Description of the attraction
The building of the first Tsarskoye Selo railway station was built in 1838. The appearance of such an innovation as station buildings is associated with the opening of the first railway in Russia in 1837.
Tsarskoselsky railway station was built by Gasparo Fossati, a Swiss architect, in the Gothic English style. The central two-storey building is made of bricks, its dome was crowned with a four-domed tower typical of the Gothic style. On both sides of the central building, there were one-story side wooden buildings, which ended with canopies resting on pillars.
With the development of the railway network in Russia in 1900, the Tsarskoye Selo railway was incorporated into the Moscow-Vindavo-Rybinsk railway society. The traffic flow through this station increased, which led to the need to rebuild the station building. In 1902-1904. designed by architect S. A. Brzhozovsky, a new station building was erected, which to some extent resembled a castle from the Middle Ages, with spiers, arches, and turrets. From the main building, as before, pavilions departed on the sides. The halls of the station building were divided into three classes, each of which had its own luggage rooms, buffets, and utility rooms. On the left side, the Grand Ducal Pavilion joined the central building.
The current building of the Tsarskoye Selo railway station was built in 1946-1950. instead of the former station complex destroyed during the war. The building of the new station was built under the direction of the architect E. A. Levinson and designer A. A. Grushka. Until now, it retains its former spatial composition. The main part of the station is a two-story building. With the help of wide arched structures, two separate pavilions are connected to it. The second tier of the building is hidden behind the columns, which are stylized under the Tuscan order, and ends with a sloping roof. The combination of columns with large arched door and window openings give the station building features reminiscent of the architectural structures of the 18th century. and the palaces of Tsarskoe Selo.
The decoration of the station building touches upon the theme of the memory of the great poet A. S. Pushkin. On the side facades of the main building there are reliefs with portraits of Delvig, Derzhavin, Zhukovsky, Karamzin, Chaadaev, Kuchelbeker. In the ticket office lobby, inside the building, there are bas-reliefs depicting the poet's profile, and the decorative painting of the hall vault of the hall with the image of wide-spread tree crowns immerses the station visitors in the atmosphere of Pushkin's fairy tales.
The waiting room is located in the southern one-story wing. The walls of the hall are decorated with artificial marble, and the ceiling vaults are decorated with sculptural compositions depicting the Great Caprice, the Chesme Column, and the Cameron Gallery. In a niche in the center of the waiting room there is a bronze sculpture by A. S. Pushkin, which was specially designed for this hall by the sculptor M. G. Manizer.
There is a restaurant in the north wing of the station building. Especially for decorating its walls according to the sketches of L. G. Semenova and E. A. Levinson's porcelain slabs were made at the Lomonosov factory. These slabs, which adorn the wall behind the pantry, feature rose flowers in bouquets, garlands and wreaths that represent love and abundance.
The one-story pavilions that are part of the station complex accommodate lockers and a luggage compartment. Here are the entrances to the tunnels that lead to the second platform.
In 2007automatic turnstiles were installed at the entrances and exits to the station platforms in order to control the fare. By the 300th anniversary of Tsarskoye Selo, it was planned to change the name of this railway station from "Detskoe Selo" to "Tsarskoe Selo", but the official renaming did not happen.
