Rizhsky railway station

Rizhsky station Moscow-Rizhsky
View of the station's main entrance
Station statistics
Address	Rizhskaya Square, Moscow, Russia
Connections	Moscow metro station: Rizhskaya
Structure type	at-grade
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Parking	no
Other information
Opened	1901
Station code	196108
Fare zone	0
Formerly	Vindavsky, Baltiysky, Rzhevsky

Rizhsky station (Russian: Рижский вокзал, Rizhsky vokzal, Riga station) is one of the nine main railway stations in Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1901. As well as being an active station it also houses the Moscow Railway Museum. The station is operated by the Moscow Railway.

It is located at Rizhskaya Square, at the crossing of Mira Avenue and Sushchyovsky Val. The station is served by Rizhskaya metro station.

History

The construction of the railway between Moscow and Vindava (Moscow-Vindava Railway) started in 1897. On June 30, 1901 the passenger traffic between Moscow and Volokolamsk was opened. Since the main station in Moscow was not ready at the time, the eastern terminal station in Moscow was Sortirovochnaya (currently Podmoskovnaya). The Vindavsky railway station, currently the Rizhsky railway station, was opened on September 11, 1901.^[1] The building, in the style of eclecticism, was built using the project of the architect Stanislav Brzhozovsky. The construction was supervised by the architect Yuly Diederichs.^[2]

After 1918, when Latvia became independent, the former Vindava direction decayed, since it did not serve any big cities. In 1930, the station was renamed Baltiysky railway station, in 1942 - Rzhevsky railway station, and in 1946, when Latvia has been already annexed by Soviet Union, it was renamed Rizhsky railway station. Originally, the suburban direction was scheduled to be electrified in 1943, but the electrification of the stretch between Moscow and Nakhabino only occurred in 1945, after World War II was finished.^[3]

In 2004, the Moscow Railway Museum was opened.

Trains and destinations

Long distance

Train number	Train name	Destination	Operated by
001/002	Latvia Express (lat: Latvijas Ekspresis)	Riga	Latvian Railways

Other destinations

Country	Destination
Russia	Velikie Luki, Volokolamsk, Sebezh

Suburban destinations

Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect the Rizhsky station with stations and platforms of the Rizhsky suburban direction of Moscow Railway, in particular, with the towns of Krasnogorsk, Dedovsk, Istra, and Volokolamsk.

Gallery

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  Historical view of the station (early 20th century)

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  Historical view of the station (early 20th century)

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  Preserved Russian locomotive class O steam locomotive Ov-841 at Rizhsky station

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  Russian locomotive class O Ov-841 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

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  Russian locomotive class Ye Yea-2450 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

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  Russian locomotive class FD FD 21-3125 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

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  Russian locomotive class TE TE 5415 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

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  L-001 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

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  CO 1722-11 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

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  LV 0441 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

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  P36-001 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

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  Em 74-57 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

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  ChS3-45 at the Moscow Railway Museum, Rizhsky station

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  ER200-105 at the Moscow Railway Museum, Rizhsky station

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See also

References

External links

• Rizhsky station (Russian)
• Latvian Railways (Latvijas dzelzceļš) (English) (Latvian) (Russian)
• Russian Railways (Российские Железные Дороги) (English) (Russian)
• The Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

Coordinates: 55°47′34″N 37°37′57″E / 55.79278°N 37.63250°E / 55.79278; 37.63250