Rizhsky Рижский | |||||||||||
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  Moscow-Rizhsky | |||||||||||
 View of the station's main entrance | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Rizhskaya Square Moscow Russia | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Moscow metro station: Bus: H6, M2, M9, T18, 0, 19, 38, 84, 85, 172, 239, 265, 379, 714, 778, 903; Trolleybus: 14, 42; | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 196108 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 0 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1901 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Vindavsky, Baltiysky, Rzhevsky | ||||||||||
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Rizhsky station (Russian: Рижский вокзал, Rizhsky vokzal, Riga station) is one of the ten main railway stations in Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1901. As well as being an active station it also houses the Moscow Railway Museum. The station is operated by the Moscow Railway.
It is located at Rizhskaya Square, at the crossing of Mira Avenue and Sushchyovsky Val. The station is served by Rizhskaya metro station. Although Rizhsky Station is relatively the least busiest station in Moscow, its connection to Latvia is Moscow's only, and is highly used. On the intersection of two main roads, Rizhsky is adjacent to a Holiday Inn hotel, a large market, and numerous Moscow apartments and offices. In addition, Rizhskiy Station has some of the best architecture of all the Moscow "vokzals".[according to whom?]