Lanskaya electric substation
The substation Lansky is the first electrical substation constructed on the Finlyandsky Rail direct of Saint Peterburg, Russia. It is located within Lanskaya station
In the early 1950s, behind the station was built the electric substation. The project building is made in the tradition of Socialist Classicism, low squat building is crowned by a small turret with a spire. Electrification of a site of road has begun with a direction Leningrad-Zelenogorsk (now it is a part of direct Saint Petersburg Finlyandsky-Vyborg) in 1951. The direction on station Finlyandsky Rail Terminal and Udelnaya station been electrified.
4 August, 1951 in 1 hour and 30 minutes electric power dispatcher gave command to bring the current in the contact network of the first electrified in the Karelian Isthmus area Leningrad - Zelenogorsk. In 1 hour 50 minutes en route to a trial trip off the first electric train.
For building of a high-speed rail line between Saint Petersburg (Finlyandsky Rail Terminal) and Helsinki station (see Karelian Trains) it is planned to modernise in 2009. After end of works service of substations will be remote-acting made.
Coordinates: 59°59′43″N 30°19′31″E / 59.9953°N 30.3254°E
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