Yuny railway station

Yuny
Commuter service passenger station
Coordinates 60°1′32″N 30°17′43″E / 60.02556°N 30.29528°E / 60.02556; 30.29528Coordinates: 60°1′32″N 30°17′43″E / 60.02556°N 30.29528°E / 60.02556; 30.29528
Line(s) Small October railway
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Connections Historical Ozerki line
History
Opened 1893[1]
Closed 1927,[2] 2009
Rebuilt 1965

Yuny station (Russian: Ста́нция Ю́ный) is a railway station located in St. Petersburg, Russia.

It was constructed by the Joint-stock company of the Prinorskaya St.-Peterburg-Sestroretsk railway and was opened as part of the Ozerki line on July 23, 1893 under the name Grafskiy Pavilion (in translation - Count pavilion).[1]

In 1948, the narrow-gauge Small October railway was created here. In 1955, platforms were constructed and the station received the name Yuny.

Landmarks near to Yuny station

Russian poet Maximilian Voloshin mentions the station Grafskiy Pavilion in his diary and reports that there was a summer residence here at which, in May 1926, Maxim Gorky and Anton Chekhov met.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Chepurin, Sergey; Arkady Nikolayenko (May 2007). "Sestroretsk and Primorskaya railways(Сестрорецкая и Приморская железные дороги)" (in Russian). http://terijoki.spb.ru/trk_about.php3. Retrieved 2009-02-21. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. "Skatchki platform (Платформа "Скачки")". Kvartalny nadziratel (in Russian) (Saint Peterburg: Spb sobaka ru) (45).
  3. Maximilian Voloshin, Maximilian. Opening materials (Материалы вскрытия) (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-03-03.
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