Sestroretsk (station)

Miller's first railway to Sestroretsk was laid from the Beloostrov station to Sestroretsk on Sands. The station on the Sands was fenced:

March 27, 1876 received a complaint against the station management. Pupils of the school, studying in it in the evenings, sometimes until 10-12 o’clock in the evening after classes that the gates leading to the village are managed by the Sestroretsk station are locked much earlier. Students walked across paths past the platform. The head of the station said he would not let it through. Thus, students will have to go round through the Gunboat, that is, in a circle of more than two miles. Therefore, the government appeals and asks to cancel the order of the station head. If you do not decide to cancel, then arrange a gate in the fence at the gate near the station. The teacher will have the key and the gate will open. ^[one]

The platform was built simultaneously with the launch of the Razdelnaya - Sestroretsk Primorsky St. Petersburg - Sestroretskaya railway section on November 26, 1894 .

The wooden building of the station, Sestroretsk-Primorskaya railway located near the platform from which trains depart for St. Petersburg, was built by P.A. Avenarius simultaneously with the commissioning of the station at the end of the XIX century .

On June 1, 1952, the Sister River line was electrified ^[2] .

In 1970 , the Sestroretsk station was serviced by the station manager, station duty officer, a commodity cashier, two ticket cashiers and a senior cashier. ^[3] .

By the end of the 20th century, the building is extremely worn out and requires major repairs. According to the plans of the railway workers, a new station building should be built behind the shops at the second platform. The old building, the premises of which are rented for other purposes, are dreaming of being restored as having cultural and historical value, and transferred to the museum of local history ^[4] .

In late 2009 - early 2010, instead of a small old booth for the shift attendant, a new two-story building was built ^[5]

... At the Sestroretsk station, instead of an ancient wooden and cramped hut, a modern two-tier building was built for the duty officer. The architecture of the observation post resembles the captain’s bridge of a large submarine cruiser. It remains to replace the wooden barriers with metal and finish the installation of lifting barriers.

In 2013, according to local newspapers, a new station will be built in Sestroretsk - a modern passenger service complex, which will also include premises for the service sector. Landscaping of the adjacent territory will be carried out.

In 2012, an agreement was concluded with an investor for the construction of the complex, design work is being carried out ^[6] . In connection with the preparations for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the city of Sestroretsk, work began with the demolition of the “flea” market adjacent to the station (the shopping complex of Rimp-Club LLC), which had existed here for more than 20 years ^[7] .

In July 2013, the Sestroretsk television reported that Russian Railways had revised its plans and decided to preserve the original, old, only railway station building that had been preserved on the railway and completely restored it.

XX century

Avenarius, Peter Alexandrovich , at the end of the 19th century began the construction of a railway from St. Petersburg to Sestroretsk. In 1894, trains began to arrive at the shore of the Populka Canal , to a temporarily constructed earthen platform. To continue the road, it was required to build a railway bridge on stone foundations, make an embankment through Bochaga, build a train depot, equip a branch to an arms factory and build a railway station. It took several years. In 1900, the station building was erected on the outskirts of the city, at the intersection of the railway and Dubkovsky highway . P. A. Avenarius also took part in the design. Double glazing of windows and several stoves made it possible to keep the building warm, in the most severe frosts. In the waiting room was a tiled stove of the Finnish factory “Abo”. Its lining consisted of white ceramic tiles coated with glaze. The upper part of the furnace was decorated with lace floral patterns. The station was not typical and had an original layout, with a set of railway infrastructure. The building was not burdened with architectural excesses, since the arrival of the reigning persons was not expected. External simplicity was compensated by decorative rafters of the roof ends, as well as balconies with openwork wooden grill. The first floor was occupied by ticket offices, a waiting room and a buffet. On the second floor, where a steep wooden staircase led, the hotel premises were located, including for relaxing train crews. The layout of the building allowed passengers, entering from the forecourt, to go to the ticket office and exit from the other side of the station under a platform canopy. The station was built for the opening of traffic and in the middle of 1899 received the first passengers. At that time, there was no development towards the sea coast, and it was from the station that the development of Dubkovskoye Shosse and the adjacent territories began. In the spring of 1900, traffic along the two-track railway section to the future sanatorium was launched, and in the summer of 1900 the sanatorium Sestroretsky Resort itself opened. Around the station, life began to boil. Shops and shops began to appear, cabmen were on duty on the square waiting for customers. The traditional fee was for the sober driver, with a drunk it was possible to ride for the two-handed or for the chervonets. The Russo-Japanese war and the industrial crisis at the beginning of the 20th century brought down the shares of the road. Bankruptcy and treasury management. The station during this period was subjected to external reconstruction. Its walls were lined with a new lining, three-leaf windows were narrowed on one wing, balconies and decorative rafters disappeared, and additional visors appeared above the entrance to the building. Near the station building, a canopy pavilion was built on the platform, protecting passengers from rain and wind in bad weather. The configuration of the wall crate began to largely resemble the style of buildings of state-owned railways. By a lucky coincidence, the building survived during the Second World War and was not among more than 500 sister-burned, wooden ones burnt down or disassembled for firewood, like the Novoderevensky railway station. Along its walls went to the line of defense of the armored train "Stalinets-28" and "Death to the Enemy." On the station square during World War II , radio reports were transmitted from the front, and in 1943 the first train from still blockaded Leningrad passed.

