Baltic Station in St. Petersburg
Baltic Station (St. Petersburg) is located on theshore of the Obvodny Canal, in the immediate vicinity of the city center. Territorially, it belongs to the Admiralty district. The volume of passenger traffic that passes through the Baltic station every day amounts to several thousand people, which makes it one of the most important stations throughout the North-West. Passengers from any part of the city can easily reach the Baltic station. The metro (Baltic station) is 2 minutes from the railway tracks. Its lobby is attached to the station building during the last reconstruction.
The Baltic station plays an important role for touristsand residents of the city. It is from here that you can quickly and inexpensively get to the nearest places, such as Strelna, Peterhof, Oranienbaum. Comfortable trains deliver passengers without delay to their destination.
The history of the station begins in 1853of the year. At this time there is a construction of the railway between the capital and Peterhof. After that, the roads were also laid to Gatchina, Krasnoe Selo and Tallinn. Financing of construction was not carried out from the treasury, it was sponsored by Stiglitz - a well-known industrialist. All this time the station was named Peterhof, but after the start of communication with Tallinn was renamed the Baltic.
The building of the station was built according to the projectarchitect A.I. Krakau. The prototype for its construction was the Paris East Station. The architect took it as a basis, but approached the process creatively and refreshed the project with new ideas. The building of the station is divided into two wings, which are united by a main facade. The central part is decorated with towers and stained glass windows with built-in watches.
The first reconstruction of the station was carried out in1930s. In the process, the main entrance was moved from under the glass dome to remove the beginning of the tracks, replacing it with a waiting room. All this made the station more comfortable for passengers and allowed to increase the useful area of the premises.
Another important change was made in 1955year. The lobby of the subway was attached to the station building. At the same time, the symmetry of the station was broken, but passenger comfort significantly increased. Step-by-step accessibility of the metro and the station allow making the trip convenient for city residents and tourists. The entrance to the lobby of the station is decorated with portraits of famous captains of navigators - Makarov, Kornilov, Ushakov and Nakhimov.
The Baltic station often took part in themany events of the city. He was in the thick of the main actions during the uprising of the Great October Revolution. The building was captured by the insurgents, who held the defenses in it and repulsed the attacks.
It was in the Baltic direction that the first electric train was launched. Its route continued to the railway station Ligovo. This event happened in 1930.
