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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).
A twin train station, currently known as the Leningradsky railway station, was built to Thon's design at the other end of the railway, in Moscow. [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]
Petrovsko-Razumovskaya is a railway station on the Leningradskaya line of Oktyabrskaya Railway and prospective Line D3 of the Moscow Central Diameters in Moscow. According to the current plans, the station will be rebuilt. [1] [2] This station will also serve as a stopping point for Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway. [3]
The railway was a pet project of Pavel Melnikov (1804–1880), an engineer and administrator who supervised its construction and whose statue may be seen near the southern terminus, the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow. The idea of a railway connecting the two capitals gave rise to a prolonged controversy, with some reactionary officials ...
Leningradsky (masculine), Leningradskaya (feminine), or Leningradskoye (neuter) may refer to: Leningradsky District , name of several districts and city districts in Russia Leningradsky (inhabited locality) ( Leningradskaya , Leningradskoye ), name of several inhabited localities in Russia
The Leningradsky suburban railway line connects Moscow with the station in the northwest, in particular, with the towns of Khimki, Zelenograd, Solnechnogorsk, Klin, Konakovo, and Tver. The stations the direction serves are located in Moscow, in the towns of Khimki, Solnechnogorsk, and Klin in Moscow Oblast, and in Konakovsky and Kalininsky ...
Leningradsky Prospekt (Russian: Ленингра́дский проспе́кт), or Leningrad Avenue, is a major arterial avenue in Moscow, Russia.It continues the path of Tverskaya Street and 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street north-west from Belorussky Rail Terminal, and changes the name once again to Leningradskoye Highway past the Sokol metro station.
Komsomolskaya Square, [a] known as Kalanchyovskaya [b] before 1932, is a square in Moscow, with a blend of revivalist Tsarist and Stalinist architecture.It is informally referred to as Three Station Square [c] after the three rail termini situated there: Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky, and Kazansky.