Tovarnaya line

Tovarnaya line *Russian: Товарная линия*
Tovarnaya line Russian: Товарная линия
	Main station of Tovarnaya line - "Primorsky Rail Terminal"
Overview
Status	Local
Locale	Novaya Derevnya, St. Petersburg, Russia
Termini	Primorsky Rail Terminal, Primorsky - goods, from 1924 - Novaya Derevnya; Flugov post, from 1924 - Finlyandsky Rail Terminal
Stations	4
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	Commuter cargo and passenger railroad
Services	Primorsky Rail Terminal - Flugov post, Primorsky - goods - Flugov post, from 1924 - Novaya Derevnya - Finlyandsky Rail Terminal
History
Opened	1904
Closed	1929
Technical
Line length	6.8 km (4.23 mi)
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map
	Distances in kilometers; Railway line consists of single-track line tracksides; This diagram: view; talk; ;

Tovarnaya line

6.8

Finlyandsky Rail Terminal

Saint Petersburg

Trackside 1869

5.1

5.2

4.0

3.6

Trackside 1924-1929

3.1

Flugov post

1924-1934

3.1

3.0

Flugov post

1904-1929

line

SPb-Sestr.-Beloostrov

Sestroretsk

Beloostrov

Lanskaya

Trackside

1904-1929

1.6

Serdobolsky stop

1904-1929

Trackside 1904-1929

line

SPb-Sestr.-Beloostrov

Finlyandsky Rail Terminal

Flugov post

1924-1934

Lanskaya

Trackside 1904

1.0

line

SPb-Sestr.-Beloostrov

Sestroretsk

Beloostrov

Novaya Derevnya

Trackside 1823-1924

0.6

Chyornaya Rechka

Primorsky - Goods

1904-1924

0.0

Primorsky Rail Terminal

1823-1924

To

Summer Garden

(Neva)

Distances in kilometers
Railway line consists of single-track line tracksides

Tovarnaya line was designed to connect Primorsky Rail Terminal with the city centre of Saint Petersburg. It was planned to construct a new terminal station between Finlyandsky Rail Terminal and the Military Medical Academy.

History[]

Line in 1916: Primorsky Rail Terminal - Flugov post

In 1904, the line from Finlyandsky Rail Terminal to Flyugov post rail station was constructed. The engineer was . In May 1904, this part was opened.^[1]

Catastrophic flooding on 23 September 1924 put the Primorsky Rail Terminal out of commission and all passengers were re-routed to the Finlyandsky Rail Terminal in 1925.^[2]^[3]

By 1926, the line to Sestroretsk had been laid through Lanskaya station.^[4] In 1929, the line was reconstructed. The stations Flyugov post and Serdobolsky stop were no longer required and they were dismantled. ^[5]

References[]

^ Kopaisov, I; Krotkov (1999). "Malaya Oktyabrskaya railroad" (in Russian). The encyclopaedia of domestic narrow-gauge railways. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
^ Burochkin, Konstantin (1925). "The plan of Leningrad on areas". Funds of the Russian National Library (in Russian). The Russian State Academic Printing house. p. 4. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
^ "The plan of Leningrad. 1927". Funds of the Russian National Library (in Russian). The state cartographical institute. 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
^ "Years of commissioning of lines Oktyabrskaya railroad (Годы ввода в эксплуатацию линий Октябрьской ж.д.)". Statistics (in Russian). ikop.narod.ru. 15 June 2001. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
^ "The plan of Leningrad. 1929" (in Russian). Cartographical laboratory Geografo-economic Science Recearch Institute. 1929. Retrieved 2009-02-17.

Tovarnaya line

History[]

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