Moscow Paveletsky railway station

Moscow–Paveletsky

Москва–Павелецкая

Moscow-Paveletsky
Aerial view of the station
General information
LocationPaveletskaya Square, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates55°43′47″N 37°38′22″E / 55.7298°N 37.6394°E / 55.7298; 37.6394
Operated byMoscow Railway
Platforms10
Tracks12
ConnectionsMoscow metro stations:

Paveletskaya
Paveletskaya

Tram: 3, 35, 38, 39, A;

Bus: 3H, 13, 106, 158, 632, Б, K;
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code193519
Fare zone0
History
Opened1900
Rebuilt1980
Electrified1953
Previous namesSaratovsky
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station
Terminus Paveletsky Suburban Moscow Tovarnaya
towards Uzunovo
Preceding station Aeroexpress Following station
Terminus Paveletskaya to Domodedovo Verkhnie Kotly
Paveletskaya railway station in Paveletskaya Square

Paveletsky station (Russian: Павелецкий вокзал) is one of Moscow's ten main railway stations. Originally called Saratovsky Railway Station, it was renamed after the settlement of Pavelets, when the railroad heading southeast from Moscow reached that point in 1899. The station's ornate original building, designed by architect Alexander Krasovsky, was built in 1900 and extensively reconstructed in the 1980s, and remains one of the biggest Moscow railway stations. In 1924, the station served as the place where Muscovites came to meet the body of deceased Lenin. The Lenin Funeral Train is still a permanent exhibit at the Museum of the Moscow Railway. The station is operated by the Moscow Railway.

From Paveletsky station, suburban electric trains depart towards Kashira, Ozherelye, and Uzunovo. Express electric trains depart to Ozherelye and Domodedovo Airport. The major directions of long-distance trains are Almaty, Astrakhan, Baku, Balakovo, Balashov, Lipetsk, Saratov, Tambov, Volgograd, Voronezh, and Yelets.