Lanskaya

Ланская
Lanskaya railway platform
General information
Location3, Serdobolskaya street
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Coordinates59°59′38″N 30°19′38″E / 59.99389°N 30.32722°E / 59.99389; 30.32722
Owned byRussian Railways
Operated byOctober Railway
Line(s)Saint Petersburg Railway Division
Platforms2
Tracks4
Other information
Station code03821
Fare zone1
History
Opened1869[1]
Rebuilt1910
Electrified1951[2]
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station
Udelnaya
towards Riihimäki
 Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg–Finlyandsky
Terminus
Novaya Derevnya
towards Beloostrov
 Saint Petersburg–Beloostrov
Former services
Preceding station October Railway Following station
Novaya Derevnya
towards Beloostrov
 Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky–Beloostrov through Sestroretsk Flyugov post
towards Saint Petersburg–Finlyandsky
Location

Lanskaya railway station (Russian: Ланская железнодорожная станция) is a railway station in St. Petersburg, Russia located between Serdobolskaya street and Bolshoi Sampsonievsky street. It was named after the historical district of Saint Petersburg.

History

The first wooden station building was constructed in 1869[1] by architect Wolmar Westling.[3][4] The first train has solemnly proceeded through it on July 3 [O.S. June 22] 1869.[5] 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 [O.S. August 30] 1870.[6]

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 the 20th century; an architectural style also known as a Romantic nationalism. The annexe leant to a high railway embankment, it looks extremely ascetical. The window openings are whimsically scattered on the exterior surface of the walls, and reflect the internal structure of the building.[7]

The station during the Soviet period

The Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky–Vyborg line and Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky–Beloostrov through Sestroretsk line continued to work by steam power after the revolution up to World War II. The first work on electrification at this site began in 1950.[8]

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's part of Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky–Vyborg line). At the station, new platforms have been constructed and the length of trains has increased.[2] The track in the direction of Finlyandsky Rail Terminal and Udelnaya station has also been electrified.

On 4 August 1951, at 1 hour and thirty minutes after midnight the electric power was switched on to the network of the first electrified line in the Karelian Isthmus area between Leningrad and Zelenogorsk. At 1 hour 50 minutes, a trial trip of the first electric train set off en route in the direction of Arsenyev N. A. The first passengers travelled on the electric train during the day, conducted by train driver-instructor Romanov A. N. Regular services also started on the same day.[8]

In 1952, the Lansky–Sestroretsk–Beloostrov line (now it is named Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky–Beloostrov through Sestroretsk line) was electrified.[2] On the day of 1 June 1952, the first trial of an electric train went through Lanskaya and Sestroretsk to Beloostrov, and on the same day, from the morning onwards regular services began.[8]

The time of electrification of the line connecting Lanskaya to Кushelevka is not known, but as of 2000, it too was electrified, as well as all tracks at the station.

Probably, in 1951 at the station there was a railway failure.[9] The probability of this event is indirectly confirmed by the law edition the same year.[10]

Today

The station underwent major repairs in 2003. Work was done on the building of the station and on a platform. The enormous wood furnace which was in a corner of a waiting hall for almost a century was dismantled at this time.[11]

Landmarks near to Lanskaya station

  • Near the station there was Lenin's museum in his last safe house apartment used before the revolution of October 25 (November 7), 1917. It was from this apartment that he left on foot to chair the revolution headquarters in downtown Smolny. The museum was mentioned in the computer game "Revolutionary quest" (2004).
  • In January 1941 building, began of the Saint Petersburg Metro. Somewhere around the Lansky railway station it was planned to construct a terminal station for the Line 1 of Saint Petersburg Metro.[12]
  • Opposite a platform, there is Lanskaya electric substation.

Notable events

The station is in the memoirs of famous people:

Route maps

Lanskaya station civil engineering works
km
to Udelnaya
1869
5.9
to Novaya Derevnya enlarge…
1926
5.5
Lansky station overpass
over Lanskoe Highway
1869
5.3
 Lanskaya substation
1950
Serdobolskaya street
5.1
 Lansky station overpass
1869
5.0
change of mileage
4.9
 Lanskaya station
1869
Bolshoy Sampsonievsky prospect
Institutsky prospect
4.6
 Four bridges on three lines
1869
to Kushelevka
0.0
Finland Station
km

References

  1. 1 2 Railway stations of the USSR (Железнодорожные станции СССР) (in Russian). Book of reference. Moscow: Transportation. 1981.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "Chronology of input of sites (Хронология ввода участков)". Ortyabrskaya Mafistral (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: ZAO Publishing House "OM-Express" (# 109 (13989)). 3 December 2005. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  3. ↑ Koreshonkov, Oleg (April 28, 2006). "Railways of Karelian isthmus (Железные дороги Карельского перешейка)" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 February 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ See article about Wolmar Westling in funnish
  5. ↑ "Rajajoki. Забытая станция :: Геокэшинг". The Illustrated Newspaper (in Russian) (# 32): 97. 1869. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  6. ↑ Alexeyeva, Olga. "Finnish rail with the Russian track". New East. Saint Petersburg: Technology Centre. Archived from the original on April 26, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
  7. ↑ Kobak, A. V. (1998). "Ensemble behind electric train windows (Ансамбль за окнами электрички)" (in Russian) (# 1). Leningrad: Leningadskaya panorama: 34–35. Retrieved 13 February 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. 1 2 3 Penin, Alexander. "Sequence of electrification of sites of railways of Karelian isthmus (Последовательность электрификации участков железных дорог Карельского перешейка)" (in Russian). www.perecheek.narod.ru. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  9. ↑ "Leningrad. Part I. 1948-1964 (Ленинград Часть 1. 1948–1964)". www.dzd-ussr.ru/ (in Russian). Saint-peterburgs Children's railway. 7 August 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  10. ↑ Government of the Soviet Union (25 June 1951). About unsuccessful position with traffic safety of trains and measures on discipline strengthening on a railway transportation (О неблагополучном положении с безопасностью движения поездов и мерах по укреплению дисциплины на железнодорожном транспорте).
  11. ↑ Kosmachev, N. (5 April 2003). "Let joy be lighter (Пусть радость будет светлей)". Ortyabrskaya Mafistral (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: ZAO Publishing House "OM-Express" (# 63 (13490)). Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  12. ↑ Baskakov, A. M.; etc (1995). Underground of Leningrad of history Page (Метрополитен Ленинграда. Страницы истории) (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: joint-stock company "Ivan Fedorov".
  13. ↑ Dubovitsky, F. I. (22 February 2007). "# 4, 5, 6, 7". And it is lived it is a lot of... (А прожито немало) (in Russian). Moscow Oblast: Chernogolovsky newspaper. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  14. ↑ Nikulin, Yuri (1998). Почти серьёзно... [Almost seriously...]. My 20th Century (in Russian). Moscow: Vagrius. ISBN 978-5-7027-0732-7.
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