The substation Lansky is the first electrical substation

Electrical substation

A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important functions...

 constructed on the Finlyandsky Rail direct of Saint Peterburg, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

.
It is located within Lanskaya station

Lanskaya

Lanskaya platform is a railway station located in St. Petersburg, Russia.Lanskaya is commuter passenger station, its platforms are located on a high embankment....

In the early 1950s, behind the station was built the electric substation. The project building is made in the tradition of Socialist Classicism, low squat building is crowned by a small turret with a spire. Electrification of a site of road has begun with a direction Leningrad-Zelenogorsk

Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg

Zelenogorsk , ' before 1948, is a municipal town in Kurortny District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located in part of the Karelian Isthmus on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, and a station on the St. Petersburg-Vyborg railroad. It is located about northwest of central Saint...

 (now it is a part of direct Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky-Vyborg) in 1951. The direction on station Finlyandsky Rail Terminal and Udelnaya station been electrified.

4 August, 1951

1951 in rail transport

- January events :* January - Fairbanks-Morse and Canadian Locomotive Company introduce the H-16-66 diesel locomotive.* January 11 - The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway discontinues passenger train service....

 in 1 hour and 30 minutes electric power dispatcher gave command to bring the current in the contact network of the first electrified in the Karelian Isthmus

Karelian Isthmus

The Karelian Isthmus is the approximately 45–110 km wide stretch of land, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva . Its northwestern boundary is the relatively narrow area between the Bay of Vyborg and Lake Ladoga...

 area Leningrad - Zelenogorsk.
In 1 hour 50 minutes en route to a trial trip off the first electric train.

For building of a high speed rail line between Saint Petersburg (Finlyandsky Rail Terminal) and Helsinki station (see Karelian Trains

Karelian Trains

Oy Karelian Trains Ltd is a joint venture agreed on 23 November 2006 between Russian Railways and VR Group to facilitate the operation of international express passenger rail services between Helsinki, Finland and Saint Petersburg, Russia. Karelian Trains is registered in Helsinki, VR and RZhD...

) it is planned to modernise in 2009.
After end of works service of substations will be remote-acting made.