Lisy Nos railway station (1894–1928)
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Lisy Nos (Russian: Ли́сий нос), was a railway station in Lisy Nos, Saint Petersburg, Russia. The station was on a wooden landing stage on the bank of the Gulf of Finland. Near the station, there was a wooden building forming the ancient orthodox church of Saint Alexander Nevsky.
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Lisy Nos Лисий нос | |||||||||||
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Location | Lisy Nos, Primorsky District Saint Petersburg Russia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 60°0′37″N 29°27′51″E | ||||||||||
Connections | Lisy Nos–Kronstadt Ferry | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
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Status | Defunct | ||||||||||
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Opened | 31 October 1894 (1894-10-31) | ||||||||||
Closed | 1928 | ||||||||||
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The station opened on October 31, 1894, when it was constructed on a branch line from Razdelnaya station.[1]
A steam locomotive with two or three carriages brought passengers along the branch line from Razdelnaya station. A passenger ferry from Lisy Nos to Kronstadt connected with the trains.[2]
The old Lisy Nos station was closed in 1928 and the Razdelnaya station was renamed as "Lisy Nos".