Warsaw Railway Station Gatchina

Gatchina is a large city in the Leningrad region, located forty minutes from St. Petersburg, which is famous for its rich history and magnificent palace, park and architectural ensembles. With him are the names of Count Orlov - a favorite of the Empress Catherine, Emperor Paul I and Alexander III. The famous Pavlovsky Palace is one of the main architectural and historical sites of Gatchina.

In the city there are two railway junctions - the Warsaw Railway Station and the Baltic Railway Station. With the latter, electric trains run to St. Petersburg and back, but by capacity and size of infrastructure the main passenger terminal is the Warsaw Railway Station. Gatchina is a city through which trains from St. Petersburg follow in a southerly direction, through Luga to Warsaw.

Located in the southeastern part of the city at the intersection of Chkalov and Karl Marx Streets, Warsaw Railway Station attracts attention by the strict classical forms created by the architect D.P. Buryshkin, according to the project of which the building was rebuilt after the war.

And the history of the station began with the highest order of Emperor Nicholas I about the construction of a railway from St. Petersburg to Warsaw. On November 1, 1853, its first section was opened, connecting St. Petersburg with the royal residence in Gatchina. Its length was 44.6 km. Twice a day trains to the northern capital and back went on this site.

Wooden railway station buildings were built in both cities, but they did not last long, and already in 1858 the Warsaw railway station was erected in stone both in St. Petersburg and in Gatchina. P. Salmashevich, the chief architect of the Society of Railways, directed the project. The construction of the road also continued, in 1859 the railway tracks stretched to Pskov, and in 1862 - to Warsaw. When Emperor Alexander III ascended the throne , Gatchina became his permanent residence. The Warsaw railway station began to work much more intensively, as the tsarist officials and close associates constantly came here.

At the beginning of the last century, V.V. Lenin. So, returning in 1900 to St. Petersburg after exile in Shushenskoye, he traveled to Pskov via Gatchina to stay closer to the capital, where he was prohibited from living.

During the Great Patriotic War, Gatchina, captured by the Wehrmacht troops, became one of the centers of resistance. The railway workers blew up military formations and disrupted the equipment of the stations. The buildings of both stations were destroyed. January 26, 1944 Gatchina was released from the invaders. The Warsaw Railway Station was rebuilt. In the 60s the road was electrified.

The modern Warsaw railway is a path of international importance. From St. Petersburg through Gatchina there are trains to European cities - Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, Sofia, Budapest, Prague, Paris. From the Warsaw railway station, trains leave for the Baltic States and Western Ukraine. In addition, there is a very busy suburban communication.

In the 2000s, the station building was thoroughly renovated, and four years ago the turnstiles were upgraded by turnstiles. The Warsaw railway station lives and develops.