Vyborg railway station

Vyborg (Russian: Вы́борг; Finnish: Viipurin rautatieasema) is a railway station, located in the town of Vyborg in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Vyborg Вы́борг
The modern station building was built in 1953.
General information
Location	1 Vokzalnaya Square, Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast Russia
Coordinates	60°42′56.16″N 28°45′5.04″E
Owned by	Russian Railways
Operated by	October Railway
Line(s)	Saint Petersburg Railway Division
Platforms	6 (5 island platforms)
Tracks	13
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Architectural style	Stalinist
Other information
Station code	2004682
Fare zone	13
History
Opened	11 September 1870 (1870-09-11)
Rebuilt	1953
Electrified	3 kV DC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station Prigorodnaya towards Riihimäki Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg Lazarevka towards Saint Petersburg–Finlyandsky

The first wooden station building was built in 1870. The second station building was built in 1913 but was destroyed in the Continuation War. The current station building was built in the Soviet Union.^[1]

History

First and second buildings

Main article: Vyborg railway station (1913)

The first station building in Vyborg, presumed to have been designed by either Knut Nylander or Wolmar Westling, was completed in 1870 and was deemed a class I station along the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway.^[2]

The second station was designed by Finnish architects Eliel Saarinen and Herman Gesellius. The granite station building was built in 1913 by Finnish State Railways, now known as VR Group, but was destroyed as retreating Soviet troops blew it up in the Continuation War in 1941.

The original building bore a close resemblance to Eliel Saarinen's other famous work, the Helsinki Central railway station. In the tradition of a pair of male human figures on each side of the main entrance of the Helsinki Central station, the Vyborg station had a statue of a bear standing on a pedestal on each side of the main entrance.

Virtual model of old Viipuri railway station as it was in Finland 1939 was rendered 2007–2009. It is possible to see in Virtual Viipuri-project.

Modern building

The modern station building, built in Soviet times, represents the typical Stalinist style. The station building has ticket sales, a café, a magazine kiosk, a currency exchange office, and deposit boxes.

From 2009 onward, the station has been served by Helsinki–Saint Petersburg high speed trains operated by Karelian Trains, a joint venture between Russian Railways and VR (Finnish Railways).

Gallery

• 
  The original wooden station building.
• 
  The station building in 1930s.
• 
  Inside the modern Vyborg station building.
• 
  Suburban trains on the platforms.

See also

• Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway
• Vyborg–Joensuu railroad

References

1. "History and information about the station". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
2. Iltanen, Jussi. Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.

External links

Media related to Vyborg modern railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• A picture of the former station building
• RAUTATIEASEMA