🏛️ Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments

Russian Federation · Europe · Cultural · 59.55°N, 30.12°E

The Tsarskoye Selo Railway was the first public railway line in the Russian Empire. It ran for 27 km (17 mi) from Saint Petersburg to Pavlovsk through the nearby (4 km) Tsarskoye Selo. Construction began in May 1836, and the first test trips were carried out the same year between Tsarskoye Selo and Pavlovsk, using horse-drawn trains. The line was officially opened on 30 October 1837, when an 8-carriage train was hauled by a steam locomotive between Saint Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo. Until the construction of the Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway in 1851, it was the only passenger train line in Russia. In 1899 it was merged into the Moscow–Windau–Rybinsk Railway and now forms part of the Oktyabrskaya Railway.

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Quick facts

Country	Russian Federation
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	59.55°N, 30.12°E · view on map

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is a cultural World Heritage site in Russian Federation, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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