Moscow Leningradsky railway station

For other uses, see Leningradsky (disambiguation).

For other uses, see Nikolayevsky (disambiguation).

Moscow Leningradsky railway station (IATA: ZKD) (Russian: Ленинградский вокзал, Leningradsky vokzal) is the oldest of Moscow's nine railway terminals.^[1][2][3] 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. It is the only Moscow railway terminal operated by October Railway rather than Moscow Railway.

Moscow–Leningradsky Москва–Ленинградская
October Railway terminal
View from Komsomolskaya Square.
General information
Other names	Moscow Passazhirskaya
Location	Komsomolskaya Square, 3, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates	55.776111°N 37.655278°E / 55.776111; 37.655278
Owned by	Russian Railways
Operated by	October Railway
Line(s)	Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway
Platforms	6
Tracks	10
Connections	Moscow Metro stations: Komsomolskaya Komsomolskaya Tram: 7, 13, 37, 50 Bus: 40, 122, А Trolleybus: 14, 41
Other information
Station code	060073
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1851
Rebuilt	1903, 1977
Previous names	Peterburgsky, Nikolaevsky, Oktyabrsky
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station Rizhskaya towards Tver Leningradsky Suburban Terminus Tver towards St. Petersburg–Glavny Sapsan
Location Moscow–Leningradsky Location within Moscow Ring Road

History

Leningradsky railway station at night

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 in 1937.^[4]

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.

Destinations

Long distance from Moscow

Train number	Train name	Destination	Operated by
001/002	Krasnaya Strela (rus: Красная стрела)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
003/004	Express (rus: Экспресс)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
005/006	Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
007/008	Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
009/010	Pskov (rus: Псков)	Pskov	Russian Railways
011/012	Alexander Nevsky (rus: Александр Невский)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
015/016	Arktika (rus: Арктика)	Murmansk	Russian Railways
017/018	Karelia (rus: Карелия)	Petrozavodsk	Russian Railways
019/020	Megapolis (rus: Мегаполис)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Tverskoy Express
025/026	Smena/A. Betankur (rus: Смена/А. Бетанкур)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
027/028	Severnaya Palmira (rus: Северная Пальмира)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
037/038	Afanasiy Nikitin (rus: Афанасий Никитин)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
053/054	Grand Express (rus: Гранд Экспресс)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Grand Service Express
063/064	Dve Stolitsy (rus: Две Столицы)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
747/748	Nevsky express (rus: Невский Экспресс)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways
725Ч/726Ч	Lastochka (rus: Ласточка)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways

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

High-speed rail

Train number	Train name	Destination	Operated by
751/752[5] 753/754 755/756 757/758 759/760 761/762 763/764 765/766 767/768 769/770 771/772 773/774 775/776 777/778 779/780 781/782	Sapsan (rus: Сапсан)	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky)	Russian Railways

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.

Other destinations

Country	Destinations
Russia	Bologoye, Borovichi, Ostashkov, Tver, Velikie Luki, Veliky Novgorod, Zelenograd (Kryukovo)

Suburban destinations

Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Leningradsky station with stations and platforms of the Leningradsky suburban railway line, in particular, with the towns of Khimki, Zelenograd (Kryukovo), Solnechnogorsk (Podsolnechnaya), Klin, Konakovo, and Tver.

Gallery

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  The platform of the Leningrad station in 2010.
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  Express Moscow—St. Petersburg Sapsan at the Leningradsky Railway Station
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  Electric train Lastochka (eng. Swallow) ES2G-016 Moscow-Tver at the Leningradsky railway station
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  Overnight sleeper train "Red Arrow" at the Leningrad station in Moscow
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  Historical view of the station (1900)
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  View from Komsomolskaya (Koltsevaya Line) metro station
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  Leningradsky railway station after reconstruction
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  Aliexpress pavilion at the Leningrad station