Moscow Leningradsky railway station
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Moscow Leningradsky Ленинградский вокзал | |||||||||||||||
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October Railway terminal | |||||||||||||||
View from Komsomolskaya Square. | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Other names | Moscow Passazhirskaya | ||||||||||||||
Location | Komsomolskaya Square, 3, Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 55°46′34″N 37°39′19″E / 55.776111°N 37.655278°E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Russian Railways | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | October Railway | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Connections |
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 | ||||||||||||||
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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.[1][2][3] 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
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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 in 1937.[4]
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
[edit]Long distance from Moscow
[edit]Train number | Train name | Destination | Operated by |
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001/002 | Krasnaya Strela (rus: Красная стрела) | ![]() | ![]() |
003/004 | Express (rus: Экспресс) | ![]() | ![]() |
005/006 | Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав) | ![]() | ![]() |
007/008 | Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав) | ![]() | ![]() |
009/010 | Pskov (rus: Псков) | ![]() | ![]() |
011/012 | Alexander Nevsky (rus: Александр Невский) | ![]() | ![]() |
015/016 | Arktika (rus: Арктика) | ![]() | ![]() |
017/018 | Karelia (rus: Карелия) | ![]() | ![]() |
019/020 | Megapolis (rus: Мегаполис) | ![]() | ![]() |
025/026 | Smena/A. Betankur (rus: Смена/А. Бетанкур) | ![]() | ![]() |
027/028 | Severnaya Palmira (rus: Северная Пальмира) | ![]() | ![]() |
037/038 | Afanasiy Nikitin (rus: Афанасий Никитин) | ![]() | ![]() |
053/054 | Grand Express (rus: Гранд Экспресс) | ![]() | ![]() |
063/064 | Dve Stolitsy (rus: Две Столицы) | ![]() | ![]() |
747/748 | Nevsky express (rus: Невский Экспресс) | ![]() | ![]() |
725Ч/726Ч | Lastochka (rus: Ласточка) | ![]() | ![]() |
There are also numerous ordinary long range trains to these directions.
High-speed rail
[edit]Train number | Train name | Destination | Operated by |
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751/752[5] 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) | ![]() | ![]() |
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
[edit]Country | Destinations |
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![]() | Bologoye, Borovichi, Ostashkov, Tver, Velikie Luki, Veliky Novgorod, Zelenograd (Kryukovo) |
Suburban destinations
[edit]Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Leningradsky station with stations and platforms of the Leningradsky suburban railway line, in particular, with the towns of Khimki, Zelenograd (Kryukovo), Solnechnogorsk (Podsolnechnaya), Klin, Konakovo, and Tver.
Gallery
[edit]- The platform of the Leningrad station in 2010.
- Express Moscow—St. Petersburg Sapsan at the Leningradsky Railway Station
- Overnight sleeper train "Red Arrow" at the Leningrad station in Moscow
- Historical view of the station (1900)
- View from Komsomolskaya (Koltsevaya Line) metro station
- Leningradsky railway station after reconstruction
- Aliexpress pavilion at the Leningrad station
References
[edit]- ^ Petukhova, Nina (2005). Ploshchadʹ trekh vokzalov : arkhitekturnai︠a︡ biografii︠a. Sankt-Peterburg: Ostrov. pp. 32–35. ISBN 5-94500-028-0. OCLC 61367000.
- ^ Vasʹkin, A. A. (2013). Moskva pri Romanovykh : k 400-letii︠u︡ t︠s︡arskoĭ dinastii Romanovykh. Moskva: Sputnik. ISBN 978-5-9973-2500-8. OCLC 861180654.
- ^ "Структурные подразделения". Дирекция железнодорожных вокзалов. 2018.
- ^ "Знаменитые исторические Здания — Узнай Москву".
- ^ "Russian Railways press release".
External links
[edit]- Leningradsky station Official site (in Russian)