Bus carrier Lux Express will be operating in St. Petersburg as of Saturday, November 18, due to the closure of Finland’s border with Russia. It will suspend bus service between St. Petersburg and Helsinki. Interfaxrefers to the company.
“On November 17, the last flights of Lux Express buses to Finland will depart from St. Petersburg at 15:00 and from Helsinki at 14:00,” the carrier’s Russian representative office told the agency.
It is stated that Lux Express offers passengers who purchased tickets for later dates the opportunity to exchange them for tickets to other destinations or receive a compensation code for free travel on the company’s buses.
As Interfax reported, citing the press service of the Ecolines bus company, the company will be operating in St. Petersburg from November 18. Petersburg – Helsinki and St. Petersburg It will temporarily suspend bus service on the routes St. Petersburg – Lappeenranta – Imatra. St. The last flight from St. Petersburg to the Finnish capital will depart at 14:00 on November 17. Ecolines, Helsinki to St. He stated that the last flight to St. Petersburg will depart at 14:30 on November 17.
Before this, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo stated Closure of four border gates on the Russian border. Vaalimaa, Nuijamaa, Imatra and Niirala points will stop operating on the night of November 18.
Finnish customs reported that cargo traffic between Finland and Russia will “almost stop” as of November 18.
Russian Embassy in Helsinki statedHe said the Finnish government’s decision to close four checkpoints on the busiest section of the border was cause for concern.
Previously Finland and Norway reinforced Control at the border of cars coming from Russia.
Source: Gazeta
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