Baltiysky railway station

The Baltic Station (Russian Балтийский вокзал / Baltijski Vokzal ) is a passenger station in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. It was built in 1855 and is one of five (four in operation ) terminal stations in the city.

History

The station was founded during the laying of the railway line from St. Petersburg to Peterhof in the 1850s. Originally therefore called Peter Hofer station, he was conceived as the Petersburg terminus of the route until 1858 and completed in 1855, the train dispatching was taken from here in July 1857. The station building survived until today and used as such, was also born 1855-1858 according to a design by the architect Alexander Krakow. The two -winged building was stylistically inspired by the classical embossed Petersburg city center. The left wing was originally built specifically for use by the royal family.

1872 was the station its present name after the Peter Hofer railroad purchased from the Baltic Railway and Krasnoje Selo and Gatchina with their 1870 eröffneter route to Reval (now Tallinn) was connected.

Larger modifications of the station were made in the 1930s and 1950s. Since 1933 the Baltic station only local trains and long distance trains no longer be handled. In 1955, at the opening of the Saint Petersburg Metro, the left wing of the station building extends to the entrance vestibule of the metro station Baltiyskaya, which has affected the symmetry of the facade. The early 2000s, the station was renovated again.

Current usage

Today the station almost exclusively by regional trains ( so-called Elektritschkas ) is operated, the travel on the railway line towards the border with Estonia. Well-known travel destinations from the Baltic railway station are next to Peterhof, among other Iwangorod, Gatchina and Kingissepp. The only high-speed railway is 165 km to the south to Luga.