Moscow's Leningradsky railway station, previously also called Nikolaevsky (1855-1923) and Oktyabrsky (1923-1937), is a very large transport terminal of the Oktyabrskaya railway. It was opened back in 1849 and carries out passenger services. The "clients" of the Leningradsky railway station have 6 equipped platforms with 10 tracks at their disposal.
Where is the Leningradsky railway station located?
The location of this capital station is Komsomolskaya Square, which also houses two more stations - Yaroslavsky and Kazansky. Therefore, the second and unofficial name of this place is “Square of three stations”. It is located next to the Komsomolskaya circular and radial stations.
Back in tsarist times, when the second of the Romanov rulers, Aleksey Mikhailovich, occupied the throne, Komsomolskaya Square was called Kalanchevskaya because there was a wooden watchtower on it. This place acquired a new name in 1933, when the square was renamed in honor of the Komsomol members who built the first Moscow metro, the first line of which ran just under the square.
The location of the Leningradsky railway station before its development by the capital's inhabitants was in the 14th century a swampy area with a large pond (about 23 hectares), which was then called the Great, and then the Red.
The territory on which the Leningradsky railway station is located is also famous thanks to the Artillery Yard, which burned down in 1812. According to historical records, the explosion then simply shook the entire capital and was heard for many kilometers around.
It is also interesting that a 220 kV cable line runs right between the Leningradsky and Yaroslavsky railway stations at a depth of 1.5 meters, which connects two powerful substations - "Yelokhovskaya" and "Butyrka".
How to get to the Leningradsky railway station
The exact address of one of the three stations is Komsomolskaya Square, building 3. The easiest way to get to it is the metro. Near the point of departure of trains to the northern capital, Estonia, Finland and other cities of north-west Russia is the Komsomolskaya ring station, located between the Prospekt Mira and Kurskaya ring stations.
The exit from the underground passage of the Komsomolskaya station is literally 30 meters from the Leningradsky railway station, between it and the Yaroslavsky railway station. The absence of traffic jams and the high speed of movement make the data method the fastest and most easily accessible, but it must be remembered that during peak hours it can take much longer than usual to get off the metro.
There are also other public transport stops near the Leningradsky railway station. These are buses with numbers 40 and 122, trolleybuses 14, 22 and 25K, and a little further along the route of trams No. 7, No. 37 and No. 50 runs.
