Moscow Leningradsky railway station (, ''Leningradsky vokzal'') is the oldest of

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's nine

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s. Situated on Komsomolskaya Square, the station serves north-western directions, notably

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. International services from the station include

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, operated by GoRail, and

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. It is the only Moscow railway terminal operated by October Railway rather than

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History

The station was constructed between 1844 and 1851 to an eclectic design by

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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). 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 to October railway), to commemorate the

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. The present name was given in 1937. Thon's design follows closely that of the station's counterpart in St. Petersburg. The monotonous regularity of rustication and

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is enlivened with

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details (ground floor windows strongly reminiscent of the

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) and an elegant clocktower at the centre (probably inspired by the

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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.

Destinations

Long distance from Moscow

There are also numerous ordinary long range trains to these directions.

High-speed rail

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and

- Kryukovo (Zelenograd) routes. The major stops on the route are:

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, Kryukovo (Zelenograd), Podsolnechnaya (Solnechnogorsk) and

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Other destinations

Suburban destinations

Suburban

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s (''

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'') connect Leningradsky station with stations and platforms of the Leningradsky suburban railway line, in particular, with the towns of

, Zelenograd ( Kryukovo),

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( Podsolnechnaya),

, Konakovo, and

Gallery

Image:Leningradsky Station.jpg, The platform of the Leningrad station in 2010. Image:Express(Moscow-St.PeterBurg) - panoramio.jpg, Express Moscow—St. Petersburg

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at the Leningradsky Railway Station Image:ES2G-016 (Desiro RUS) Moscow-Tver at Leningradsky railway station 2016-07-30 002.jpg, Electric train Lastochka (eng. ''Swallow'') ES2G-016

at the Leningradsky railway station Image:Russian named passenger train "Krasnaya Strela". Moscow, Leningradskiy station.jpg, Overnight sleeper train " Red Arrow" at the Leningrad station in Moscow Image:Николаевский_вокзал2.jpg, Historical view of the station (1900) Image:Leningradterminal01.jpg, View from Komsomolskaya (Koltsevaya Line) metro station Image:Ленинградский зал 01.jpg, Leningradsky railway station after reconstruction Image:Aliexpress.jpg, Aliexpress pavilion at the Leningrad station

References

External links

Leningradsky station Official site
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