Primorskaya railway was located near

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and it lay on the route

, Sestroretsk, Beloostrov. The railway was served by

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s from the moment of opening and before joining to Oktyabrskaya railway in

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Joint-stock company

Many articles refer to the "Joint-stock company of the Prinorskaya St.-Peterburg-Sestroretsk railway". It is not known whether the misspelling of Primorskaya actually appeared in the company's title. The title implies that the western terminus of the railway was intended to be Primorsk but it did not reach Primorsk within the lifetime of the company.

Construction

The line was constructed in three parts: *

Ozerki line The Ozerki line was the first line constructed by the Primorskaya railway in Saint Petersburg, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe an ...

, opened July 23, 1893 * Primorskaya Line ** first stage opened July 12, 1894 ** second stage opened October 31, 1894 ** third stage opened November 26, 1894 * Tovarnaya line, opened May 1904 The route of the line in the Saint Petersburg area is difficult to follow because various changes were made between 1894 and 1928. Of particular note was the closure of Primorsky Rail Terminal (due to flooding) in 1924 and the re-routing of trains to

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

Technical stops

For technical needs and for travel of trains technical stops were necessary. } , - , Primorsky - goods , , 1924? , 2 , , , Tovarnaya line , , Serdobolskaya stop , PrimorskyRailTerminal-FlugovPost-1916

, russian: Приморский-товарный , - , Sestroretsk armory , , , 2 , 2, Voskova street , , ,

Sestroretsk railway station Sestroretsk railway station (russian: ста́нция Сестроре́цк, ''stantsiya Sestroretsk'') is a railway station in Sestroretsk, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, t ...

, ,

, russian: Сестрорецкий завод , - , Sestroretsk armory, horse-iron road , 1847 , before 1870 , 2? , 2, Voskova street , , Dubki horse-iron road , Dubkovsky pier , , , russian: Сестрорецкий завод , - , Shunting loop 2 verst; after the 1980s - Yakhtennaya , July 12, 1894 , 1924 , 2 , Near

Primorsky prospect Primorsky (masculine), Primorskaya (feminine), or Primorskoye (neuter) may refer to: ;Divisions *Primorsky Krai, a federal subject of Russia *Primorsky District, several districts and city districts in Russia *Primorskoye Urban Settlement, several ...

and Yakhtennaya street corner , , Primorskaya line , Novaya Derevnya , Shunting loop Dum , , russian: Разъезд вторая верста

Rolling stock

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, steam tram engines were used, as shown below. File:Sestroretsk train before 1917.jpg, Train of the Seaside Sestroretsk railway, pre-1917 File:Dyuny railway station and tram 2.jpg, Train at Dyuny railway station, 1900s File:Dyuny bridge.jpg, Train on Zavodskaya sestra crossover, 1900s

People

File:Авенариус.JPG, Pyotr Avenarius (1843-1909) engineer of the line

References

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