5 entertaining electric train journeys

But on the weekend, you can go on a real adventure by electric train.  Moreover, the trip itself will be part of it. Find the schedule on the  website and see where you can go by rail, what to see, and most importantly -  return to the city on time. The cost of one trip is from 22 rubles. Pay in cash or a transport card, or you can also pay through the "Krasprigorod" app.► Route number 1 - Krasnoyarsk - Divnogorsk - KrasnoyarskWhat to do in Divnogorsk:There is an option for a short trip - an electric train from Krasnoyarsk at 17:50, and you have exactly 1.5 hours to walk along the waterfront.

Route number 2 - Krasnoyarsk - Ovsyanka - Krasnoyarsk
 dedicated to the writer, it includes a house-museum, where authentic furnishings and personal belongings are pserved, as well as a museum of the story "The Last Bow", which Astafyev had been writing for over 30 years. This museum is also called "The House of Grandmother Catherine".

If you go there for all day, take your lunch with you. You cannot find traditional cafes in Ovsyanka.

Going to the two great public spaces of Krasnoyarsk can be connected with a short trip around the city.  Park "Kamenka" is located in the Kirovsky district of Krasnoyarsk, next to the Zlobino station, from which trains depart with good regularity towards the Krasnoyarsk station. To get to the Yudin museum-estate, you need to get off at the “ZhD Bolnitsa” stop. It is right after the bridge over the Yenisei.

. A great place where you can spend time interestingly, (with children too). Festivals, picnics, fairs, and master classes are regularly held here.
● Yudin Museum-estateYou can extend your trip to the still not so popular and well-maintained "Ozero Park". . There is only one electric train directly from Zlobino to the Myasokombinat stop - at 14:07 and only on Saturdays.



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Petryashino station is in the east direction. Travel time is about an hour. The ticket price is 50 rubles. There are a lot of trains in this direction on weekends, so feel free to choose the one that is convenient for you. The only thing is to find out the rush hour of the return of summer residents to the city, so as not to be in a crowded carriage.


● The famous pyramid mountain is located here. In some sources it is called the Magan pyramid or Mountain Belaya. It is a 150-meter-high peak with smooth edges. The place attracts various mystics, and in September 2019 an Orthodox cross was installed there.
● There is another hill away from the Pyramid, which local summer residents call Berdash. For the sake of beautiful landscapes, you can climb it. The entire landscape in this area is created for admiring, especially in autumn.

 can get to the station Zykovo from Petryashino in the same way - it is literally across the bus stop. There is an Orthodox church, consecrated in honor of the Archangel Michael. On the parish territory there is a mineral spring with a bathhouse and a stone chapel in the name of the Monk Elder Seraphim of Sarov.

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The longest adventure for real fans. It's more than two hours on the road, so take some food and patience, or even a pillow for sleeping. The cost of a one-way ticket is 170 rubles. Trains leave from Krasnoyarsk station at 8:30 and 9:56 am. You don't really need to linger there, so we advise you to go back at 16:18.


● Water tower. A unique building, built in 1900. The tower is recognized as a cultural heritage site, and it is still functioning. Recently, Russian Railways handed over the tower to the municipality, and its façade was restored.
● Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior. Built in 1974 according to a standard project in the style of Russian classicism on donations and funds from the Siberian Cossacks.
● For true connoisseurs of regional history and architecture, there are several old buildings, such as the railway station. A cultural heritage site of regional importance, built in the same year as the tower - 1900.



Photo: Mikhail Katkov and authors unknown to us.