Ligovo railway station

Railway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia
59°49′24″N 30°10′44″E / 59.82333°N 30.17889°E / 59.82333; 30.17889Line(s)Saint Petersburg Baltiisky - KalischePlatforms4Tracks5ConnectionsSaint Petersburg Baltiisky - Krasnoflotsk Saint Petersburg Baltiisky - Baltiisky rail terminal (Gatchina)Other informationStation code034505Fare zone2HistoryOpened1857[1]
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Engineering objects of Ligovo station
Oktyabrskaya Railway, Saint Petersburg Division
Legend
Up arrow
To Kalische
1926
To Krasnoflotsk
1926
Power Plant
1???
Сustoms office
1???
15.4
Sosnovaya polyana
1929
Older trackside
Warehouses
To Gatchina
1872
To Krasnoye Selo
1960s
To Zelyonaya Strana
2010
To Gorelovo Ind.
1???
Cement works
1???
Dudergofka river
13.4
Ligovo
1857
pr. Obuh. Oborony
1???
Zchelznodorozchnaya st.
Avangardniy bridge
1???
Bezymyannaya street
↙ Ligovsky overpass
1???
Tallinskoye shosse
pr. Marshala Zchukova
1???
Obelisk
1???
Krasnaya street
Narodngo opolchenia
1970s
Railway bridge
1???
Staro-panovsky
1970s
Bezymyannaya st.br
1???
Relsosvarochnyj factory
11.3
Ulyanka
1971
ToDachnoye
1914
To Aeroport (1969)
To Baltiysky Terminal
1857
Predportovaya
1929
To Srednerogatskaya
1???

Ligovo railway station (Russian: Ста́нция Ли́гово; Finnish: Liiha) is a railway station located in St. Petersburg, Russia.

History

In the 1950s Ligovo has fallen into decay, last fact was process of dissociation of land plots as a result of reforms of 1861. At this time through Ligovo there has passed Baltic railway which has connected the Baltiysky Rail Terminal in St. Petersburg with Petergof.[2] The first trains have gone on the way to 1857.

The architecture of a building of station corresponded to the junction status on a line conducting to imperial residences. The first wooden building of station with a high tower has existed prior to the beginning of 20th century. It was replaced by a brick structure: on the second platform the canopy for the passengers, corresponding to a direction to Gatchina has been arranged. Structures have existed till the end of 1941.

In 1941-1945 of the USSR and Germany participated in Second World War. Ligovo has entered into territory on which took place fights for Leningrad (Siege of Leningrad operation). Since December 1941 till January 1944 on settlement territory there passed a front line. All buildings and constructions have been destroyed, at deviation the German armies have put out of commission bridges and railways tracks; besides, the set of objects has been mined. From station Dachnoye to station Ligovo sappers have taken and have neutralised minefields in density of 1500 pieces on road kilometre.[3]

Images

  • Brick structures of station of the beginning of 20th century
    Brick structures of station of the beginning of 20th century
  • Glazed canopy of a platform
    Glazed canopy of a platform

References

  1. ^ Железнодорожные станции СССР [Railway stations of the USSR] (in Russian). Book of reference. Moscow: Transportation. 1981.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ N. A., Perevezentseva (2004). По Балтийской железной дороге от Петербурга до Гатчины [On the Baltic railway from Petersburg to Gatchina] (in Russian). Russian: Перевезенцева Н. А. Ostrov Russian: Остров. ISBN 5-94500-007-8. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  3. ^ Konarev, N. S. Russian: Н. С. Конарев. Железнодорожники в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 [Railwaymen in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
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Placename toponym Ligovo
  • Ligovo (historical area of St. Petersburg)
  • Liga River (now called the Dudergofka)
  • Ligovsky Pond
  • Ligovo railway station
  • Ligovo subway station
  • Ligovo Obelisk
  • Ligovsky overpass