Lisy Nos railway station (1894–1928)

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Lisy Nos (Russian: Ли́сий нос), was a railway station in Lisy Nos, Saint Petersburg, Russia. The station was on a wooden landing stage on the bank of the Gulf of Finland. Near the station, there was a wooden building forming the ancient orthodox church of Saint Alexander Nevsky.

Lisy Nos

Лисий нос
View to pier in Primorskaya railroad share.
General information
LocationLisy Nos, Primorsky District
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Coordinates60°0′37″N 29°27′51″E / 60.01028°N 29.46417°E / 60.01028; 29.46417
ConnectionsLisy Nos–Kronstadt Ferry
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
StatusDefunct
History
Opened31 October 1894 (1894-10-31)
Closed1928
Former services
Preceding station Primorskaya Railway Following station
Terminus Primorskaya Line
Lateral branch
Razdelnaya
Terminus

The station opened on October 31, 1894, when it was constructed on a branch line from Razdelnaya station.[1]

A steam locomotive with two or three carriages brought passengers along the branch line from Razdelnaya station. A passenger ferry from Lisy Nos to Kronstadt connected with the trains.[2]

The old Lisy Nos station was closed in 1928 and the Razdelnaya station was renamed as "Lisy Nos".

References edit

  1. ^ Chepurin, Sergey; Arkady Nikolayenko (May 2007). "Sestroretsk and Primorskaya railways(Сестрорецкая и Приморская железные дороги)". terijoki.spb.ru/trk_about.php3 (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  2. ^ Zasosov, V. A.; V. I. Puzin (1991). From a life of Petersburg 1890 - 1910th. Notes of eyewitnesses. (Из жизни Петербурга 1890-х - 1910-х годов. Записки очевидцев) (in Russian). SPb.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)