The Riihimäki - St Petersburg railway ( Fin. Riihimäki – Pietari-rata ) runs from Riihimäki through Lahti , Kouvola and Vyborg to St. Petersburg ( Finland Station ).
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History
Construction
The road began to build in 1867 , finished construction in 1870 . One of the reasons for the speedy construction of the road was the famine of 1866–1868 in Finland . Other reasons were the alleged commercial gain and the transfer of troops "in the event of war with first-class foreign powers with a powerful fleet." [one]
For operation of the new line, locomotives of types 2-2-0 and 0-3-0 were ordered in England [2] .
Initially, its length was 370 km , and now it is 385 km.
The history of the road to the separation of Finland from the Russian Empire
Before Finland gained independence, the road was served almost exclusively by Finns - even at station stations from the Finland Station to Beloostrov, located on the St. Petersburg side of the border. The building of the Finland Railway Station also belonged to the Grand Duchy, and therefore the entire service staff (including engineering personnel) was mainly of Finnish origin.
On the border of the Grand Duchy of Finland and St. Petersburg province, customs control was carried out. The order of passage of the Finnish border caused discontent among a part of Russian passengers (significantly prevailing in comparison with the Finns). [one]
1917-1950.
Newest History
The electrification of the Leningrad-Zelenogorsk section began on May 17, 1950 , in March 1952 the electrification of the Zelenogorsk-Ushkovo section was completed, in 1954 to Roshchino , in 1968 the Roshchino-Kirilovskoye section. High platforms were built at stopping points 63 km , Gorky , Kanneljärvi (one each) and Kirillovsky (two). On November 6, 1969, the first electric train went from Vyborg to Leningrad [3] (for more, see Electrification of the Karelian Isthmus Railways ).
On December 12, 2010, the first flight on the Helsinki - St. Petersburg route was made by the Allegro high-speed train . Instead of the previous 6 hours and 18 minutes, the road now takes 3.5 hours. The speed in Russia is no more than 200 km / h, in Finland 220 km / h. [4] From this day on, the Sibelius and Repin trains have become history. [5] To ensure traffic safety at stations and platforms in Russia (Solnechnoye, Beloostrov, Dibuny, Pesochny), pedestrian crossings are built over the railway. June 5, 2011 in Sunny opened the first transition [6] .
Stations and stopping points
Within the resort area of St. Petersburg: Ushkovo , Zelenogorsk , Komarovo , Repino , Solnechnoye , Beloostrov , Dibuny , Pesochnaya .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Alexey Vostrov. Finnish railway in 1870–1917 as an unrealized factor of rapprochement between the two capitals // St. Petersburg and the countries of Northern Europe. - 2016. - № 17 (2) . - pp . 29-33 .
- ↑ About the Finnish railway equipment . Archived October 31, 2011.
- ↑ Sequence of electrification of sections of the Karelian Isthmus railways
- ↑ The first high-speed train Allegro departed from Helsinki to St. Petersburg (The inaccessible link is history ) .
- ↑ Newspaper Sestroretskie shores № 24 (229) December 11-24, 2010, p.1,4.
- Newspaper Vesti Kurortny district № 3 July 7, 2011, p.1-2
Links
- Line St. Petersburg-Finnish - Buslovskaya (photos, information, map, etc.) - on the Oktyabrskaya Railway website (unofficial site)
- Finnish Railway (inaccessible link) . Archived June 27, 2011.
- Construction of the Finnish Railway