Flugov post (russian: Флю́гов Пост) also known as Flugov shunting loop, is a goods station in Saint Petersburg, built for delivering cargo from tram stations on the Flugov lane (now Kantemirovsky street) to Sestroretsk.

History

On Tovarnaya line

The station was constructed as a branch of the

Primorsky Rail Terminal Primorsky station (russian: Примо́рский вокза́л) is a former railway terminal in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was constructed by the JSC Primorskaya Saint Peterburg–Sestroretsk railway and was opened on July, 23rd 1893 as ...

to Flugov Post line in May,

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

by engineer

Pyotr Alexandrovich Avenarius Primorskaya railway was located near Saint Petersburg and it lay on the route Saint Petersburg, Sestroretsk, Beloostrov. The railway was served by steam locomotives from the moment of opening and before joining to Oktyabrskaya railway in 192 ...

. Catastrophic flooding on 23 September 1924 closed the Primorsky Rail Terminal. Another branch to the

Finlyandsky Rail Terminal St Petersburg–Finlyandsky (russian: Станция Санкт-Петербург-Финля́ндский ''Stantsiya Sankt-Peterburg-Finlyandskiy'', in spoken language usually just russian: Финля́ндский вокзал ''Finlyandskiy ...

was constructed in

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

and 1927. By 1926, the line to Sestroretsk had been laid through Lanskaya station. In 1929, the line was reconstructed. The station Flyugov post was no longer required and was dismantled.

On Vyborg line

Flyugov Post was also the name of a station on the line between

and Lanskaya, constructed in

and taken out of service in

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

Picture gallery

File:Schedule of the Sestroretsk direction on 1905.jpg, The schedule of the Sestroretsk direction in 1905. File:Schedule of the Sestroretsk direction on 1927.jpg, The schedule of the Sestroretsk direction in 1927 File:Sestroretsk train before 1917.jpg, Train of the Seaside Sestroretsk railway. In operation at this station at this time File:PrimorskyRailTerminal-FlugovPost-1916.jpg, Plan of the Tovarnaya Line in 1916

References

{{Placename toponym Flugov Railway stations opened in 1904 Railway stations closed in 1929 Railway stations opened in 1925 Railway stations closed in 1934