Sestroretsk railway station (1871–1924)
Sestroretsk Сестрорецк | |||||||||||
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Sestroretsk railway station in 1900. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 2, Voskova street, Sestroretsk Saint Petersburg Russia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°5′54″N 29°58′5″E / 60.09833°N 29.96806°E | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Swedish architecture | ||||||||||
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| Status | Defunct | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 2 November 1871 | ||||||||||
| Closed | mid-1920 | ||||||||||
| Original company | Finnish State Railways (1871–1873) Societies of the Sestroretsk railway (1873–1886) | ||||||||||
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Sestroretsk railway station (Russian: ста́нция Сестроре́цк, stantsiya Sestroretsk) was a railway station in Sestroretsk, Russia handling transportation to northern destinations including Beloostrov and Sestroretsk.
The station was built by Finnish State Railways as the railhead feeder of Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway. It was designed by Swedish architects and it opened on 2 November 1871, when the station's first train arrived from Beloostrov. The Sestroretsk spur line was constructed to serve Sestroretsk armory.