Line(s) Kiev Line Fare zone 0 Phone +7 800 775-00-00 Platforms in use 11 | Station code 198103 Opened 1918 Connection Kiyevskaya Tracks 12 | |
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Location Kiyevskogo Vokzala square, Moscow
Russia Connections Moscow Metro stations:
3 Kiyevskaya
4 Kiyevskaya
5 Kiyevskaya Address Kiyevsky Station Square, 1, Moskva, Russia, 121059 Architects Vladimir Shukhov, Ivan Rerberg Similar Kiyevskaya, Moscow Smolenskaya railway st, Moscow Paveletskaya railway st, Moscow Kazanskaya railway st, Moscow Kurskaya railway st | ||
Moscow kiyevskaya railway station
Kiyevsky railway terminal (Russian: Ки́евский вокза́л, Kievskiy vokzal) also known as Moscow Kiyevskaya railway station (Russian: Москва́-Ки́евская, Moskva-Kievskaya) is one of the nine railway terminals of Moscow, Russia. It is the only railway station in Moscow to have a frontage on the Moskva River. The station is located at the Square of Europe, in the beginning of Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya Street in Dorogomilovo District of Moscow.
Contents
- Moscow kiyevskaya railway station
- History and design
- Suburban destinations
- Airport connections
- References
As the name suggests there are regular services to Kiev as well as Belgrade, Zagreb, Varna, Bucharest, Sofia, Niš, Budapest, Prague, Vienna and Venice. A hub of the Moscow Metro is located nearby.
History and design
The station was built between 1914 and 1918 in the Byzantine Revival style pronounced in the 51 m (167 ft) high clocktower. Originally named the Bryansk station, it was designed by Ivan Rerberg and Vladimir Shukhov, it is considered an important landmark of architecture and engineering of the time.
The station's building is flanked by a gigantic landing platform which is distinguished by its simplicity and constructive boldness. The platforms are covered by a massive glassed arch structures (length 321 metres (1,053 ft), width 47.9 metres (157 ft), height 30 m (98 ft), weight of the structures is over 1250 ton) in the form of a parabola. Open-work steel trusses are clearly visible, and they demonstrate the elegance of the grandiose building.
Suburban destinations
Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Kiyevsky station with stations and platforms of the Kiyevsky suburban direction of Moscow Railway, in particular, with the towns of Aprelevka, Naro-Fominsk (Nara), Balabanovo, Obninsk, Maloyaroslavets, and Kaluga.
Airport connections
Kiyevsky station is connected to Vnukovo International Airport by Aeroexpress trains, which are not operated by Russian Railways though they use the same tracks.