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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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St. Petersburg–Moskovsky

Санкт-Петербург–Московский
October Railway terminal
View of the station from Vosstaniya Square
General information
Location85, 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 (Russian: Санкт-Петербург-Главный), is a railway station terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is a terminus for the Saint Petersburg–Moscow Railway and other lines running from Central and South Russia, Crimea, Siberia and Eastern Ukraine.

History

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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 Renaissance architecture, the building incorporates other features from a variety of periods and countries. A twin train station, currently known as the 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.[1] A bronze bust of Peter the Great in the main vestibule was unveiled in 1993, replacing a bust of Lenin.[1] The station is served by the Mayakovskaya and Vosstaniya Square stations of the Saint Petersburg Metro, with both stations linked to the station building by an underground corridor.

Services

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High-speed rail

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

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References

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  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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