Sestroretsk railway station (1871–1924)

Sestroretsk Russian: Сестрорецк
regional rail

The 1900s Station is long dismantled but its characteristic passage at the northern part repeats its outlines
Station statistics
Lines Sestroretsk spur line
Connections Miller's line
Structure at-grade
Other information
Opened 1871, 1916
Closed 1886, 1920s

Sestroretsk railway station (Russian: ста́нция Сестроре́цк, stantsiya Sestroretsk) was a railway station in Sestroretsk, Russia handling transportation to northern destinations including Beloostrov and Sestroretsk.

The station was built by Finnish State Railways as the railhead the feeder of Riihimäki-Saint Petersburg railroad. The line has been constructed for service of trains Sestroretsk armory. It was designed by Swedish architects; and it opened on 2 November 1871, when the station first train arrived from Beloostrov.[1]

The station was owned and operated by Finnish railways from 1871 to 1873. From 1873 to 1886 - Private "Societies of the Sestroretsk railway". This company has built a new railway line, which is called Miller's line. It was to overtake the station Miller's pier.[1]

Organization devastated in the mid 1880's and on 1 January 1886 the station was closed along with the branch.[1]

In 1914 World War I war has begun. Sestroretsk armory was leading defensive factory, and it was necessary to connect it with a country railway system. In 1916 the station has been restored as freight house.[1]

The line has existed not for long: after revolution Sestroretsk armory has practically stopped, and in 1920th years there was a complication of relations of the USSR and Finland. The bridge has been blown up, and the line is disassembled. Later the part of a line from the bridge straight across Sestra river has been restored and was a part of the Sestroretsk direction.[1]

In 1924 the new line has been constructed, but it has passed bypassing this station. The rests of platforms, buildings and constructions have been taken definitively down at building of new houses in Volodarsky street.[1]


Finnish State Railways, Kouvola-Saint Petersburg
Sestroretsk spur line (1871 - 1873)
Legend
lake Rasliw
Sestroretsk armory
6.6 Sestroretsk railway station Sestroretsk
line Miller's line
Miller's pier
6.4
0.0 Beloostrov
Pesochny
Distances in kilometers
Since 1873 line is completely included in Miller's line
Societies of the Sestroretsk railway,
Miller's line (1873-1886)
Legend
Solnechnoye
5.8
5.9 Sestra crossover
6.3
6.6 Beloostrov
Pesochny
Sestra river
2.3
2.9 Miller's pier Gulf of Finland
0.5 Factory bridge Zav. s.
0.2
0.0 Sestroretsk railway station Sestroretsk (1871-1924)
Sestroretsk armory
lake Rasliw
Distances in kilometers
Miller's line railroad line includes Sestroretsk spur line
Russian Empire Railways, Saint Petersburg - Beloostrov
Zavodskaya line (1916 - 1920s)
Legend
lake Rasliw
Sestroretsk armory
5.4 Sestroretsk railway station Sestroretsk
3.4 Sestra crossover Sestra
Solnechnoye
0.3
0.0 Beloostrov
Pesochny
Distances in kilometers

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