an absolute number on border towns like Lappeenranta who are no longer getting income from tourism.

These days, the best ways to get to St. Petersburg from Helsinki is either:

Take the ferry to Tallinn, transfer to the bus station across town, take a bus to the Narva border town, get off the bus, go through the border control point by foot, get on a different bus on the other side in Ivangorod, continue to St. Petersburg. Similarly you can also go the longer way past Tartu and Pskov, I think there is a crossing point for cars.
Buy an expensive flight via Turkish Airlines, Helsinki-St.Petersburg with a layover in Istanbul.