Moscow Rizhsky railway station

Rizhsky Рижский
Moscow-Rizhsky
View of the station's main entrance
General information
Location	Rizhskaya Square Moscow Russia
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Connections	Moscow metro station: Rizhskaya Bus: H6, M2, M9, T18, 0, 19, 38, 84, 85, 172, 239, 265, 379, 714, 778, 903; Trolleybus: 14, 42;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	196108
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1901
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Vindavsky, Baltiysky, Rzhevsky
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station Dmitrovskaya towards Shakhovskaya Rizhsky Suburban Terminus

Rizhsky station (Russian: Рижский вокзал, Rizhsky vokzal, Riga station) is one of the ten main railway stations in Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1901. As well as being an active station it also houses the Moscow Railway Museum. The station is operated by the Moscow Railway.

It is located at Rizhskaya Square, at the crossing of Mira Avenue and Sushchyovsky Val. The station is served by Rizhskaya metro station. Although Rizhsky Station is relatively the least busiest station in Moscow, its connection to Latvia is Moscow's only, and is highly used. On the intersection of two main roads, Rizhsky is adjacent to a Holiday Inn hotel, a large market, and numerous Moscow apartments and offices. In addition, Rizhskiy Station has some of the best architecture of all the Moscow "vokzals".^{[according to whom?]}