Ladozhsky Railway Station

With its steel cross-ribbed arches, the station is reminiscent of the great epoch of railway stations, when stone-hewn neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic cathedrals of mobility attested the unshakable faith in the technological power of the steam age.

Ladozhsky Railway Station - View Over Railways

View Over Railways

The steel crossbeams have a purely aesthetic function and belong to the post-modern repertoire.

Ladozhsky Railway Station At Night

Ladozhsky Railway Station At Night

With its multilevel construction, unique expressiveness and a role as junction on the Moscow-Helsinki line, the station refers back to itself and its Russian surroundings regardless of the demands of functionality.

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