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2 unusual facts about Sestroretsk


Dubki horse-iron road

The Dubki horse-iron road was built to serve the armory at Sestroretsk, Russia.

Sestroretsk

A large hospital and rehabilitation center is situated within the boundaries of the town.


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Finland Station

Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Finlyandsky station with the towns of Sestroretsk, Zelenogorsk, Primorsk, Vyborg and Priozersk.

Fyodor Pirotsky

In 1874 he started experiments on Volkov Field in Saint Petersburg and in 1875 he put electrically powered railway cars on the Sestroretsks railway Miller's line (not far from the station Miller's pier).

Gorsky

Gorskaya railway station, a locality and train station in Sestroretsk, St.

Miller's line

By the mid-1880s the Society of the Sestroretsk railway was definitively ruined, and on January 1, 1886, the railway was closed.

Sestroretsk spur line

The Sestroretsk spur line was laid by request of the Russian Ministry of Defence for communication of the Sestroretsk armory with the strategic Riihimäki-Saint Petersburg railroad in 1871.


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