Sestroretsk rail station 1871-1924
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Sestroretsk railway station was a railway station
in Sestroretsk
, Russia
handling transportation to northern destinations including Beloostrov
and Sestroretsk
.
The station was built by Finnish State Railways as the railhead the feeder of Riihimäki-Saint Petersburg railroad
.
The line has been constructed for service of trains Sestroretsk armory. It was designed by Swedish architects; and it opened on 2 November 1871, when the station first train arrived from Beloostrov.
The station was owned and operated by Finnish railways from 1871 to 1873.
From 1873 to 1886 - Private "Societies of the Sestroretsk railway".
This company has built a new railway line, which is called Miller's line
.
It was to overtake the station Miller's pier
.
Organization devastated in the mid 1880's and on 1 January 1886 the station was closed along with the branch.
In 1914 World War I
war has begun.
Sestroretsk armory was leading defensive factory, and it was necessary to connect it with a country railway system.
In 1916 the station has been restored as freight house.
The line has existed not for long: after revolution Sestroretsk armory has practically stopped, and in 1920th years there was a complication of relations of the USSR and Finland.
The bridge has been blown up, and the line is disassembled.
Later the part of a line from the bridge straight across Sestra river has been restored and was a part of the Sestroretsk direction.
In 1924 the new line has been constructed, but it has passed bypassing this station.
The rests of platforms, buildings and constructions have been taken definitively down at building of new houses in Volodarsky street.
Train station
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in Sestroretsk
Sestroretsk
Sestroretsk is a municipal town in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the Sestra River and the Sestroretskiy Lake northwest of St. Petersburg...
, Russia
Russia
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handling transportation to northern destinations including Beloostrov
Beloostrov
Beloostrov , from 1922 to World War II—Krasnoostrov , is a municipal settlement in Kurortny District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located on the Sestra River, Karelian Isthmus, and a key station of the Saint Petersburg-Vyborg railroad since 1870 at the junction of Saint...
and Sestroretsk
Sestroretsk
Sestroretsk is a municipal town in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the Sestra River and the Sestroretskiy Lake northwest of St. Petersburg...
.
The station was built by Finnish State Railways as the railhead the feeder of Riihimäki-Saint Petersburg railroad
Riihimäki-Saint Petersburg railroad
The Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg Railway is a long segment of the Helsinki–Saint Petersburg connection, which is divided between Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast in Russia and the province of Southern Finland in Finland.-History:...
.
The line has been constructed for service of trains Sestroretsk armory. It was designed by Swedish architects; and it opened on 2 November 1871, when the station first train arrived from Beloostrov.
The station was owned and operated by Finnish railways from 1871 to 1873.
From 1873 to 1886 - Private "Societies of the Sestroretsk railway".
This company has built a new railway line, which is called Miller's line
Miller's line
Miller's line was a passenger railway line in Russia from 1873 to 1886, run by the Finnish Railways VR Group. The line ran from Beloostrov to Sestroretsk, and was the site of the world's first functional electric railway.- Organisation :...
.
It was to overtake the station Miller's pier
Miller's pier
Miller's pier , is a railway station at the quay in Sestroretsky kurort, Russia.In harbour of Gulf of Finland from boulders the 50-metre dam was dumped.In an operating time the name "Miller's Harbour" was fixed to harbour....
.
Organization devastated in the mid 1880's and on 1 January 1886 the station was closed along with the branch.
In 1914 World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
war has begun.
Sestroretsk armory was leading defensive factory, and it was necessary to connect it with a country railway system.
In 1916 the station has been restored as freight house.
The line has existed not for long: after revolution Sestroretsk armory has practically stopped, and in 1920th years there was a complication of relations of the USSR and Finland.
The bridge has been blown up, and the line is disassembled.
Later the part of a line from the bridge straight across Sestra river has been restored and was a part of the Sestroretsk direction.
In 1924 the new line has been constructed, but it has passed bypassing this station.
The rests of platforms, buildings and constructions have been taken definitively down at building of new houses in Volodarsky street.