Yakhtennaya railway station (russian: Платфо́рма Я́хтенная) is a
railway station
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in
Saint Petersburg
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,
Russia
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, that opened in the 1990s. All trains that pass through this station stop at this station.
History
Originally the
JSC Primorskaya Saint Peterburg–Sestroretsk railway was constructed as Shunting loop 2 verst. This shunting loop was opened on July 12, 1894, concurrent with the opening of the railway between
Novaya Derevnya
Novaya Derevnya railway station (russian: Но́вая дере́вня, ) is a railway station located at the Kolomyazhskiy Prospekt overpass in Primorsky District, St. Petersburg.
The station was opened on 23 July 1893 as part of the Oze ...
and
Lakhta (the first stage of the
Primorskaya line).
On September 23, 1924, the shunting loop was seriously damaged during the catastrophic flooding. After the flood, the shunting loop was dismantled, and by 1925 did not exist anymore.
In the 1980s, housing construction began in the area. The current station was built to serve the residents. The station was named "13th km" until February 1999 when it was renamed "Yakhtennaya", after the street on which is built.
References
Railway stations in Saint Petersburg
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