Krasny Kholm railway station ( rus, станция Красный Холм) is a

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located in

Krasny Kholm Krasny Kholm (russian: Красный Холм) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Krasny Kholm, Krasnokholmsky District, Tver Oblast, a town of district significance in Krasnokholmsky District of Tver Oblast ...

Tver Oblast Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...

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. It is part of the

Oktyabrskaya Railway Oktyabrskaya Railway or October Railway (russian: Октябрьская железная дорога) is the subsidiary of RZD, servicing railway lines in the north-west of Russia. It stretches from Moscow's Leningrad Terminal in the south to Mu ...

, on the

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connecting Savyolovo railway station and

Vesyegonsk railway station Vesyegonsk railway station (russian: станция Весьегонск) is a railway station located in Vesyegonsk, Tver Oblast in Russia. It is part of the October Railway, and is the terminus of that runs to Ovinishchi. History Vesyegonsk s ...

History

The wooden station dates from 1899, and has been preserved in its original form. The station's

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dates from the same period, and has also been preserved. The station was originally built to serve the

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that was extended from

Sonkovo railway station Sonkovo (russian: Сонко́во) is central commodity-passenger railway station of the Moscow branch of the Oktyabrskaya Railway on a joint with Northern Railway, with movement in four directions. The station is located in the urban-type set ...

to Krasny Kholm, as part of the

Rybinsk Rybinsk ( rus, Рыбинск, p=ˈrɨbʲɪnsk), the second largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Yaroslavl Oblast in Russia, lies at the confluence of the Volga River, Volga and Sheksna Rivers, 267 kilometers north-north-eas ...

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=pskov-ru.ogg, p=pskof; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population ...

- Vindava railway. The line was later extended to , and then to

in 1919. The from

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

was then extended to Ovinishchi, creating a reserve railway link between Saint Petersburg and Moscow. The pre-

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station building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

Services

The station has a ticket office, which opens half an hour before the arrival of a train, and a waiting room, which is open all day. Suburban trains between Sonkovo and

Pestovo Pestovo (russian: Пестово) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Arkhangelsk Oblast As of 2010, two rural localities in Arkhangelsk Oblast bear this name: * Pestovo, Ustyansky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, a village in Best ...

, and between Sonkovo and Vesyegonsk, pass through the station. These provide a link to direct trains from Vesyegonsk and Pestovo to Moscow, and from Vesyegonsk to Saint Petersburg. Sonkovo station provides transit links to trains to Savyolovo,

Uglich Uglich ( rus, У́глич, p=ˈuɡlʲɪtɕ) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River. Population: History The city was first documented in 1148 as ''Ugliche Pole'' (''Corner Field''). The town's name is though ...

Bologoye Bologoye () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Bologoye, Tver Oblast, a town in Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast ;Rural localities * Bologoye, Omsk Oblast, a '' selo'' in Rozovsky Rural Okrug of Russko-P ...

, and Rybinsk, while Pestovo links to a service to Khvoynaya.

References

{{reflist Railway stations in Tver Oblast Railway stations of Oktyabrskaya Railway Railway stations in the Russian Empire opened in 1899 Cultural heritage monuments in Tver Oblast Objects of cultural heritage of Russia of regional significance