 The station, located at the crossing of the Zagorodny Avenue and the now-vanished Vvedensky Canal, was inaugurated in the presence of Nicholas I of Russia on 30 October 1837 when the first Russian train, named "Provorny", departed from its platform for the imperial residence at Tsarskoe Selo.A replica of this train may be seen as a permanent exhibit at the modern station.The first building of the Petersburg Station (as it was then known) was constructed in timber in August and September of the same year to a design by Konstantin Thon.