Kiyevsky Rail Terminal (Moscow)

Russia / Moscow / Moscow / ploshchad Kiyevskogo Vokzala, 1
 Neoclassical (architecture), 1899_construction, object of cultural heritage of federal importance (Russia), head house (train station)
The Kiyevsky Rail Terminal is the only railway station in Moscow to have a frontage on the Moskva River. As the name suggests there are regular services to Kiev as well as Belgrade, Zagreb, Istanbul, Bucharest, Sofia, Athens, Budapest, Prague, Vienna and Rome. The terminal is served by the Kievskaya-Koltsevaya, Kievskaya (Filyovskaya) and Kievskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya) stations of Moscow Metro. The station was built between 1914 and 1918 in the Byzantine Revival style pronounced in the 51 meter high clocktower. Orginially named the Bryansk Rail Terminal, it was designed by Ivan Rerberg and Vladimir Shukhov, it is considered an important landmark of architecture and engineering of the time.

The station's building is flanked by a gigantic landing platform which is distinguished by its simplicity and constructive boldness. The platforms are covered by a massive glassed arch structures of 321 metres long and 47.9 metres wide with a height 30 meters, weight of the structures is over 1250 ton in the form of a parabola. Open-work steel trusses are clearly visible, and they demonstrate the elegance of the grandiose building.

In this building

  1. Башня Киевского вокзала
  2. Above-ground pavilion of Kiyevskaya metro station (Circle and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya lines)
  3. Памятная доска В. И. Ленину
  4. Кафе «Бёргер-Стейк»
  5. Кафе быстрого обслуживания «Крошка Картошка»
  6. Кафе «Экспресс»
  7. Гостиница «ГородОтель на Киевском» 3*
  8. Памятная доска
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyevsky_Rail_Terminal
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Coordinates:   55°44'34"N   37°33'56"E

Comments

  • Trains from Odessa arrive here.