Moscow Kiyevsky railway station
Moscow Kiyevsky | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chief Engineer: Vladimir Shukhov | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 198103 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1918, 1936, 1945, 2004, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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  Moscow Kiyevsky Location within Moscow Ring Road | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kiyevsky railway terminal (
As the name suggests, there were regular services to Kyiv (Kiev) and many other points in Ukraine. There used to be regular services to Belgrade, Zagreb, Varna, Bucharest, Sofia, Chișinău, Niš, Budapest, Prague, Vienna and Venice as well. 15-20 years ago, all these trains were canceled, some were transferred to the Belorussky railway station.
History and design
The station was built between 1914 and 1918 in the
The station building is flanked by a gigantic train shed which is distinguished by its simplicity and constructive boldness. The platforms are covered by a massive glazed parabolic structure (length 321 metres (1,053 ft), width 47.9 metres (157 ft), height 30 m (98 ft)) weighing over 1250 tons. Its open-work steel trusses are clearly visible, and they demonstrate the elegance of the grandiose building.[4][5]
Trains and destinations
Directions and countries
| Land | Places |
| Russia1 | St.Petersburg
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1 — in connection with the spread of the
Suburban destinations
Suburban
Vnukovo International Airport connections
Kiyevsky station is connected to Vnukovo International Airport by Aeroexpress trains, which are not operated by Russian Railways, though they use the same tracks.[8]
Gallery
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Dual voltage six axle electric locomotive EP10-004 at the Kiyevskaya railway station -
On the Europe square, outside passenger terminals, 2012 -
Debarkader of Kiyevsky train station passenger terminal, 2014 -
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Notes
- ^ Moscow city transport: Routes and timetables (Official)
- ^ Moscow regional transport: Routes and timetables (Official)
- ^ Bronovitskaya 2015.
- ^ English 2000.
- ^ Moscow city walk: Kiyevsky railway station (ru)
- ^ RZD: INFORMATION FOR OUR CUSTOMERS
- ^ Tutu.ru Scheduled Guide, 2018
- ^ Aeroexpress from Kiyevskiy station to Vnukovo airport schedule
References
- Bronovitskaya, Natalia (2015). Architectural monuments of Moscow (1933-1941) (in Russian). Vol. 10. Moscow: «Искусство - XXI век». p. 320. ISBN 978-5-98051-121-0.
- English, Elizabeth (2000). ""Arkhitektura i mnimosti": The origins of Soviet avant-garde rationalist architecture in the Russian mystical -philosophical and mathematical intellectual tradition". University of Pennsylvania, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing: 235.
- Rainer Graefe, “Vladimir G. Suchov 1853-1939. Die Kunst der sparsamen Konstruktion”, 192 S., Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3-421-02984-9.
- Fausto Giovannardi,"Vladimir G. Shukhov e la leggerezza dell’acciaio", Borgo San Lorenzo, 2007. (in Italian)
- Е. М. Шухова, «Владимир Григорьевич Шухов. Первый инженер России.», 368 стр., МГТУ, Москва, 2003, ISBN 5-7038-2295-5.
External links
- Kiyevsky station Official site (in Russian)
- Aeroexpress (in English and Russian)
- Russian Railways (Российские Железные Дороги) (in English and Russian)
- Ukrainian Railways (Українські залізниці) (in Russian and Ukrainian)
- Moldova Railways (Calea Ferată din Moldova) (in English, Romanian, and Russian)
- V. G. Shukhov - Russian engineer