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Metro Stations

A stop near the Decembrist house museums in the historic center of Irkutsk. The city has no metro, and the exact stop…

Metro Stations

A tram stop on Lenin Street in central Irkutsk, one of the main streets of the historic center. The city has no…

Metro Stations

The tram stop by the Irkutsk Central Market is a street stop where tram, bus and minibus routes meet, used for changing…

Airports & Transport

Yunost Island is a park island in the Angara beside central Irkutsk, reached on foot over a bridge from the embankment. A…

Airports & Transport

Kaya is a railway station in Irkutsk used by suburban trains on the East Siberian Railway. It is a local commuter stop,…

Airports & Transport

Gagarin Boulevard is a green promenade on the right bank of the Angara in Irkutsk. A regular public pier there could not…

Airports & Transport

The stops around the Irkutsk Central Market work as an informal transport hub: city buses, minibuses and trams meet here, and private…

Airports & Transport

Irkutsk-Sortirovochny is a railway sorting station in the Leninsky district of Irkutsk. It serves freight operations and is not a passenger or…

Airports & Transport

Raketa Pier is the river passenger station of Irkutsk in the Solnechny microdistrict, the starting point of seasonal boats along the Angara…

Airports & Transport

Irkutsk Bus Station is the intercity bus hub of the city and the main departure point for buses and minibuses to Listvyanka…