Leningradsky Rail Terminal
| Leningradsky Rail Terminal | |
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 View from Komsomolskaya Square. To the right from the station is the pavilion leading to the Komsomolskaya-Koltsevaya station of the metro (not shown). |
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| Station statistics | |
| Address | 107140, Moscow, Komsomolskaya Square, 3 |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 55°46′35″N 37°39′18″E / 55.77639°N 37.655°E |
| Other information | |
| Opened | 1851 |
| Rebuilt | 1903, 1977 |
Leningradsky Rail Terminal (Russian: Ленингра́дский вокза́л, Leningradsky vokzal) is the oldest of Moscow's nine principal railway stations. Situated on Komsomolskaya Square, the station serves north-western directions, notably Saint Petersburg. International services from the station include Tallinn, Estonia, operated by GoRail, and Helsinki, Finland.
The station was constructed between 1844 and 1851 to an eclectic design by Konstantin Thon as the terminus of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway, a pet project of Emperor Nicholas I. Regular connection was opened in 1851. Initially it was known as Peterburgsky (i.e., Rail Terminal for Petersburg). Upon the Emperor's death five years later, the station was named Nikolayevsky (and the railway Nikolayevskaya) after him and retained this name until 1924, when the Bolsheviks renamed it Oktyabrsky Station (and the railway Oktyabrskaya), to commemorate the October Revolution. The present name was given a year later when the city of Petrograd became Leningrad.
Thon's design follows closely that of the station's counterpart in St. Petersburg. The monotonous regularity of rustication and pilasters is enlivened with Italianate details (ground floor windows strongly reminiscent of the Palazzo Rucellai) and an elegant clocktower at the centre (probably inspired by the Palazzo Senatorio in Rome). Even more rigorous is the exterior of the nearby Moscow Customs House (1844–1852), also by Thon. The interior of the station was modernized and renovated in 1950 and 1972.
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[edit] Destinations
[edit] Long distance from Moscow
| Train number | Train name | Destination | Operated by |
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| 001/002 | Krasnaya Strela (rus: Красная стрела) |  St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) |
Russian Railways |
| 003/004 | Express (rus: Экспресс) | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) |
Russian Railways |
| 005/006 | Nikolayevsky Express (rus: Николаевский Экспресс) | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) |
Russian Railways |
| 009/010 | Pskov (rus: Псков) | Pskov |
Russian Railways |
| 011/012 | Alexander Nevsky (rus: Александр Невский) | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) |
Russian Railways |
| 015/016 | Arktika (rus: Арктика) | Murmansk |
Russian Railways |
| 017/018 | Karelia (kar: Karjala, rus: Карелия) |  Petrozavodsk |
Russian Railways |
| 019/020 | Megapolis (rus: Мегаполис) | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) |
Tverskoy Express |
| 025/026 | Smena/A. Betankur (rus: Смена/А. Бетанкур) | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) |
Russian Railways |
| 027/028 | Severnaya Palmira (rus: Северная Пальмира) | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) |
Russian Railways |
| 031/032 | Lev Tolstoy (rus: Лев Толстой) |  Helsinki (Central) |
Russian Railways |
| 033/034 | Tallinn Express (est: Tallinn Express) |  Tallinn (Balti jaam) |
GoRail |
| 037/038 | Afanasiy Nikitin (rus: Афанасий Никитин) | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) |
Russian Railways |
| 053/054 | Grand Express (rus: Гранд Экспресс) | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) |
Grand Service Express |
| 063/064 | Dve Stolitsy (rus: Две Столицы) | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) |
Russian Railways |
[edit] High-speed rail
| Train number | Train name | Destination | Operated by |
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| 151/152[1] 153/154 155/156 159/160 163/164 165/166 |
Sapsan (rus: Сапсан) | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) |
Russian Railways |
[edit] Other destinations
| Country | Destinations |
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| Russia |
Bologoe, Borovichi, Ostashkov, Tver, Velikie Luki, Veliky Novgorod, Zelenograd (Kryukovo) |
[edit] Suburban destinations
Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Leningradsky Rail Terminal with towns of Khimki, Zelenograd (Krukovo), Solnechnogorsk (Podsolnechnaya), Klin, Konakovo and Tver.
[edit] Gallery
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Historical view of the terminal (1900)
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View from Komsomolskaya (Koltsevaya Line) metro station
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Leningradsky Rail Terminal Official site (Russian)
- Russian Railways (Российские Железные Дороги) (English) (Russian)
- AS GoRail (Estonian) (English) (Russian)
- Finnish State Railways (Suomen Valtion Rautatiet) (English) (Finnish) (Russian) (Swedish)
- Train Deluxe Alexander Nevsky (English) (Russian)
- Train Deluxe Express (English) (Russian)
- "Grand Express" train promotional site (English) (Russian)
- "Megapolis" train promotional site (Russian)
- Virtual tour to Nikolayevsky, Yaroslavsky and Kazansky train station
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