Yuny

Ю́ный
October Railway platform
General information
Coordinates60°1′32″N 30°17′43″E / 60.02556°N 30.29528°E / 60.02556; 30.29528
Owned byRussian Railways
Operated byOctober Railway
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
History
Opened23 July 1893 (1893-07-23) (original)[1]
27 August 1948 (1948-08-27) (MOZD)
Closed1927[2]
Rebuilt1955
Previous namesGrafskiy Pavilion
Pre-nationalisationPrimorskaya Railway
Services
Preceding station October Railway Following station
Ozyornaya
Terminus
Small October Railway Terminus
Location

Yuny station (Russian: Ста́нция Ю́ный) is a railway station located in St. Petersburg, Russia.

It was constructed by the JSC Primorskaya Saint Peterburg–Sestroretsk railway and was opened as part of the Ozerki line on July 23, 1893, under the name Grafskiy Pavilion (in translation - Count pavilion).[1]

In 1948, the narrow-gauge Small October railway was created here. In 1955, platforms were constructed and the station received the name Yuny.

Landmarks near Yuny station

Russian poet Maximilian Voloshin mentions the station Grafskiy Pavilion in his diary and reports that there was a summer residence here at which, in May 1926, Maxim Gorky and Anton Chekhov met one of their notability unidentified people.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Chepurin, Sergey; Arkady Nikolayenko (May 2007). "Sestroretsk and Primorskaya railways(Сестрорецкая и Приморская железные дороги)" (in Russian). terijoki.spb.ru/trk_about.php3. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  2. "Skatchki platform (Платформа "Скачки")". Kvartalny Nadziratel (in Russian). Saint Peterburg: Spb sobaka ru (45).
  3. Maximilian Voloshin, Maximilian. Opening materials (Материалы вскрытия) (in Russian). Retrieved 2009-03-03.


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