Finland Station

St.Petersburg–Finlyandsky
St.Petersburg-Finlyandsky main building
Location	5 Lenin Square, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Coordinates	59°57′20″N 30°21′24″E / 59.95556°N 30.35667°E / 59.95556; 30.35667Coordinates: 59°57′20″N 30°21′24″E / 59.95556°N 30.35667°E / 59.95556; 30.35667
Platforms	5 island platforms
Tracks	10
Connections	Saint Petersburg Metro station: Ploshchad Lenina
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Other information
Station code	03820
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1870
Rebuilt	1960
Electrified	1952
Traffic
Passengers	12 million p.a.

Saint Petersburg Metro station:

St Petersburg–Finlyandsky (Russian: Станция Санкт-Петербург-Финля́ндский) (IATA: FVS), is a railway station in St. Petersburg, Russia, handling transport to northern destinations including Helsinki and Vyborg.

The station is most famous for having been the location where Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia from exile in Switzerland on 3 April 1917 (N.S.), ahead of the October Revolution.

Finland Station was built by Finnish State Railways as the eastern terminus of the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway. It was designed by Swedish architects and opened in 1870. The station formerly contained a special pavilion for Russian royalty.

The station was owned and operated by Finnish railways until early 1918, when the last train, carrying station personnel and equipment, as well as some of the last Finns escaping revolutionary Russia, left for Finland. Later, ownership of the station was exchanged for Russian property in Finland, including the Alexander Theatre in Helsinki.

The station is famously known for the arrival of Vladimir Lenin by train from Germany on 3 April 1917. The event is commemorated by the Soviet statue of Lenin dominating the square in front of the station. This event is also referred to in the title of Edmund Wilson's book To the Finland Station (1940), a well-known study of revolutionary thought.