Moscow Rizhsky railway station

Rizhsky

Рижский
Rizhsky; Рижский
; Moscow-Rizhsky
	View of the station's main entrance
General information
Location	Rizhskaya Square; Moscow; Russia
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Connections	Moscow metro station:; Rizhskaya Bus: H6, M2, M9, T18, 0, 19, 38, 84, 85, 172, 239, 265, 379, 714, 778, 903; Trolleybus: 14, 42;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	196108
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1901
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Vindavsky, Baltiysky, Rzhevsky
Services

Rizhsky station (Russian: Рижский вокзал, Rizhsky vokzal, Riga station) is one of the ten main railway stations in Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1901. As well as being an active station it also houses the Moscow Railway Museum. The station is operated by the Moscow Railway.

It is located at Rizhskaya Square, at the crossing of Mira Avenue and Sushchyovsky Val. The station is served by Rizhskaya metro station. Although Rizhsky Station is relatively the least busiest station in Moscow, its connection to Latvia is Moscow's only, and is highly used. On the intersection of two main roads, Rizhsky is adjacent to a Holiday Inn hotel, a large market, and numerous Moscow apartments and offices. In addition, Rizhskiy Station has some of the best architecture of all the Moscow "vokzals".^{[according to whom?]}

History edit

The construction of the railway between Moscow and Vindava (Moscow–Vindava Railway) started in 1897. On June 30, 1901 the passenger traffic between Moscow and Volokolamsk was opened. Since the main station in Moscow was not ready at the time, the eastern terminal station in Moscow was Sortirovochnaya (currently Podmoskovnaya). The Vindavsky railway station, currently the Rizhsky railway station, was opened on September 11, 1901.^[1] The building, in the style of eclecticism, was built using the project of the architect Stanislav Brzhozovsky. The construction was supervised by the architect Yuly Diederichs.^[2]

After 1918, when Latvia became independent, the former Vindava line decayed, since it did not serve any big cities. In 1930, the station was renamed Baltiysky railway station, in 1942 - Rzhevsky railway station, and since January 1, 1948, when Latvia has been already annexed by Soviet Union, it was renamed Rizhsky railway station. Originally, the suburban railway line was scheduled to be electrified in 1943, but the electrification of the stretch between Moscow and Nakhabino only occurred in 1945, after World War II was finished.^[3]

Trains and destinations edit

Long distance edit

Train number	Train name	Destination	Operated by
001/002	Latvia Express (lat: Latvijas Ekspresis)	Riga	Latvian Railways

Other destinations edit

Country	Destination
Russia	Velikiye Luki, Volokolamsk, Rzhev, Rzhev Memorial Station Sebezh

Suburban destinations edit

Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect the Rizhsky station with stations and platforms of the Rizhsky suburban railway line, in particular, with the towns of Krasnogorsk, Dedovsk, Istra, and Volokolamsk.

Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station edit

In 2004, the open-air site of the Museum of the Moscow Railway was opened next to Rizhsky railway station. The other site of this museum shows Lenin's funeral train in the Museum of the Moscow Railway (Paveletskaya station).

Gallery edit

Historical view of the station (early 20th century)
Historical view of the station (early 20th century)
Preserved Russian locomotive class O steam locomotive Ov-841 at Rizhsky station
Russian locomotive class O Ov-841 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
Russian locomotive class Ye Yea-2450 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
Russian locomotive class FD FD 21-3125 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
Russian locomotive class TE TE 5415 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
L-001 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
CO 1722-11 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
LV 0441 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
P36-001 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
Em 74-57 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
ChS3-45 at the Moscow Railway Museum, Rizhsky station
ER200-105 at the Moscow Railway Museum, Rizhsky station

References edit

^ Старостин, Михаил; Александр Поздеев. "История пригородного движения с Рижского вокзала". Krasnogorsk City Portal. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
^ Бржозовский С.А. (in Russian). Модерн Петербурга. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ Рижский вокзал (in Russian). Moscow.org. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

External links edit

Rizhsky station (in Russian)
Latvian Railways (Latvijas dzelzceļš) (in English, Latvian, and Russian)
Russian Railways (Российские Железные Дороги) (in English and Russian)
The Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

55°47′34″N 37°37′57″E / 55.79278°N 37.63250°E / 55.79278; 37.63250

[hist-1] Старостин, Михаил; Александр Поздеев. "История пригородного движения с Рижского вокзала". Krasnogorsk City Portal. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

[2] Бржозовский С.А. (in Russian). Модерн Петербурга. Retrieved 25 October 2012.

[3] Рижский вокзал (in Russian). Moscow.org. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

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