Moscow Paveletsky railway station

Paveletsky station
Moscow-Paveletsky
Aerial view of the station
General information
Location	Paveletskaya Square, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates	55°43′47″N 37°38′22″E / 55.7298°N 37.6394°E / 55.7298; 37.6394
Operated by	Moscow Railway
Platforms	10
Tracks	12
Connections	Moscow metro stations: Paveletskaya Paveletskaya Tram: 3, 35, 38, 39, A; Bus: 3H, 13, 106, 158, 632, Б, K;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	193519
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1900
Rebuilt	1980
Electrified	1953
Previous names	Saratovsky
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station Terminus Paveletsky Suburban Moscow Tovarnaya towards Uzunovo Preceding station Aeroexpress Following station Terminus Paveletskaya to Domodedovo Verkhnie Kotly towards Aeroport Domodedovo

Paveletsky station (Russian: Павелецкий вокзал) is one of Moscow's ten main railway stations. Originally called Saratovsky Railway Station, it was renamed after the settlement of Pavelets, when the railroad heading southeast from Moscow reached that point in 1899. The station's ornate original building, designed by architect Alexander Krasovsky, was built in 1900 and extensively reconstructed in the 1980s, and remains one of the biggest Moscow railway stations. In 1924, the station served as the place where Muscovites came to meet the body of deceased Lenin. The Lenin Funeral Train is still a permanent exhibit at the Museum of the Moscow Railway. The station is operated by the Moscow Railway.

From Paveletsky station, suburban electric trains depart towards Kashira, Ozherelye, and Uzunovo. Express electric trains depart to Ozherelye and Domodedovo Airport. The major directions of long-distance trains are Almaty, Astrakhan, Baku, Balakovo, Balashov, Lipetsk, Saratov, Tambov, Volgograd, Voronezh, and Yelets.