Until the 90s of the XX century , the second platform had a small glass souvenir stall; behind the stall, a long wooden kiosk stretched along the platform with an always lively beer point and a glass container reception point. On the forecourt there was a bus stop Leningrad - Vyborg , and a taxi rank. In a corner of the square, under an open canopy, were machines with sparkling water. The large two-story building of the station, with a high attic on the third floor, light green facade walls framed by a strict white crate, had a grand appearance, and was an ornament of the nameless square, surrounded on all sides by single-story houses. In the waiting room, a high white tiled stove with a beautiful ornamentation from above was preserved, from which it was possible to warm up in winter and shelter from rain in summer. Opposite it is the box office for the preliminary sale of tickets for long-distance trains, which had been closed already in the 2000s. Nearby are two more ticket offices for selling train tickets. Next to the vestibule there is a door to the buffet where you could have tea with fragrant pies. A passage to the railroad tracks was opened from the waiting room along a dark corridor. Until the 1950s, the Sestretsky station was commensurate with the old two-story building of the Finland Station in Leningrad. Over the years from the 50s of the 20th century to the 2000s, much has changed at the station. Streets and entire blocks of wooden dachas, a number of station shops and a small movie theater “Projector” disappeared, which stood on the site of the modern Zmey-Gorynych house. At the beginning of the XXI century was the last external repair of the building. In 2004, the outer lining was replaced, the color of which did not correspond to the original. The second floor has been leased to market workers for more than 10 years, and internal partitions have been removed there. In 2013, the market was removed from the forecourt, but the stalls are trying to stick to the station building. Stone skyscrapers rushing into the sky, surrounding from all sides, now a small wooden building of the station, our happy childhood. Miraculously preserved building decorates Sestroretsk for more than a century, becoming one of its symbols. It played a large role in the formation of the city as the capital's center of relaxation and health. ^[8]

Sestroretsky station is marked by the presence of A. Blok . Here is how he writes about this in a letter to his wife L. D. Block:

May 24th. Night. (1907. Sestroretsk)

Dear friend.

I am writing to you from the Sestroretsky station . I sit and drink. The play ("Song of Love") is moving. I was in Levashov now - on that forest road where you and I have been for a long time. It is as good as it was. Forest air. Christmas trees and evening fog . Most of the first act is about you. I received your letter - and a book. When I arrive, I don’t know. I think I’ll come. There are a lot of thoughts. And some deep, awaiting fatigue. Write to me and help.

Sasha.

This leaf is from that fishing line in Levashov where we were with you. There is absolutely Shakhmatovskoye - Christmas trees, mountain ash and lingonberries on moss. ^[9]

Near the station there are two stops where buses stop:

• 211 Black River - Zelenogorsk
• 215 Kronstadt - Borisov street
• 216 Old Village - Resort
• 306 Dunes - Resort
• 307 Resort - Gorskaya
• 309 reverse to 307
• 310 Dunes - Spill
• 311 Resort - Borisov street
• 312 reverse to 311
• 314 Beloostrov - Resort
• 315 Sand - Resort

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  1900s photo

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  1900s postcard

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  Platform to St. Petersburg. Southerly view

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  Platform to St. Petersburg. North view

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  Transfer to Sestroretsk station. Behind the crossing - a platform to Beloostrov and the station building

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  Index with the name of the station, 2010

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  The building of the shift duty officer in the summer of 2013

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  Relocation officer building, winter 2010

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  East facade 2010

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  Inactive furnace of model No. 58 of the Abo plant inside the station building

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  Sestroretsky Station 2012

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  The station building in advertising. September 2013

• The project of the new station in Sestroretsk
• Option of a new station in Sestroretsk
• Customer Service Project stations in Sestroretsk

Customer Service Project stations in Sestroretsk