Moskovsky railway station (Saint Petersburg)

The Moscow Railway Station (Russian Московский вокзал ) of Saint Petersburg is one of the five main railway stations of the city and is a hub especially for remote connections to Moscow and in many other regions of Russia.

The train station and the reception building arose (also called Nikolai train, so was the railway station until 1917 Nikolai Station, Russian Николаевский вокзал ) in 1851 with the construction of the railway line St. Petersburg - Moscow. The building was designed by the renowned Russian- German architect Konstantin Thon, who also participates in the formation of the Moscow Endbahnhofes the track - (then Nikolai Station also ) of the present-day Leningrad railway station - was heavily involved. From 1917 to 1924, the station was named in honor of the October Revolution October Station (Russian Октябрьский вокзал ) before it received its present name.

Larger changes were made at the Moscow station building in the years 1950-1952 and 1967. In the 1950s, the station was linked to the then newly formed U- Bahn network. He is now over two metro stations, to directly reach Ploshchad Vosstania and Majakovskaya.

In addition to the long-distance trains also local trains, among other direction and Veliky Novgorod Volkhov be dispatched.