Transportation to/from station of Odessa Ukraine.
See plane schedules of Odessa airport.
Trains connect Odessa with Warsaw, Prague, Bratislava, Vienna, Berlin, Moscow, Saint?Petersburg, major cities of Ukraine and many other cities of the former Soviet Union.
See trains timetable of Odessa railway station.
You can travel by ship between Odessa or Yalta and various cities on the Black Sea and Mediterranean. The main year-round destinations are Haifa (Israel), Limassol (Cyprus), Piraeus (Greece) and Port Said (Egypt). The most frequent and reliable is the Odessa to Istanbul route. It's also possible to sail down the Danube River between Odessa and a number of Eastern European river ports.
See ferries timetable and information about Odessa Passenger Terminal.
Buses go between Odessa and Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, Munich), Greece (Thessalonica, Athens), Bulgaria (Varna, Sophia) as well as major cities in Ukraine.
Odessa has extensive public transport system which operates from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. Buses, trams and trolleys are rather slow, but it is a cheap way to travel within cities. Prices range from 50 kopecks to 1.5 hryvnas.
Taxi is comparatively cheap for Ukrainian/Russian speaking passengers. Probably everywhere situation with taxi is like this - if one speaks a foreign language price for a taxi goes up. A taxi or a gypsy cab can be hired right on the street simply by putting out your hand. Services of gypsy cabs are less expensive but are not recommended from the safety point of view. However, if you wish to use a gypsy cab make sure there is nobody else inside but the driver and negotiate the price before you get in the car.
Odessa has regular connection with all Ukraine cities such as Kiev, Kharkov, Lviv, Lugansk, Donetsk etc. Of course you can get Cremia towns by ships or ferries. It takes 5 hours to get Kiev by buses and 10 by trains which are more comfortable. Average cost of a ticket is about $15. Travel to Yalta takes about 10 hours by buses available in summer.
These are the best trains, usually going overnight between big regional centers of the country. Those trains make quite a few stopovers en-rout, have carriages of good quality and OK service. Express trains usually have 1st, 2nd and 3rd class carriages.
Passenger train numbers vary from 171 to 699.
Carriages' classification in Ukraine differs from European standards.
This is the best type of carriages in Ukraine. Every carriage has 9 cabins, 2 berths in each cabin.
Each carriage has 9 cabins, each cabin has 4 berths - 2 lower and 2 upper ones. There are boxes for luggage below lower berths. Bigger storage for luggage is in the niche above the door. There is a small unfolding table by the window. Every cabin has a door lock and can be locked from inside.
Cabins have no doors and cannot be locked.