Russian Railway St. Petersburg – Tsarskoe Selo
November 11, 1837 (October 30 Old Style) inaugurated the first Russian railway from St. Petersburg to Pavlovsk, initiated the construction of a Russian railway network.
That day in the newspaper “Vedomosti” there was a note: “It was a Saturday, the citizens flocked to the old regimental church administration in Semenovski Plaza. They knew that opens an unusual railroad and “steel horse, carrying just a lot of a lot of coaches’ first hit the road. However, not everyone was able to see the first train. For the station itself, built recently, commoners were not allowed. At exactly 12 hours 30 minutes tiny locomotive gave a shrill whistle, and eight cars with the noble audience went from St. Petersburg – Tsarskoe Selo “.
It was the first public railway in Russia (until the opening in 1851 Nikolaev railway), the only one in the country and sixth in the world. It was built to provide a rail link between Tsarskoye Selo Station St. Petersburg, Tsarskoye Selo and Pavlovsk. Construction of roads led Czech engineer, professor of the Vienna University of Technology Franz von Gerstner. He was in the summer of 1835 failed to convince the Emperor in the use of railways, allowing to quickly transfer troops.
Decree of Emperor Nicholas I to the Senate approving the “Regulation on the establishment of the Company’s shareholders for the construction of a railway from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoe Selo to Pavlovsk continuation” was published April 16, 1836 (old style). May 1, 1836 began the construction of a railway from Pavlovsk. In July, the platform was ready for visitors under the canopy and laid the foundation of the hotel building. September 10 laid the station and locomotive depot with turntable in Tsarskoye Selo. 30 September rails laid at a distance of 22 miles from Pavlovsk. In late September, conducted test drives (several cars), horse-drawn platform in Tsarskoye Selo to Pavlovsk.
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