Moskovsky railway station (Saint Petersburg)

Coordinates: 59°55′47″N 30°21′44″E / 59.92972°N 30.36222°E / 59.92972; 30.36222
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For other uses, see Moskovsky (disambiguation).
St.Petersburg–Glavny
Nevsky av., St. Petersburg, Russia
Operated byOctober Railway
Line(s)Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway
Platforms6 (5 island platforms)
Tracks11
Connections
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
Station code03181
Fare zone0
History
Opened1847
Rebuilt1952, 1967, 1976
Electrified1962
Previous namesNicholaevsky (1851–1923)
Oktyabrsky (1923–1930)
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station
Terminus Sapsan Chudovo
towards Moscow Leningradsky

St. Petersburg–Glavny (

Saint Petersburg–Moscow Railway and other lines running from Central and South Russia, Crimea, Siberia and Eastern Ukraine
.

History

The oldest preserved station in the city, it was erected in 1844-51 to a design by Konstantin Thon.[1] As Nicholas I of Russia was the reigning monarch and the greatest patron of railway construction in the realm, the station was named Nicholaevsky after him. Rechristened Oktyabrsky to memorialize the October Revolution in 1924, the station was not given its present name until 1930.

Although large "Venetian" windows, two floors of Corinthian columns and a two-storey clocktower at the centre explicitly reference Italian

Leningradsky railway station, was built to Thon's design at the other end of the railway, in Moscow.[2][3]

While Thon's facade remains fundamentally intact to this day, the station was expanded in 1869-79 and 1912. It was completely redeveloped internally in 1950-52 and 1967.

Vosstaniya Square stations of the Saint Petersburg Metro
, with both stations linked to the station building by an underground corridor.

Services

High-speed rail

Train number Train name Destination Operator(s) Ref.
151/152
153/154
155/156
159/160
163/164
165/166		 Sapsan (rus: Сапсан)
Leningradsky
)		 Russia Russian Railways [4]

Gallery

  • The station in the 1900s
    The station in the 1900s
  • Station on Victory Day
    Station on Victory Day
  • The vaulted hall
    The vaulted hall
  • The station's main ticket and waiting hall
    The station's main ticket and waiting hall
  • The entrance to the original roundhouse of the Nikolaev Railway at the locomotive depot at Moskovsky railway station. The roundhouse dates from the 1850s.
    The entrance to the original roundhouse of the Nikolaev Railway at the locomotive depot at Moskovsky railway station. The roundhouse dates from the 1850s.

See also

  • Emperor railway station, Pushkin town

References

  1. ^ a b c "Moskovsky Railway Station". Encyclopaedia of St. Petersburg. Rosspen.
  2. ^ "Московский вокзал в Санкт-Петербурге" [Moskovsky railway station in St Petersburg] (in Russian). Culture.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  3. ^ "Из Петербурга в Москву. О первых столичных вокзалах" [From St Petersburg to Moscow: Two First Railway Stations in Russia] (in Russian). Culture.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  4. ^ "Russian Railways press release".
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