St. Petersburg–Moskovsky Санкт-Петербург–Московский | ||||||||||||||||
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 View of the station fromVosstaniya Square | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 85,Nevsky av.,St. Petersburg Russia | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Russian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | October Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Line | Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 (5 island platforms) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 11 | |||||||||||||||
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| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Architect | Konstantin Thon | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 03181 | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1847 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1952, 1967, 1976 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1962 | |||||||||||||||
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St. Petersburg–Moskovsky (Russian:Санкт-Петербург–Московский), is a railway station terminal inSaint Petersburg,Russia. It is a terminus for theSaint Petersburg–Moscow Railway and other lines running from Central andSouth Russia andCrimea.
The oldest preserved station in the city, it was erected in 1844-51 to a design byKonstantin Thon.[1] AsNicholas 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 theOctober 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 ItalianRenaissance architecture, the building incorporates other features from a variety of periods and countries. A twin train station, currently known as theLeningradsky railway station, was built to Thon's design at the other end of the railway, inMoscow.[2][3]
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.[1] A bronze bust ofPeter the Great in the main vestibule was unveiled in 1993, replacing a bust of Lenin.[1] The station is served by theMayakovskaya andVosstaniya Square stations of theSaint Petersburg Metro, with both stations linked to the station building by an underground corridor.
| Train number | Train name | Destination | Operator(s) | Ref. |
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| 151/152 153/154 155/156 159/160 163/164 165/166 | Sapsan (rus:Сапсан) |  Moscow (Leningradsky) | Russian Railways | [4] |
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