Komsomolskaya Square (Moscow)
Leningradskaya Hotel
: the Kazansky rail terminal on the right, the two other rail terminals on the left.Komsomolskaya Square (
Kazansky. These stations connect Moscow with Saint Petersburg, northwestern Russia, the Volga region, and Siberia via the Trans-Siberian Railway
.
Its origins lay in the construction of the
Kursky Rail Terminal
traversed the square; it is now elevated so as not to interfere with street traffic.
During the Soviet period, four other structures were added.
Komsomolskaya-Koltsevaya metro station
were completed in the early 1950s. The most recent addition is the Moskovsky department store on the eastern side of the square (1983).
In 2003, at the behest of the Ministry of Transportation, a bronze statue of Pavel Melnikov (1804–1880) was erected on the square. Melnikov was the Russian minister of transportation who oversaw the construction of the first railways in Russia.
See also
This square is not the only place in Europe, where is available interchange with many of major interchange stations. St Pancras railway station, Euston railway station and London King's Cross railway station in London are located similarly to Moscow stations at Komsomolskaya Square. In France, Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est in Paris are also located nearby.