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The Tsarskoye Selo Railway Station Charitable Foundation has released a stunning video which presents the Foundation’s concept for the restoration of the Imperial Railway Pavilion at Tsarskoye Selo [now part of the town of Pushkin], which began in the summer of 2023.

According to the concept being developed, it is planned to restore the Pavilion building with the restoration of its historical appearance based on the surviving photographs, documents and research by specialists. During the restoration of the facades, it is planned to restore the plaster layer and decorative elements. Inside the Pavilion, it is planned to restore wall and ceiling paintings to their original colours, floor coverings and stucco, and restore lost stoves.

After the completion of the restoration, a museum space with access to the ceremonial rooms will be developed inside the station building. The reconstruction of the Tsar’s Station involves the construction of the lost metal frame of the landing stage (covered railway platform) – as seen in the artist’s drawings (below) and video.

Inside the openwork riveted trusses, it is planned to construct a building in the form of a railway passenger car. Work is also planned to develope the area surrounding the station building.

The former Imperial Railway Pavilion is located a short distance from the Alexander Palace, the Feodorovsky Sovereign Cathedral and the Feodorovsky Gorodok.

Tsarskoye Selo Railway Station Charitable Foundation © 2024

FURTHER READING:

Imperial Railway Pavilion in Tsarskoye Selo is being restored – published on 18th August 2023 – includes 13 colour photos

Update on the restoration of the Imperial Railway Pavilion at Tsarskoye Selo – published on 16th April 2024

The sad state of the Imperial Railway Pavilion in Tsarskoye Selo includes 20 PHOTOS! – originally published on 29th December 2019

Imperial Railway Pavilions During the Reign of Nicholas II – originally published on 23rd October 2019

© Paul Gilbert. 6 August 2024

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COMING SOON!
Publication date to be announced

My book on the Imperial Train was scheduled to be published last year, however, I delayed it, and for good reason. Given that the Imperial Railway Station at Tsarskoye Selo was the main terminus for the Imperial Train, it only stood to reason, that I should devote a chapter to this historic building.

My forthcoming book is the first English language title to explore the history of the Tsar’s luxurious mode of transport on rails. It will include detailed descriptions – including vintage photos and floorplans – of the train’s interiors. My book also tells about the fate of the Imperial Train, the Imperial Railway Pavilions constructed solely for the use of the Imperial Train in Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg and Moscow, and much more.

‘The Imperial Train of Emperor Nicholas II’ will be published in paperback edition, 150 pages, and richly illustrated throughout. It will be available on Amazon shortly after the completion of the restoration of the Imperial Railway Pavilion at Tsarskoye Selo has been completed – PG