Primorskaya Line

The Primorskaya line was the second line constructed by the Primorskaya railway, near St. Petersburg, Russia. It is now part of the Oktyabrskaya Railway and was electrified in 1952.

Primorskaya line Russian: Приморская линия
Line first stage - terminal station "Lahta"
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	Commuter cargo and passenger railroad
Status	Local
Locale	St. Petersburg, Russia
Termini	Primorsky Rail Terminal, Primorsky - goods, from 1924 - Novaya Derevnya after 1894 - Lakhta
Stations	5
Services	Primorsky Rail Terminal - Lakhta, from 1924 - Novaya Derevnya - Ozerki
Operation
Opened	1894[1]
Closed	1924
Technical
Line length	35.1 km (21.81 mi)
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map 35.1 Dyuny 34.1 Shkolnaya 33.3 Saint Petersburg – Sestroretsk – Beloostrov to Beloostrov 33.1 Zavodskaya sestra crossover Planned ferry line Miller's pier Gulf of Finland 32.7 Kurort 31.4 Sestroretsky Kyrort 31.3 Trackside 31.2 Miller's line to former Sestroretsk station 31.1 Yermolovsky prospect Sestroretsk 31.0 Yermolovskaya 30.7 Sestroretsk armory 30.2 Voskov street Sestroretsk Dubki horse-iron road (1847-bf 1870) Dubkovsky pier – Sestroretsk armory 35.1 Sestroretsk 29.7 Liteyny bridge Vodoslivnoy channel Saint Petersburg – Vyborg 29.4 Sestroretsky crossover M10 33.3 Razliv 26.5 Tarkhovka 26.3 Tarkhovskaya street Tarkhovka 26.1 Alexandrovskaya 24.0 Gorskaya 23.9 Gorskaya road interchange KAD 22.1 Kaupilovo 21.1 Aerodromnaya street to Gorskaya 23.3 Export goods for SPb Dam 23.3 Lisy Nos, before 1928 to Kronstadt b. 1928 Gulf of Finland 20.3 Lisy Nos 18.8 Morskaya to North-West Thermal Power Plant 15.2 Olgino 15.1 Konnolakhtinsky prospect Olgino 17.1 Lakhta (before 1894) 12.1 Granichnaya street Lakhta 200-metre pile bridge 1894–1924 10.5 Lakhtinsky crossover built 1925f over Lakhtinsky Razliv Shunting loop Dum (built 1894) later Yakhtennaya station (built 1980s) 8.0 Shunting loop 2 verst (built 1894) 6.6 Planerny crossover Planernaya st. Kirovskaya Small October railway 5,4 Staraya Derevnya 5.3 Torfyanaya doroga 4.4 Serebryakov pereulok 3.5 Akademik Shimansky street 1.3 Chyornaya rechka crossover 1.0 Novaya Derevnya Severny factory 0.8 Ozerki line to Ozerki, Kolomuagi, Skachki Tovarnaya line to Serdobolsky, Flyugov post, Finland Station SPb – Sestroretsk – Beloostrov to Flyugov post, Finland Station, Lanskaya Chyornaya Rechka 0.6 Kolomyajskу bridge Primorsky - Goods (1904-1924) 0.0 Primorsky (1823-1924) to Summer Garden (Neva) Distances in kilometers Railway line consists of single-track line tracksides

History

Its first stage was opened on July 12, 1894 - the line reached Lakhta. Second stage was opened on October 31, 1894; the railway left on coast of Gulf of Finland opposite to island Kotlin and was integrated with a steamship line. Later, November 26, the same year, the third turn of a railroad line was opened. The line reached a final point - the cities of Sestroretsk[1]

Stages of Primorskaya line

#	Opened	Stations
1	July 12, 1894	Novaya derevnya - Shunting loop 2 verst - Shunting loop Dum - Lakhta
2	October 31, 1894	Lakhta - RazdelnayaRazdelnaya - Lisy Nos
3	November 26, 1894	Lakhta - Kaupilovo - Gorskaya - Sestroretsk

Route

Only major stations are shown.

• Primorsky, 0 km
• Lakhta, 17.1 km
• Lisy Nos, 20.3 km
• Kaupilovo, 22.1 km
• Gorskaya, 24.0 km
• Tarkhovka, 26.5 km
• Sestroretsk, 35.1 km

References

1. Chepurin, Sergey; Arkady Nikolayenko (May 2007). "Sestroretsk and Primorskaya railways(Сестрорецкая и Приморская железные дороги)" (in Russian). http://terijoki.spb.ru/trk_about.php3. Retrieved 2009-02-21. External link in |publisher= (help)

1888 map of Neva Bay. Kotlin end Lisy Nos is depicted in the upper left corner