Shosseynaya railway station (russian: Станция Шоссейная) is a
railway station
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in
October 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 M ...
in Saint Petersburg. It is located in the
Moskovsky District of Saint Petersburg at the intersection of
Pulkovo Highway and
Ring Road
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.
The name given to Kiev (now this part is called Pulkovo) highway. It was originally located on the Warsaw branch north of the current location.
The base station acts as a cargo station. For the employees of the station on it stops the passing of the trains, embarkation and disembarkation are made from official vestibule of the head car.
In 1967, when the Warsaw railway line merged with the Baltic, dismantling the railway on Warsaw street. Platform "Airport" was opened on the connecting line, located on the other side of the Kiev highway. After that, the station was used only for cargo. Apparently, in the same period, the station moved to the south of the former location.
According to the station it was given the original name of the airport of Leningrad (now "Pulkovo") - highway.
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Railway stations in Saint Petersburg
Railway stations in the Russian Empire opened in 1908
1908 establishments in the Russian Empire