Leningradsky Rail Terminal
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Leningradsky Rail Terminal ( _ru. Ленинградский вокзал, "Leningradsky vokzal") is the oldest of Moscow's nine principal railway stations. Situated on Three Station Square, the station serves north-western directions, notably Saint Petersburg. International services from the station include Tallinn, Estonia, operated by GO Rail, and Helsinki, Finland.
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. Upon the Emperor's death five years later, the station was named Nikolayevsky after him and retained this name until 1924, when the Bolsheviks renamed it Oktyabrsky Station, to commemorate the October Revolution. The present name was given a year later when the city of Petrograd became Leningrad.
Thon's design follows closely that of the station's counterpart in St. Petersburg. The monotonous regularity of rustication and pilasters is enlivened with Italianate details (ground floor windows strongly reminiscent of the Palazzo Rucellai) and an elegant clocktower at the centre (probably inspired by the ). 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.
External links
* [http://rzd.ru/vauxhall/en/index.html Virtual tour to Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky and Kazansky train station]
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