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Skachki railway station

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Skachki platform (Russian: платфо́рма Ска́чки) was a railway platform located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was constructed in 1889 by the Joint-stock company of the Prinorskaya St.-Peterburg-Sestroretsk railway on the existing Ozerki line to serve the Hippodrome in Kolomyagi.

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Skachki railway station
Коломяжский проспект, Saint Petersburg Komendantsky Aerodrom (округ Комендантский аэродром)

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Коломяжский проспект

Коломяжский проспект
197348 Saint Petersburg, Komendantsky Aerodrom (округ Комендантский аэродром)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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