Moskovsky Rail Terminal (Saint Petersburg)
Russia /
Sankt Petersburg /
Saint Petersburg /
Nevsky prospekt, 85 А
World
/ Russia
/ Sankt Petersburg
/ Saint Petersburg
, 5 km from center (Санкт-Петербург)
World / Russia / Leningrad
1850s construction, 1967_construction, head house (train station)
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.
The oldest preserved station in the city, it was erected in 1844-51 to a design by Konstantin Thon. 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. 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. A bronze bust of Peter the Great in the main vestibule was unveiled in 1993, replacing a bust of Lenin. 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.
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The oldest preserved station in the city, it was erected in 1844-51 to a design by Konstantin Thon. 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. 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. A bronze bust of Peter the Great in the main vestibule was unveiled in 1993, replacing a bust of Lenin. 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.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskovsky_railway_station_(Saint_Petersburg)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 59°55'45"N 30°21'43"E
- Vitebsky Rail Terminal 2.1 km
- Finlyandsky Rail Terminal 3.1 km
- Ladozhsky Rail Terminal 4.3 km
- Baltiysky Rail Terminal 4.3 km
- Terminal of railway station Obukhovo and indoor pedestrian crossing over the railroad tracks 10 km
- Railway Station 227 km
- Pskov Railway Station 263 km
- Helsinki Central railway station 302 km
- Keila Railway Station 342 km
- Jelgava railroad station head building 533 km
- Staro-Nevsky prospect 0.7 km
- Sankt-Peterburg Glavny railway station 0.8 km
- Tsentralny District 0.8 km
- Peski (historical area) 1 km
- Vladimirsky Municipal Okrug 1.1 km
- Ligovka-Yamskaya Municipal Okrug 1.1 km
- Liteyny Municipal Okrug 1.6 km
- Smolninskoye Municipal Okrug 1.7 km
- Bezymyanny island 1.8 km
- Nevsky District 8.6 km