Platforms 6 Station code 060073 Opened 1862 Owner Russian Railways | Tracks 10 Fare zone 0 Phone +7 800 775-00-00 | |
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Location Russia, Moscow, Komsomolskaya Square, 3 Connections Moscow Metro stations:
1 Komsomolskaya
5 Komsomolskaya Address Komsomolskaya pl., 5/43, Moskva, Russia, 107140 Architects Konstantin Thon, Fyodor Schechtel, Lev Kekushev Similar Moscow Kazanskaya railway st, Moscow Kurskaya railway st, Moscow Smolenskaya railway st, Komsomolskaya Square, Moscow Rizhskaya railway st | ||
Moscow-Passazhirskaya (Russian: Москва-Главная-Пассажирская) also known as Leningradsky railway station (Russian: Ленинградский вокзал, Leningradsky vokzal) is the oldest of Moscow's nine railway terminals. Situated on Komsomolskaya Square, the station serves North-Western directions, notably Saint Petersburg. International services from the station include Tallinn, Estonia, operated by GoRail, and Helsinki, Finland.
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It is the only Moscow railway terminal operated by October Railway rather than Moscow Railway.
History
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. 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 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 Palazzo Senatorio 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.
"Firmenny" long distance from Moscow
There are also numerous ordinary long range trains to these directions.
High-speed rail
High-speed commuter rail Since 1 October 2015 Siemens Desiro RUS high speed commuter trains operating on Moscow-Tver and Moscow-Kryukovo(Zelenograd) routes. The major stops on the route are:Khimki, Kryukovo(Zelenograd), Podsolnechnaya(Solnechnogorsk) and Klin.
Suburban destinations
Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Leningradsky station with stations and platforms of the Leningradsky suburban direction of Oktyabrskaya Railway, in particular, with the towns of Khimki, Zelenograd (Krukovo), Solnechnogorsk (Podsolnechnaya), Klin, Konakovo, and Tver.