>>132722
Most (all?) of the Moscow train stations are stub end terminals, so trains do leave from one specific station. I think different stations serve trains to different parts of the country, but someone more familiar with Russian railways will have to help on that front.

>should I just wait for my train at any station? Does it circle around the city collecting passengers or what?

>>132722
Almost all trains to St. Petersburg depart from Leningradskiy railway terminal (Moscow-Passenger station). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Passazhirskaya_railway_station
The station name will be on the paper ticket after (if) you print it at the terminal. The 056A departs from Moscow-Passenger station and arrives to St. Petersburg-Main station (Moskovskiy rail terminal).

>>132725
Parovoz for most valuable community member 2016.

>>132727
Please, this time it would be just rude if I wouldn't try to help as the local.

>>132725
Nice. Thanks a lot man!

Looks like I'll be taking a train this month lads.

>>132746
By the way, did you consider buying a ticket on Sapsan or Nevskiy Express (>>132725 picrelated). These are both modern high-speed trains with the time in route only about 4 hours. Yes, they are more expensive, but the cost dynamically changes based on date of departure and demand.

can confirm...as an 'murrican living in Russia for a while, the Sapsan was worth the extra rubles

>>132750
>>132754
Yes I thought about it but unfortunately I'm really tight on cash right now so I'll have to take the cheaper tickets, I'll probably take a Sapsan on my next trip though.

I'm okay with taking a longer ride on an older train, it's not ideal but it will have to do for now.

>>132764
Better buy tickets on Nevskiy Express (#747 and #748). It has almost the same time in route as the Sapsan but has better service (included meals, some free accessories) along with usually lower price. Also as a railfan I personally like it more than Sapsan because it is developed and produced in Russia, not like this pop off-the-shelf German caterpillar.
Also the sooner you buy tickets for the popular trains the lower their price due to RZD's "dynamical pricing" system. For example, Sapsan's starting price is about just 15$.

>>132766

I thought the Sapsan was based on the Siemens Velaro?

>>132767
Yep, it is Siemens Velaro Rus. I have told a bit about it and the fate of its "predecessor", Russian Sokol project (>>132387>>132395).
While Nevskiy now is composed of high-speed cars built by TVZ and EP20 2o-2o-2o 7200 kW dual-system electric locomotive by NEVZ (both manufacturers are owned by Russian Transmashholding).

>>132766
For example, very recently I purchased a tickets to a Sapsan (for the full route) for only 699 rubles which is approximately just 11$! But this is with a 30% off thanks to a special offer card purchased before this for 450 RUB. Full price is 999 RUB but it holds only for a few minutes (!!!) since the start of sales, which is for Sapsan 60 days before the departure date at 8:00 AM GMT+3. However, if you aren't lucky enough to buy the ticket in the first minutes for the first couple of days you're still have a chance to get a ticket for under 1700 RUB (26$), but not in the first hours of sales, apparently this dynamical pricing system is automatic and adjusts prices with a precision of a few minutes based on the demand so after the rush of the first minutes it makes the prices sky-high.
Yes, I would still prefer Nevskiy Express but it has inconvenient for me time of arrival and also its starting price is 2000 RUB (30$), which makes it competitive to Sapsan only if you're not buying the tickets in the first days of sales.