Moscow Rizhsky railway station

Rizhsky station (Russian: Рижский вокзал, Rizhsky vokzal, Riga station) is one of the nine main railway stations in Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1901. As well as being an active station it also houses the Moscow Railway Museum. The station is operated by the Moscow Railway.

Rizhsky Рижский вокзал
Moscow-Rizhsky
View of the station's main entrance
Location	Rizhskaya Square Moscow Russia
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Connections	Moscow metro station: Rizhskaya Bus: H6, M2, M9, T18, 0, 19, 38, 84, 85, 172, 239, 265, 379, 714, 778, 903; Trolleybus: 14, 42;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	196108
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1901
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Vindavsky, Baltiysky, Rzhevsky
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station Dmitrovskaya towards Shakhovskaya Rizhsky Suburban Terminus

It is located at Rizhskaya Square, at the crossing of Mira Avenue and Sushchyovsky Val. The station is served by Rizhskaya metro station. Although Rizhsky Station is relatively the least busiest station in Moscow, its connection to Latvia is Moscow's only, and is highly used. On the intersection of two main roads, Rizhsky is adjacent to a Holiday Inn hotel, a large market, and numerous Moscow apartments and offices. In addition, Rizhskiy Station has some of the best architecture of all the Moscow "vokzals".

History

The construction of the railway between Moscow and Vindava (Moscow–Vindava Railway) started in 1897. On June 30, 1901 the passenger traffic between Moscow and Volokolamsk was opened. Since the main station in Moscow was not ready at the time, the eastern terminal station in Moscow was Sortirovochnaya (currently Podmoskovnaya). The Vindavsky railway station, currently the Rizhsky railway station, was opened on September 11, 1901.[1] The building, in the style of eclecticism, was built using the project of the architect Stanislav Brzhozovsky. The construction was supervised by the architect Yuly Diederichs.[2]

After 1918, when Latvia became independent, the former Vindava line decayed, since it did not serve any big cities. In 1930, the station was renamed Baltiysky railway station, in 1942 - Rzhevsky railway station, and since January 1, 1948, when Latvia has been already annexed by Soviet Union, it was renamed Rizhsky railway station. Originally, the suburban railway line was scheduled to be electrified in 1943, but the electrification of the stretch between Moscow and Nakhabino only occurred in 1945, after World War II was finished.[3]

Trains and destinations

Long distance

Train number	Train name	Destination	Operated by
001/002	Latvia Express (lat: Latvijas Ekspresis)	Riga	Latvian Railways

Other destinations

Country	Destination
Russia	Velikiye Luki, Volokolamsk, Rzhev, Sebezh

Suburban destinations

Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect the Rizhsky station with stations and platforms of the Rizhsky suburban railway line, in particular, with the towns of Krasnogorsk, Dedovsk, Istra, and Volokolamsk.

Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station

In 2004, the open-air site of the Museum of the Moscow Railway was opened next to Rizhsky railway station. The other site of this museum shows Lenin's funeral train in a modern museum building next to the Paveletsky Rail Terminal in Moscow.

Gallery

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  Historical view of the station (early 20th century)
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  Historical view of the station (early 20th century)
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  Preserved Russian locomotive class O steam locomotive Ov-841 at Rizhsky station
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  Russian locomotive class O Ov-841 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
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  Russian locomotive class Ye Yea-2450 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
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  Russian locomotive class FD FD 21-3125 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
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  Russian locomotive class TE TE 5415 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
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  L-001 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
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  CO 1722-11 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
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  LV 0441 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
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  P36-001 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
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  Em 74-57 at Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station
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  ChS3-45 at the Moscow Railway Museum, Rizhsky station
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  ER200-105 at the Moscow Railway Museum, Rizhsky station

See also

• The Museum of the Moscow Railway, at Paveletsky railway station, Moscow
• Russian Railway Museum, in St.Petersburg
• Finland Station, St.Petersburg
• History of rail transport in Russia
• Emperor railway station in Pushkin town
• List of Moscow tourist attractions
• List of railway museums (worldwide)
• Heritage railways
• List of heritage railways
• Restored trains

References

1. Старостин, Михаил; Александр Поздеев. "История пригородного движения с Рижского вокзала". Krasnogorsk City Portal. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
2. Бржозовский С.А. (in Russian). Модерн Петербурга. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
3. Рижский вокзал (in Russian). Moscow.org. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

External links

• Rizhsky station (in Russian)
• Latvian Railways (Latvijas dzelzceļš) (in English, Latvian, and Russian)
• Russian Railways (Российские Железные Дороги) (in English and Russian)
• The Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky station