🏛 Leningradsky Railway Station

Комсомольская пл., 3

Moscow's oldest station, opened in 1851 and the twin of Moskovsky Station in St Petersburg.

The station was built in 1844–1851 to a design by Konstantin Thon; construction was supervised by the architect Rudolf Zhelyazevich.
Nicholas I himself approved Thon's design for both terminals, in Moscow and in St Petersburg.
The first train arrived here on 3 August 1851, and on 19 August Nicholas I travelled the new line for the first time with his family.
In its history the station has had four names: Petersburgsky, from 1855 Nikolaevsky, in 1923 Oktyabrsky and from 1924 Leningradsky.
On 11 March 1918 Lenin arrived here from Petrograd as the Soviet government moved to Moscow.
Thon refused the demand of the Minister of Railways Pyotr Kleinmichel to lay the bricks with thin joints, fearing for the strength of the walls.
The latest reconstruction ran from August 2024 to May 2026: a train shed over the platforms and a direct passage to Komsomolskaya station appeared.