Samara-Passazhirskaya (russian: Самара-Пассажирская) is a major
railway station
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of the
Kuybyshev Railway
The Kuybyshevskaya Railway (Ку́йбышевская желе́зная доро́га) is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways operating in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mordovia, Ryazan Oblast, Penza, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Orenburg, and C ...
in
Samara, Russia.
Main information
The new station was built in 2001 and is the tallest station building in
Europe
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with height including the spire 101 meters.
History
The current station in Samara is the second in the history of the city. The first railway station in Samara was built in 1876, and it operated for 120 years. The total area of the old station was 3380 m², capacity.
In the summer of 1996, on the eve of Railway Workers' Day, the first brick was laid in the foundation of a new railway station. Construction work was carried out without interrupting the movement of passenger and commuter train station through the Samara at the time developed technology.
May 25, 1999, saw the opening of the first Launch Complex Station. In December 1999, a modern pedestrian tunnel was put into operation, which is over 240 sq. It links the station square with all the landing platform station.
Moskovskaya – a metro station next to the station building
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References
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External links
Kuybyshev railway website
Railway stations in Samara Oblast
Railway stations in the Russian Empire opened in 1876
Railway stations in Russia opened in 2001