Pionerskaya railway station
railway station
Pionerskaya rail station (Russian: Ста́нция Пионе́рская) 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 with the Ozerki line on July 23, 1893.
In 1948 it was re-opened as a part of the narrow-gauge Malaya October Railway under the name the Zoopark. In 1969 it was renamed to Pionerskaya, and was closed in 1990.
“Pionerskaya railway station” enters the record as railway station. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pionerskaya, railway and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7196879. Authority coordinates are 60.016, 30.300. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1893, 1948, 1969 and 1990.
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