Lakhta railway station

Not to be confused with Lakhtar railway station.

Lakhta railway station (Russian: Ста́нция Ла́хта) is a railway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was named after the historical district of Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug.

Lakhta railway station in 1900s

Lakhta Лахта
Platform view of the Lakhta railway station (2010).
General information
Location	2 Vokzal'naya Ulitsa, Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug Saint Petersburg Russia
Owned by	Russian Railways
Operated by	October Railway
Line(s)	Saint Petersburg Railway Division
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	03891
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	12 July 1894 (1894-07-12)[1]
Electrified	1 June 1952 (1952-06-01)[2]
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station Olgino towards Beloostrov Saint Petersburg–Beloostrov Yakhtennaya towards Saint Petersburg–Finlyandsky
Former services
Preceding station Primorskaya Railway Following station Lisy Nos towards Dyuny Primorskaya Line Shunting loop 2 verst towards Primorsky

The station was built by JSC Prinorskaya St. Peterburg–Sestroretsk railway and it was opened on 12 July 1894 as part of the opening section between Uzlovaya and Lakhta. It was considered as a terminal until on 31 October 1894, the line was lengthened to Razdelnaya, what is now Lisy Nos railway station.^[1]

References

59.9945°N 30.1525°E / 59.9945; 30.1525

1. Chepurin, Sergey; Arkady Nikolayenko (May 2007). "Sestroretsk and Primorskaya railways(Сестрорецкая и Приморская железные дороги)" (in Russian). Retrieved 21 February 2009.
2. "Chronology of input of sites (Хронология ввода участков)". Ortyabrskaya Mafistral (in Russian) (# 109 (13989)). Saint Petersburg: ZAO Publishing House "OM-Express". 3 December 2005. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2009.