- Source: Moscow Kiyevsky railway station
Kiyevsky railway terminal (Russian: Ки́евский вокза́л, Kievskiy vokzal, pronounced [ˈkʲi(j)ɪfskʲɪj vɐɡˈzaɫ]) also known as Moscow Kiyevskaya railway station (Russian: Москва́–Ки́евская, Moskva-Kievskaya) is one of the nine railway terminals of Moscow, Russia. It is the only railway station in Moscow to have a frontage on the Moskva River. The station is located at the Eurasia Square, in the beginning of Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya Street in Dorogomilovo District of Moscow. A hub of the Moscow Metro is located nearby.
As the name suggests, there were regular services to Kyiv (Kiev) and many other points in Ukraine. There used to be regular services to Belgrade, Zagreb, Varna, Bucharest, Sofia, Chișinău, Niš, Budapest, Prague, Vienna and Venice as well. 15-20 years ago, all these trains were canceled, some were transferred to the Belorussky railway station.
History and design
The station was built between 1914 and 1918 in the Byzantine Revival style, which is especially pronounced in the 51 m-high (167 ft) clocktower. Originally named the Bryansk station, it was designed by Ivan Rerberg and Vladimir Shukhov, and is considered an important landmark of architecture and engineering of the time.
The station building is flanked by a gigantic train shed which is distinguished by its simplicity and constructive boldness. The platforms are covered by a massive glazed parabolic structure (length 321 metres (1,053 ft), width 47.9 metres (157 ft), height 30 m (98 ft)) weighing over 1250 tons. Its open-work steel trusses are clearly visible, and they demonstrate the elegance of the grandiose building.
Trains and destinations
= Directions and countries
=1 — Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all international travel is suspended from this terminal.
= Suburban destinations
=Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Kiyevsky station with stations and platforms of the Kiyevsky suburban railway line, in particular with the towns of Aprelevka, Nara, Balabanovo, Obninsk, Maloyaroslavets and Kaluga-I.
= Vnukovo International Airport connections
=Before 31 July 2024 Aeroexpress direct line was connecting Vnukovo International Airport and Kiyevsky Rail Terminal (operations launched in August 2005). Since 1 August 2024 railway line is only served by Central Suburban Passenger Company.
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References
Bronovitskaya, Natalia (2015). Architectural monuments of Moscow (1933-1941) (in Russian). Vol. 10. Moscow: «Искусство - XXI век». p. 320. ISBN 978-5-98051-121-0.
English, Elizabeth (2000). ""Arkhitektura i mnimosti": The origins of Soviet avant-garde rationalist architecture in the Russian mystical -philosophical and mathematical intellectual tradition". University of Pennsylvania, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing: 235.
Rainer Graefe, “Vladimir G. Suchov 1853-1939. Die Kunst der sparsamen Konstruktion”, 192 S., Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3-421-02984-9.
Fausto Giovannardi,"Vladimir G. Shukhov e la leggerezza dell’acciaio", Borgo San Lorenzo, 2007. (in Italian)
Е. М. Шухова, «Владимир Григорьевич Шухов. Первый инженер России.», 368 стр., МГТУ, Москва, 2003, ISBN 5-7038-2295-5.
External links
Kiyevsky station Official site (in Russian)
Aeroexpress (in English and Russian)
Russian Railways (Российские Железные Дороги) (in English and Russian)
Ukrainian Railways (Українські залізниці) (in Russian and Ukrainian)
Moldova Railways (Calea Ferată din Moldova) (in English, Romanian, and Russian)
V. G. Shukhov - Russian engineer