Leningradsky Rail Terminal

Leningradsky station on Komsomolskaya Square is Moscow's oldest railway terminus and the starting point of the line to Saint Petersburg. It opened in 1851 as the central station of Russia's first main line between Saint Petersburg and Moscow, designed by architect Konstantin Thon, the same builder behind the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Its counterpart, the Moskovsky station in Saint Petersburg, is architecturally identical, a deliberate symbol of the direct link between the two capitals. The name shifted with the city through history: Nikolaevsky, Oktyabrsky, and from 1937 Leningradsky. Even after Saint Petersburg reverted to its old name, the station kept its Soviet label. Today the Sapsan high-speed trains run from here to Saint Petersburg in around four hours. Together with Kazansky and Yaroslavsky, it makes up the famous Three Stations Square.