Primorskaya Line

Primorskaya line Russian: Приморская линия
Line first stage - terminal station "Lahta"
Overview
Status	Local
Locale	St. Petersburg, Russia
Termini	Primorsky Rail Terminal, Primorsky - goods, from 1924 - Novaya Derevnya after 1894 - Lakhta
Stations	5
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	Commuter cargo and passenger railroad
Services	Primorsky Rail Terminal - Lakhta, from 1924 - Novaya Derevnya - Ozerki
History
Opened	1894[1]
Closed	1924
Technical
Line length	35.1 km (21.81 mi)
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map Legend 35.1 Dyuny 34.1 Shkolnaya 33.3 Saint Petersburg – Sestroretsk – Beloostrov to Beloostrov 33.1 Zavodskaya sestra crossover Planned ferry line Miller's pier Gulf of Finland 32.7 Kurort 31.4 31.3 Trackside 31.2 Miller's line to former Sestroretsk station 31.1 Sestroretsk 31.0 30.7 Sestroretsk armory 30.2 Sestroretsk Dubki horse-iron road (1847-bf 1870) – Sestroretsk armory 35.1 Sestroretsk 29.7 Liteyny bridge Saint Petersburg – Vyborg 29.4 M10 33.3 Razliv 26.5 Tarkhovka 26.3 Tarkhovka 26.1 Alexandrovskaya 24.0 Gorskaya 23.9 Gorskaya road interchange KAD 22.1 Kaupilovo 21.1 to 23.3 goods for SPb Dam 23.3 Lisy Nos, before 1928 to Kronstadt b. 1928 Gulf of Finland 20.3 Lisy Nos 18.8 to North-West Thermal Power Plant 15.2 Olgino 15.1 Olgino 17.1 Lakhta (before 1894) 12.1 Lakhta 200-metre pile bridge 1894–1924 10.5 Lakhtinsky crossover built 1925f over Lakhtinsky Razliv (built 1894) later Yakhtennaya station (built 1980s) 8.0 Shunting loop 2 verst (built 1894) 6.6 Small October railway 5,4 5.3 4.4 3.5 1.3 1.0 Novaya Derevnya 0.8 Ozerki line to , Kolomuagi, Skachki Tovarnaya line to Serdobolsky, Flyugov post, Finland Station SPb – Sestroretsk – Beloostrov to Flyugov post, Finland Station, Lanskaya Chyornaya Rechka 0.6 Primorsky - Goods (1904-1924) 0.0 Primorsky (1823-1924) to Summer Garden (Neva) Distances in kilometers Railway line consists of single-track line tracksides This diagram: view talk

The Primorskaya line was the second line constructed by the Primorskaya railway, near St. Petersburg, Russia. It is now part of the Oktyabrskaya Railway and was electrified in 1952.

History[]

Its first stage was opened on July 12, 1894 - the line reached Lakhta. Second stage was opened on October 31, 1894; the railway left on coast of Gulf of Finland opposite to island Kotlin and was integrated with a steamship line. Later, November 26, the same year, the third turn of a railroad line was opened. The line reached a final point - the cities of Sestroretsk^[1]

Route[]

Only major stations are shown.

• Primorsky, 0 km
• Lakhta, 17.1 km
• Lisy Nos, 20.3 km
• Kaupilovo, 22.1 km
• Gorskaya, 24.0 km
• Tarkhovka, 26.5 km
• Sestroretsk, 35.1 km

1888 map of Neva Bay. Kotlin end Lisy Nos is depicted in the upper left corner

See also[]

• Connecting Line

References[]