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Vyborg railway station (1913)

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337: 409: 361: 397: 385: 373: 36: 349: 272:. As traffic increased, the city decided at the turn of the century to build a new, modern railway station. The architectural competition held in 1901 was won by the entry from Eliel Saarinen's and Herman Gesellius's architectural bureau. The final design was made by Gesellius, who started making the actual drawings in 1906. Construction was started in 1910 and the station was taken into use on 10 July 1913. 275:
The new station consisted of three parts, which were the administrative building, the station proper, and the cargo office. The station hall with its waiting space and restaurant was placed in the middle of the tracks, accessed through three tunnels. The ticket office was next to the administrative
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troops withdrew from the city and exploded the station buildings. Only one end wall of the waiting spaces and the cargo office, which remains in use to this day, remained. The tunnels leading to the platforms also remain, and they were put into use during the construction of the present station
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and two statues of women. Two tunnels led from the administrative building to the waiting hall between the main tracks. The platform could also be accessed through a third tunnel between the administrative building and the cargo office. The restaurant and café were located in the middle of the
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In terms of passenger traffic, the Vyborg station was the second busiest railway station in Finland after the Helsinki Central station and in terms of cargo traffic, the Vyborg railway yard was the largest in Finland. There were five railways leading from the city in different directions. The
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building. Above the main entrance to the administrative building was a 20-meter tall curved part, which had a large window and clock in the middle of it. On both sides of the main doors made of oak were four statues of bears designed by
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who worked in the same architectural bureau as Gesellius. For example, both buildings had a similar high curved part above the main entrance, and similarly to the Helsinki station, the Vyborg station also had granite sculptures on
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administrative building and the waiting spaces in its ends. The western end was reserved for first and second-class passengers and the eastern end for third-class passengers.
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on its facade. The Vyborg station was technically very modern; for example, it had machine-working air conditioning.
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The station hall (background), the administrative building (foreground left) and the cargo office (right).
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The Vyborg railway station was almost completely destroyed in August 1941, when
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The first station building in Vyborg was built in 1870 together with the
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was located on the northern end of the station square in the
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The cargo office, the only remaining part of the station.
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Vyborg
Leningrad Oblast
Russia
Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway
Vyborg–Joensuu railroad
Herman Gesellius
Romantic nationalism
VR Group
railway station
Vyborg
Grand Duchy of Finland
Leningrad Oblast
Russia
Vyborg's first railway station
Continuation War
Vyborg railway station
romantic nationalist
Herman Gesellius
Repola
Helsinki Central railway station
Eliel Saarinen
pilasters
Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway
Eva Gyldén
Vyborg–Joensuu railroad
Joensuu
Sortavala
Liimatta–Valkjärvi railroad
Uuras railroad

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