Rizhsky railway station
The Riga Station (Russian Рижский вокзал / Rischski Vokzal ) is a terminal station in the Russian capital Moscow. It is located six kilometers north of the city center and is one of eight railway stations of the city.
General
The Riga train station is at the starting point of the railway line from Moscow to Riga, which is eponymous for the station. It is located just north of Moscow city center, right at the intersection of arterial road Prospekt Mira ( the out of town merges into the highway M8) with the Third Transport Ring. Near the station is the metro station Rischskaja the Kaluschsko - Rischskaja line, also stop at the Riga station several bus and trolley bus lines. Also near the station, the two regional train stops Rischskaja and Rschewskaja.
At present, the station has only a relatively minor importance as a transport hub. Rail networks exist only to Riga ( two pairs of trains a day) and after Welikije Luki ( a pair of trains daily). Public transport connections (so-called Elektritschki ) run from the Riga station in the western part of Moscow Oblast, so among other things according to Krasnogorsk, Istra, Volokolamsk and Shakhovskaya.
History
Today Riga railway station with its reception building and other facilities built in the years 1897-1901 together with the construction of the railway line that connected Moscow with the Russian North West and with Latvia. This route had a considerable economic importance, since it facilitated trade relations with Europe over the ice-free Baltic ports of Latvia, the Russian tsarist empire. Originally the railway line Moscow - Windauer railway and the newly built railway station was accordingly Windauer Station (Russian Виндавский вокзал ).
In the first few months after installation and commissioning of the over 1100 -kilometer railway line served a provisional station northwest of the city limits of passenger clearance. The final opening of the station was conducted with a formal opening ceremony on September 11, 1901 The station building survived until today and used as such, was the so-called neo-Russian (also: pseudo Russian ). Built architectural style, a style that for a number of Moscow buildings of the late 19th. century ( including about the GUM department store or the building of the Historical museum ) is typical. The facade of the station building is decorated with numerous ornaments, arched windows and domed towers that underline this style. The building was designed by the St. Petersburg city architect Stanislaw Brschosowski who had built in his city including the Vitebsk Station. Instrumental in the building was also the architect July Diderichs, who had already designed the concourse during the construction of Paveletsky station.
Beginning of the 20th century was the Windauer station one of the major railway stations of Moscow, which was connected from here with many areas in the northwest of the tsarist empire, including eg Warsaw, Vitebsk, and with today's Estonia and Finland. Throughout the century it was renamed several times: in 1930 in Baltic Station, 1942 in Rschewer station, and in 1946 he finally received its present name.