Railway Stations in Saint Petersburg Railway Division - Lanskaya (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 221. Not illustrated. Chapters: Lanskaya. Excerpt: Lanskaya - Lanskaya station-house VyborgDistances in kilometersThe first wooden station building was constructed in 1869 by architect Wolmar Westling. The first train has solemnly proceeded through it on July 3 1869. It has been located a little in the heart of building and before it there was a place for transport. The facilities is located to the address 3, Serdobolskaya street. Through movement on all extent of a line between two capitals was opened personally by emperor Alexander II September 12 1870. The station building was rebuilt in stone in 1910 by architect Bruno Granholm as a four-storeyed building, which was designed in the rational branch of the new style of architecture at the beginning of XX century; an architectural style also known as a Romantic nationalism. The annexe leant to a high railway embankment, it looks extremely ascetically. According to architectural critics, its expressiveness is obtained by strict geometry of volumes, and presents a picturesque-asymmetric silhouette and a rhythm of window. The window openings are whimsically scattered on the exterior surface of the walls, and reflect the internal structure of the building. The Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky-Vyborg line and Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky-Beloostrov through Sestroretsk line continued be worked by steam power after the revolution up to World War II. The first work on electrification at this site began in 1950. In the early 1950s, the Lanskaya electric substation was built behind the station. Electrification of the railway began in the direction of Leningrad to Zelenogorsk in 1951. (now it is a part of Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky-Vyborg line) At station new platforms have been constructed and the length of trains has increased. The track in the direction of Finlyandsky Rail Terminal and U...