Adaptation and reconstruction of the stations on the Finland railway road

Abstract

The article deals with the main problems of reconstruction and adaptation to modern conditions of functioning of historical stations of the Finnish railway. The Finnish railway was the first railway created in the Northern direction in the Russian Empire. The article outlined historical information and the existing state of the preserved railway pavilions. The characteristic features of functioning and the reasons of destruction and degradation of buildings of railway stations are analyzed. Herein defined and proved necessity of reconstruction and adaptation of railway stations on the territory of Russia, consisting in a complex combination of different types of social functions. Design solutions include restoration, change of building function, reconstruction of structural and engineering structure of buildings, restoration of facades and historical interiors, development of improvement zones around railway stations.