Moscow Leningradsky railway station

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.

Leningradsky railway terminal
October Railway terminal
Other namesMoscow Passazhirskaya
LocationKomsomolskaya Square, 3, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates55.776111°N 37.655278°E / 55.776111; 37.655278
Operated byOctober Railway
Line(s)Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway
Platforms6
Tracks10
Connections

Tram: 7, 13, 37, 50;

Bus: 40, 122, А;

Trolleybus: 14, 41;
Other information
Station code060073
Fare zone0
History
Opened1851
Rebuilt1903, 1977
Previous namesPeterburgsky, Nikolaevsky, Oktyabrsky
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station
Rizhskaya
towards Tver
 Leningradsky Suburban Terminus
Tver
towards Saint Petersburg–Glavny
 Sapsan
Location
Leningradsky railway terminal
Location within Moscow Ring Road

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

History
Leningradsky railway station at night

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

Long distance from Moscow
Train numberTrain nameDestinationOperated by
001/002Krasnaya Strela (rus: Красная стрела) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
003/004Express (rus: Экспресс) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
005/006Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
007/008 Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
009/010Pskov (rus: Псков) Pskov Russian Railways
011/012Alexander Nevsky (rus: Александр Невский) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
015/016Arktika (rus: Арктика) Murmansk Russian Railways
017/018Karelia (rus: Карелия) Petrozavodsk Russian Railways
019/020Megapolis (rus: Мегаполис) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Tverskoy Express
025/026Smena/A. Betankur (rus: Смена/А. Бетанкур) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
027/028Severnaya Palmira (rus: Северная Пальмира) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
031/032Lev Tolstoy (rus: Лев Толстой) Helsinki (Central) Russian Railways
033/034Baltic Express (est: Balti Express) Tallinn (Balti jaam) Russian Railways[5]
037/038Afanasiy Nikitin (rus: Афанасий Никитин) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
053/054Grand Express (rus: Гранд Экспресс) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Grand Service Express
063/064Dve Stolitsy (rus: Две Столицы) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
747/748 Nevsky express (rus: Невский Экспресс) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
725Ч/726Ч Lastochka (rus: Ласточка) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) Russian Railways

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

High-speed rail
Train numberTrain nameDestinationOperated by
751/752[6]
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
CountryDestinations
RussiaBologoye, 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 railway line, in particular, with the towns of Khimki, Zelenograd (Kryukovo), Solnechnogorsk (Podsolnechnaya), Klin, Konakovo, and Tver.

  • The platform of the Leningrad station in 2010.
  • Express Moscow—St. Petersburg Sapsan at the Leningradsky Railway Station
  • Electric train Lastochka (eng. Swallow) ES2G-016 Moscow-Tver 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 in Moscow after reconstruction

References
  1. Петухова 2005.
  2. Васькин 2013.
  3. "Структурные подразделения". Дирекция железнодорожных вокзалов. 2018.
  5. http://www.mskagency.ru/materials/2468623
  6. "Russian Railways press release".
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