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Paveletsky railway station

Paveletsky station
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Moscow-Paveletsky
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View of the station's main entrance
Location Paveletskaya Square, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates 55°43′47″N 37°38′22″E / 55.7298°N 37.6394°E / 55.7298; 37.6394Coordinates: 55°43′47″N 37°38′22″E / 55.7298°N 37.6394°E / 55.7298; 37.6394
Platforms 10
Tracks 12
Connections

Moscow metro stations:
Moskwa Metro Line 2.svg Paveletskaya

Moskwa Metro Line 5.svg Paveletskaya
Construction
Structure type at-grade
Parking no
Other information
Station code 193519
Fare zone 0
History
Opened 1900
Rebuilt 1980
Electrified 1953
Previous names Saratovsky
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Railway   Following station
Terminus Pavelets Line
Moscow suburban
toward Uzunovo

Moscow metro stations:
Moskwa Metro Line 2.svg Paveletskaya

Paveletsky station (Павелецкий вокзал) is one of Moscow's nine main railway stations. Originally called Saratovsky Railway Station, it was named after the settlement of Pavelets, when the railroad heading south-east from Moscow reached that point in 1899. The ornate building of the station, completed in 1900 and extensively reconstructed in the 1980s, remains one of the biggest Moscow railway stations. In 1924, it was the place where Muscovites came to meet the body of deceased Lenin. The Lenin Funeral Train is still a permanent exhibit at the Museum of the Moscow Railway. The Aeroexpress train links Paveletsky station with Domodedovo Airport. The station is operated by the Moscow Railway.

The old building of the station was built in 1900, its architect was Alexander Krasovsky. In 1899 the Ryazan-Ural Railway reached Moscow, so that a new railway station was needed. From Paveletsky station suburban electric trains depart towards Kashira, Ozherelye, and Uzunovo. Express electric trains depart to Ozherelye and Domodedovo Airport. The major directions of long-distant trains are Almaty, Astrakhan, Baku, Balakovo, Balashov, Lipetsk, Saratov, Tambov, Volgograd, Voronezh, Yelets.


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