Baltic Railway Station (Saint Petersburg)
| Baltic train station | |
|---|---|
|
|
| Data | |
| Design | Terminus |
| Platform tracks | 7th |
| opening | 1857 |
| Architectural data | |
| architect | Alexander Krakow |
| location | |
| City / municipality | St. Petersburg |
| Place / district | Admiralty |
| City with subject status | St. Petersburg |
| Country | Russia |
| Coordinates | 59 ° 54 '26 " N , 30 ° 17' 56" E |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Russia | |
The Baltic Railway Station ( Russian Санкт-Петербург-Балтийский / Sankt-Peterburg-Baltijski or Балти́йский вокза́л / Baltijski woksal ) is a passenger railway station in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg . It was built in 1855 and is one of the five (four of which are in operation) terminal stations in the city.
history
The station was built in the course of the relocation of the railway line from Saint Petersburg to Peterhof in the 1850s. Originally called Peterhofer Bahnhof , it was conceived as the St. Petersburg terminus of the line and completed between 1855 and 1858, with train handling starting from here in July 1857. The reception building, which has been preserved to this day and is used as such, was also built in 1855–1858 based on a design by the architect Alexander Krakow . The two-winged building was stylistically based on the classicist St. Petersburg city center. The left side wing was originally built specifically for use by the royal family .
The station got its current name in 1872 after the Peterhofer Railway was bought by the Baltic Railway and connected via Krasnoye Selo and Gatchina with their line to Reval (now Tallinn ), which opened in 1870 .
Major modifications to the station were made in the 1930s and 1950s. Since 1933, only local trains and no long-distance trains have been handled by the Baltic station. 1955 at the opening of Saint Petersburg Metro the left wing of the station building to the entrance vestibule of the subway station Baltiyskaya expanded, which the symmetry of the facade has impaired. At the beginning of the 2000s, the station was renovated again.
Todays use
Today the station is almost exclusively served by regional trains (so-called Elektritschkas ), which use the railway line towards the Estonian border. Well-known destinations from the Baltic train station include, in addition to Peterhof, Ivangorod , Gatchina and Kingissepp . The only express train connection is to Luga, 165 km south .
Web links
- Brief description (russ.)
- http://www.vokzaly.ru/index.php?id=16 (russ.)
