Borispol to Kiev Station

February 14, 2009

As I’m always being asked..
There are 3 options;
1) Taxi ; a real pain, need to be able to negotiate with the touts, helps to speak russian or they will ask stupid mo ey. The fare should be about 150 griven ( a litle less if you can haggle well) or can be higher later at night, maybe 200. Best way to deal with this is try and find one or two other people on the plane or in the baggage hall to share with. Taxi is obviously the fastest, 40 mins or so.
2) The big bus. Runs every 30-45 minutes from outside the main terminal. (as you come out into the main terminal through the taxi touts bear right and take the right door outside and they are right there to the left off the ramp. (also an ATM near the airside exit if you need local money, though dollars will be accepted otherwise, about 8 gryven to one dollar). This bus is a large coach, cost 25 gryven a few months ago and goes to the station (voksal).
3) The little bus, marshootka. These leave when full and also leave from the same place as the big bus and also cost the same. Tend to be a bit faster but may make some stops. You’ll want to get off at the end.
4) The best alternative really is to fly ! Aerosvit costs $60 and is so much more comfortable (kind of) and not that much more. That’s to kharkov, not the station.

2 Responses to “Borispol to Kiev Station”

  1. Jim Zerkel Says:

    Try the train! There is a midnight train out of the main Kiev Vokzal non stop to Kharkiv, arriving in Kharkiv at about 7 am. They just put on new cars including sleepers. My wife of 10 years is from Kharkiv (area around Marshalla Zhukova and Geroev Stalingrada streets) We make the trip from Atlanta to Ukraine and back at least once a year. The plane from Kiev to Kharkov (and back) might be ok if you don’t have to deal with the local customs and immigration types in Kharkov. Unlike Kiev where we have never had a problem with Ukraine customs or immigration, 2 trips where we flew directly into Kharkiv from Vienna where – lets just say extremely painful and expensive. So directly into and out Kiev plus the overnight both ways between Kiev and Kharkiv is our preferred method of travel between the 2 cities.

    Jim & Mila Zerkel
    Baxley GA

  2. elena Says:

    Hi Mark,
    I found your blog very funny.
    I’m Italian and would like to spend a couple of weeks in Kharkov (since my true love lives there.

    Do you know any good Russian schools?
    sposibo!
    Elena


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