Volkovskaya railway station

Volkovskaya (Волковская) railway station is a nodal railway station within Saint Petersburg railway system in Russia. It was created in 1900 in a historical location on the crossroads of several important railway lines ascending to initial formation of the whole Russia's railway network, where the Connecting Line and Putilovskaya Line had a joint section.

Волковская

Волковская
Volkovskaya station in 2017, western part
LocationRussia
Coordinates59.8939°N 30.3689°E / 59.8939; 30.3689
Operated byRZD
Line(s)Connecting Line
History
Opened1900
Electrified~1950s

It has been generally used for freight distributing, but recent plans of city's railway network expansion suppose that it is transformed into a large passenger hub[1] interconnecting with the nearby Volkovskaya metro station.

The name is after nearby village (in Russian)

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