It is not comfortable to travellers carring big bagages on too many stairs. Elevators are needed.
It's old and it's very USSR. I've benn there in early morning, day and night time - it's not very friendly, a bit dirty, but still interesting to see.
You could not see a better example of Soviet architecture than this great station. Recently redecorated in the traditional blue. The waiting room is magnificent with polished wood, crystal lamps and all the nostalgia of the Soviet Union. The metro is adjacent to the station and there are buses to the airport.Don't forget that all clocks show Moscow time. Great place to start your journey back to Moscow or on to Krasnoyarsk or further east.. Other things to remember:- don't take photographs on the station- all even numbered trains go from Moscow; odd numbers go to Moscow- all trains operate on Moscow time (even in the far east) so don't arrive arrive three hours too early for your train.-buy all your food locally and take enough for the journey.-if you like travelling with lts of people book plascarte in the open wagon with 52 beds; if not, pay extra (if you can) and take the four-berth coupé.
A impressive, imposing soviet style railway station. Clean, functional, good signage. Taxis available outside, even a porter service
Our Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian express group traveled in and out of the lovely green railway station when we spent half a day in Novosibirsk visiting some of the main sites. I see from the other reviewers that language barriers were a problem. Our guides thankfully were fluent Russian speakers, and as I speak Russian myself, this was not a problem. I can only imagine how frustrating that would be, along with hauling large bags up the many stairs.
The location! Please research where you need to be and chances are you can almost walk there instead of the hassle of getting and overpaying for a taxi.
We took trains from Moscow to Nizhney Novogorod to Yekaterinburg and finally to Novosibirsk. The last station in Siberia--Novosibirsk--was welcomed and huge. The architecture is very Russian, all being of immense proprortions. The building is brightly painted on the outside with a huge plaza in front. All the clocks show different times and temperatures, but that adds to the humor of the Russian-Siberian experience.
That's very nice inside and outside. Information displays are proper. All necessery services are there. Hey, the toilets are PAID!!!!!............ So, guys, when you are about to pee into your pents you still should to find the required change to pay first))) And then the toilet lady will give you a piece of toilet paper (some dirty grey color) in leight the lady considered it's enough for you to clean your private parts good enough ))))))) If you insist you need more, it's not obviously you will get it... And of course, the toilet lady never speak English or any other language. But as soon as she can realize that you are a foreighner, then, YES! you may have more toilet paper and her sympathy( she expects some small tips, even she may not )
Soviet era decor has not aged well in the main building, and you never know whether the smell is coming from the toilets or the homeless on the floor.
Handy location near he city center. Good transport hub with buses and subway/ metro nearby. Very busy in rush hours.