Vitebsky railway station

St. Petersburg–Vitebsky

Санкт-Петербург–Витебский
Vitebsk Railway Station in July 2014
General information
Location52, Zagorodny av., St. Petersburg, Russia
Coordinates59°55′12″N 30°19′44″E / 59.9199°N 30.3289°E / 59.9199; 30.3289
Platforms5 (3 island platforms)
Tracks8
ConnectionsSaint Petersburg Metro stations:
Pushkinskaya
Zvenigorodskaya
Construction
Structure typeelevated
Platform levels2
Parkingyes
Other information
Station code033061
Fare zone0
History
Opened1837
Rebuilt1852, 1904
Electrified1953
Previous namesTsarskoselsky, Detskoselsky

St. Petersburg–Vitebsky (Russian: Ви́тебский вокза́л) is a railway station terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Formerly known as St. Petersburg–Tsarskoselsky station because its first line led to the suburban royal residences town of Tsarskoye Selo, it was the first railway station to be built in Saint Petersburg and the whole of the Russian Empire (while its present-day building is much newer). Later, with considerable extension of its lines, the station was renamed after a much farther destination: Vitebsk, a city in Belarus.