Rostov-Glavny

Rostov-Glavny
North Caucasus Railway terminal
Moscow—Adler train on platform 3.
Location	Russia, Rostov-on-Don
Coordinates	47°13′6.2″N 39°41′26.8″E / 47.218389°N 39.690778°E / 47.218389; 39.690778Coordinates: 47°13′6.2″N 39°41′26.8″E / 47.218389°N 39.690778°E / 47.218389; 39.690778
Line(s)	Moscow—Krasnodar main line
Platforms	6
Tracks	12
Construction
Parking	yes
Other information
Station code	510204
History
Opened	1869
Rebuilt	2004
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	1.5 mln

Rostov-Glavny (Russian: Росто́в-Гла́вный) is the main railway station of Rostov-on-Don in Russia.

Rostov station is one of the biggest stations on the North Caucasus Railway. The station also includes commuter rail station Rostov-Prigorodniy opened in 1962 and rebuilt in 2009.

In 1869 Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov railways (now Southern Ukrainian Railways) reached Rostov-on-Don from the west. In 1876 another railways - Kozlov-Voronezh-Rostov - reached Rostov-on-Don from the north. At this time two stations on the bank of the river Don - Rostov and Nakhichevan-on-Don - were closed, and on Kozlov-Voronezh-Rostov railways was opened station Nakhichevan, that in the present is called «Rostov-Tovarniy».

In 1875 there was finished construction of the three-storeyed building of the station Rostov-Vladikavkazskiy (Rostov-Glavniy). It was a modern for that time station with good perspectives for future growth. On January 15, 1876 Rostov-Glavniy was officially opened. Station building had been rebuilt many times. For example, during the World War II at the autumn of 1941 station building was destroyed by bombing and then restored.

By the end of 1970s building was pulled down to make an opportunity for construction the new station with high-rise hotel towers. By the early 1990s construction of complex of additional buildings was over. And in 2000 the reconstruction of the main building began. It was over in 2004.

In 2006 some long-distance trains were moved to the new station in the western part of the city — Rostov-Pervomayskiy.