Vyborg (russian: Вы́борг; fi, Viipurin rautatieasema) is a railway station, located in the town of

Vyborg Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus n ...

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. The first wooden station building was built in 1870. The second station building was built in 1913 but was destroyed in the

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. The current station building was built in the

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History

First and second buildings

The first station building in Vyborg, presumed to have been designed by either Knut Nylander or Wolmar Westling, was completed in 1870 and was deemed a class I station along the

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. The second station was designed by Finnish architects

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and

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. The

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station building was built in 1913 by Finnish State Railways, now known as

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, but was destroyed as retreating Soviet troops blew it up in the

in 1941. The original building bore a close resemblance to Eliel Saarinen's other famous work, the

Helsinki Central railway station Helsinki Central Station ( fi, Helsingin päärautatieasema, sv, Helsingfors centralstation) ( HEC) is the main station for commuter rail and long-distance trains departing from Helsinki, Finland. The station is used by approximately 400,000 peo ...

. In the tradition of a pair of male human figures on each side of the main entrance of the Helsinki Central station, the Vyborg station had a statue of a bear standing on a pedestal on each side of the main entrance. Virtual model of old Viipuri railway station as it was in Finland 1939 was rendered 2007–2009. It is possible to see in Virtual Viipuri-project.

Modern building

The modern station building, built in

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times, represents the typical Stalinist style. The station building has ticket sales, a

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, a magazine kiosk, a currency exchange office, and deposit boxes. From 2009 onward, the station has been served by

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–

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

high speed trains operated by Karelian Trains, a joint venture between

Russian Railways Russian Railways (russian: link=no, ОАО «Российские железные дороги» (ОАО «РЖД»), OAO Rossiyskie zheleznye dorogi (OAO RZhD)) is a Russian fully state-owned vertically integrated railway company, both manag ...

and VR (Finnish Railways).

Gallery

File:First vyborg railway station.jpg, The original wooden station building. File:Asematori-Viipuri.jpg, The station building in 1930s. File:Выборг. Вокзал.JPG, The modern station building was built in 1953. File:Выборг. Интерьер вокзала.JPG, Inside the modern Vyborg station building. Выборг. Электропоезда ЭД4М.JPG, Suburban trains on the platforms.

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