Yuny railway station

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Yuny
Commuter service passenger station
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Line(s) Small October railway
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Connections Historical Ozerki line
History
Opened 1893[2]
Closed 1927,[1] 2009
Rebuilt 1965

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

It was constructed by the Joint-stock company of the Prinorskaya St.-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).[2]

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 to 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.[3]

References

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