Border with Estonia. How quickly to overcome the queue on the border with Estonia?

Taking into account the fact that earlier Russia and Estonia were one state, there is a good transport connection between them. From Moscow you can get there by plane, train and car, from St. Petersburg - by plane, bus, train and car. One can not but forget that at the moment Russia has a border with Estonia with all the ensuing circumstances.

The cheapest way to get to Estonia

The most budgetary way to get to a neighboring country is to take a bus in St. Petersburg, get to the border Ivangorod, and then walk. The road will cost 250 rubles. Crossing the border with Estonia will be quite fast and convenient.

You can use the services of a well-developed bus service. Keep in mind that most comfortable buses travel from North Palmira to Tallinn without stops, and only Luxexpress makes them in every major city. And do not forget to worry about tickets in advance: despite the large number of flights, sometimes they are not. Especially in the summer and before the holidays.

The train, which follows from St. Petersburg to the Estonian capital, is on the road for seven hours.

Border with Estonia. Ивангород

If you go to a neighboring country by car, you will need to cross one of the three border points: Koidula-Kunichina Gora, Narva-Ivangorod or Luhamaa-Shumilkino. In order to get to one of them, you will have to cross the Pskov or Leningrad regions.

As an example, consider the option of crossing the border in Ivangorod. Before this settlement you can get on the routes M11 and E20. Even before entering the city, checks begin: a combined frontier post and a traffic police post check local residents with a Russian internal passport, a residence permit, the rest have a foreign passport and have a Schengen visa. Then follow the main road, right and left - refueling, at the last crossroads notice the column of trucks. This is the turn on the border with Estonia. We stop to the left of it, at the bottom of the slope we see the border hut and barrier.

Border crossing

When there are a couple of cars left before the barrier, you need to show all the foreign passports (driver and passengers) to the border guard. Then you drive into the territory of the post, sticking to the right side of the road, choose the "green corridor" intended for Russian cars, and get in line. When she comes up, you reach the second stop-line, go out and go through passport control. To do this you will need a passport and registration certificate of a yellow car.

Proshtpovannye passport show the customs officer and present him your car for inspection. After checking you are released for another barrier. There is a favorite Duty Free shop by many travelers. Then we keep the course for the landmark - the Narva Castle, more precisely, its tower. We reach the bridge over the Narova River, here again there is a barrier. We show our passports and drive to the bridge. The border with Estonia is passed, more precisely, the Russian part of it.

The border crossing point "Narva"

We move by car on the bridge to the end, there is an Estonian automated post. Before it we braked and slowly we go between the columns. We see the turn on the border with Estonia and get to its end, then wait for the traffic light signal.

Having entered the Estonian post, we show the following documents to the local border guard: foreign passports, a certificate of registration of the vehicle, a green card on it and your insurance. The same border guards, now called policemen, will quickly inspect the car. Go to the passport control box, there you put stamps, return documents, open the barrier, and all - you are in Estonia.

A few small comments

First: everywhere and always the first is the driver of the car, followed by the passengers. Second: if you get to another country, you can immediately get a fine. In the neighboring state, the headlamps of the passing beam of the car must always be switched on, and it is possible to drive in settlements with a speed of no more than 50 km / h, unless there are other signs. Fasten your seat belts, with this in the EU countries strictly, as well as with the skipping of pedestrians on crossings.

Crossing the border by electronic queue

From the side of our neighbors, such a system has been in operation since August 2011. From the Russian side, the entry to the border with Estonia was introduced on July 14, 2012. This system is called "GoSwift", with its help, a preliminary booking of the queue is made in electronic form for the passage of the state border by vehicles. There is such a queue along with the usual.

Such a system does not at all save the autotravelers from the queues, but translates them into virtual ones. Also, drivers who have previously booked on the official website the time of crossing the border will have an advantage. What does it take to do this? On the site you need to enter the driver's name and surname, car data and the desired / anticipated time of crossing the border, as well as the desired border point.

To confirm a successful booking, the driver receives an email. You can make changes three times.

Returning from Estonia by booking

You need a bank card, you can use MasterCard or VISA, others do not fit. Booking the time and date of crossing the border, order an SMS alert. At the end of the procedure, get the reservation number, which must be saved in electronic or paper form. You need to have it with you. So if you want the border with Estonia to be open to you, take care of it in advance.

Crossing the Estonian-Russian border

The event is quite interesting. Have you reserved a place, got an SMS-call and think that it's almost in Russia? No, not at all. In the case when you are driving through Narva, you first need to stop by the parking lot, where the numbers of the armor and the car are displayed on the luminous panel. If you received a SMS with a call, then your number is already on the scoreboard, if not - wait. When the treasured figures appear, go to the booth next to the scoreboard, pay three euros and get a coupon. Then drive up to the border and become in the general line.

Having defended the turn, give the coupon to the employee at the barrier and get to the passport control. Everything else is the same as when you enter, but without duty free. By and large, it is very difficult to say in which direction the border with Estonia is easier, and its intersection is easier. Everywhere there are pluses and minuses.

Helpful information

Those who travel frequently between the two countries will benefit from the information below. Passenger buses in the general line are never worth. They go beyond it. In the presence of a large congestion of vehicles, traffic police inspectors direct all to the right from descent to the post, in this case the queue passes along Hospitalna Street.

If you are traveling to Estonia in the fall or winter, comply with the requirements for tires. Most importantly, you will simply not be allowed into this country by car with summer tires in the period from December 1st to February 29th. These dates may be slightly adjusted depending on the weather conditions. From 01.10 to 30.04 you can ride on winter tires, from 15.10 to 31.03 - on studded ones. Also observe the permissible depth of the tread - not less than 15 millimeters.

The better you follow the rules and laws, the easier for you will be the border between Russia and Estonia. By the way, you can cross it on foot. The entrance to the point is located to the right of the summer cafe. You can follow the queue with a webcam.

When crossing the state border, it is necessary to know and follow the customs rules. But this is a topic for a separate article.