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Primorskaya Line

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Type
  
Heavy rail

Locale
  
St. Petersburg, Russia

Status
  
Local

Stations
  
5

Primorskaya Line

System
  
Commuter cargo and passenger railroad

Termini
  
Primorsky Rail Terminal, Primorsky - goods, from 1924 - Novaya Derevnya after 1894 - Lakhta

The Primorskaya line was the second line constructed by the Primorskaya railway, near St. Petersburg, Russia. It is now part of the Oktyabrskaya Railway and was electrified in 1952.

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History

Its first stage was opened on July 12, 1894 - the line reached Lakhta. Second stage was opened on October 31, 1894; the railway left on coast of Gulf of Finland opposite to island Kotlin and was integrated with a steamship line. Later, November 26, the same year, the third turn of a railroad line was opened. The line reached a final point - the cities of Sestroretsk

Route

Only major stations are shown.

  • Primorsky, 0 km
  • Lakhta, 17.1 km
  • Lisy Nos, 20.3 km
  • Kaupilovo, 22.1 km
  • Gorskaya, 24.0 km
  • Tarkhovka, 26.5 km
  • Sestroretsk, 35.1 km
  • References

    Primorskaya Line Wikipedia