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Moscow–Leningradsky Москва–Ленинградская | |||||||||||||||
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 View fromKomsomolskaya Square. | |||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Moscow Passazhirskaya | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Komsomolskaya Square, 3,Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°46′34″N37°39′19″E / 55.776111°N 37.655278°E /55.776111; 37.655278 | ||||||||||||||
| System | October Railway terminal | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Russian Railways | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | October Railway | ||||||||||||||
| Line | Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 10 | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 060073 | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1851 | ||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1903, 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Peterburgsky, Nikolaevsky, Oktyabrsky | ||||||||||||||
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Moscow Leningradsky railway station (IATA:ZKD) (Russian:Ленинградский вокзал,Leningradsky vokzal) is the oldest ofMoscow's tenrailway terminals.[1][2][3] Situated onKomsomolskaya Square, the station serves north-western directions, notablySaint Petersburg. International services from the station includeTallinn,Estonia, operated byGoRail, andHelsinki,Finland. It is the only Moscow railway terminal operated byOctober Railway rather thanMoscow Railway.
The station was constructed between 1844 and 1851 to an eclectic design byKonstantin Thon as the terminus of theMoscow-Saint Petersburg Railway, a pet project ofEmperor 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 toOctober railway), to commemorate theOctober Revolution. The present name was given in 1937.[4]
Thon's design follows closely that ofthe station's counterpart inSt. Petersburg. The monotonous regularity of rustication andpilasters is enlivened withItalianate details (ground floor windows strongly reminiscent of thePalazzo Rucellai) and an elegant clocktower at the centre (probably inspired by thePalazzo 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.
There are also numerous ordinary long range trains to these directions.
| 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) |  St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) | Russian Railways |
High-speed commuter railSince 1 October 2015, Siemens Desiro RUS high speed commuter trains operating onMoscow-Tver andMoscow-Kryukovo (Zelenograd) routes. The major stops on the route are:Khimki,Kryukovo (Zelenograd),Podsolnechnaya (Solnechnogorsk) andKlin.
| Country | Destinations |
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| Russia | Bologoye,Borovichi,Ostashkov,Tver,Velikie Luki,Veliky Novgorod,Zelenograd (Kryukovo) |
Suburbancommuter trains (elektrichka) connect Leningradsky station with stations and platforms of theLeningradsky suburban railway line, in particular, with the towns ofKhimki,Zelenograd (Kryukovo),Solnechnogorsk (Podsolnechnaya),Klin,Konakovo, andTver.
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