Moscow Leningradsky railway station

For other uses, see Leningradsky (disambiguation).

For other uses, see Nikolayevsky (disambiguation).

Leningradsky railway terminal
October Railway terminal
View from Komsomolskaya Square.
General information
Location	Russia, Moscow, Komsomolskaya Square, 3
Coordinates	55.776111°N 37.655278°E / 55.776111; 37.655278
Platforms	6
Tracks	10
Connections	Moscow Metro stations: Komsomolskaya Komsomolskaya Tram: 7, 13, 37, 50; Bus: 40, 122, А; Trolleybus: 14, 41;
Other information
Station code	060073
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1851
Rebuilt	1903, 1977
Previous names	Peterburgsky, Nikolaevsky, Oktyabrsky
Services
Preceding station   October Railway   Following station Template:October Railway stations toward Template:October Railway stations Template:October Railway lines Moscow Terminus Template:October Railway stations toward Template:October Railway stations Template:October Railway lines HSR Terminus
Route map 0 Yaroslavsky terminal Elektrozavodskaya – Stankolit Third Ring Road 3 Moskva-3 4 Malenkovskaya Rostokinsky proyezd Yauza River 6 Yauza Belokamennaya – Rostokino 7 Rostokino Losinoostrovskaya 13 Los Ichka River Moscow Ring Road 14 Perlovskaya 16 Tayninskaya Yauza River Mytishchi to Pirogovo to Fryazino, Fryazevo to Sergiyev Posad
Location Leningradsky railway terminal Location within Moscow Ring Road

Moscow Leningradsky railway terminal (Russian: Ленинградский вокзал, Leningradsky vokzal) also known as Moscow Passazhirskaya station (Russian: Москва-Главная-Пассажирская) is the oldest of Moscow's nine railway terminals. 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.

It is the only Moscow railway terminal operated by October Railway rather than Moscow Railway.

History

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., St Petersburg station). 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 terminal (and the corresponding railway to October railway), 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.

Destinations

Long distance from Moscow

Train number	Train name	Destination	Operated by
001/002	Krasnaya Strela (rus: Красная стрела)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
003/004	Express (rus: Экспресс)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
005/006	Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
007/008	Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав)	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	Baltic Express (est: Balti Express)	Tallinn (Balti jaam)	Russian Railways
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
747/748	Nevsky express (rus: Невский Экспресс)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways

There are also numerous ordinary long range trains to these directions.

High-speed rail

Train number	Train name	Destination	Operated by
751/752 753/754 755/756 757/758 759/760 761/762 763/764 765/766 767/768 769/770 771/772 773/774 775/776 777/778 779/780 781/782	Sapsan (rus: Сапсан)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways

High-speed commuter rail Since 1 October 2015 Siemens Desiro RUS high speed commuter trains operating on Moscow-Tver and Moscow-Kryukovo(Zelenograd) routes. The major stops on the route are:Khimki, Kryukovo(Zelenograd), Podsolnechnaya(Solnechnogorsk) and Klin.

Other destinations

Country	Destinations
Russia	Bologoye, Borovichi, Ostashkov, Tver, Velikie Luki, Veliky Novgorod, Zelenograd (Kryukovo)

Suburban destinations

Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Leningradsky station with stations and platforms of the Leningradsky suburban direction of Oktyabrskaya Railway, in particular, with the towns of Khimki, Zelenograd (Krukovo), Solnechnogorsk (Podsolnechnaya), Klin, Konakovo, and Tver.

Gallery

• 
  Historical view of the station (1900)
• 
  View from Komsomolskaya (Koltsevaya Line) metro station
• 
  Leningradsky railway station in Moscow after reconstruction

External links

• Leningradsky station Official site Template:Ru icon