The station building of coastal type is located along the railway tracks, with the northern facade facing the station square and the southern one facing the tracks. The development of industry and trade required the construction of railways. In March 1868, the Borisoglebsk district zemstvo received permission to build the Griazy-Borisoglebsk railway, and on July 20, 1869, for its extension to Tsaritsyn. The first part of the line from Griazy to Borisoglebsk was completed in December 1869, and traffic on the Borisoglebsk-Tsaritsyn section began on July 25, 1871. The station started operating in the same year. From 1871 to 1893, the management of the Griazy-Tsaritsyn railway was located here. Since 1893, with the formation of the Southeast Railway Society, the Northern management of the Society was based here, while the southern one was in Voronezh. In the 1870s, the railway was managed by engineer N.O. Kulzhinsky, and in the 1880s, by P.E. Suvchinsky. At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, part of the building housed a two-class school of the Southeast Railway. According to traveler and historian P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, the station in Borisoglebsk was one of the most beautiful on the entire network of Southeast Railways. The building is three stories high, made of brick, with facing brickwork. The rectangular shape is complemented by risalits: on the northern facade, they are large, with two side and a central one, topped with a four-sided tier with a tent, while on the southern facade, they are slightly protruding. The eastern and western facades are also complicated by risalits. On the side of the tracks, a canopy over the platform adjoins the building, supported by metal columns. The decorative finishing of the facades incorporates elements of Art Nouveau, Russian style, and classicism. The first floor is topped with a cornice with stepped brackets. Above the central risalit of the northern facade, the cornice transitions into kokoshniks. The corners of the side risalits are emphasized by rusticated pilasters, between which a frieze runs. The walls are rusticated up to the window sill. Large arched openings of the central risalit have stepped finishes. The second and third floors are united by corner pilasters and arched niches with windows. The pilasters of the second floor end with capitals with threads. On the third floor, the corners of the risalit are cut off. The walls of the western and eastern facades, as well as the side risalits of the northern facade, are topped with a frieze. Rectangular openings of the second floor are united under a window sill. On the third floor, the windows are arched, except for one on the northern central risalit. Between the windows of the second and third floors on the facades are square panels. The crowning cornice is similar to the inter-floor one but is complemented by friezes and overlays. On the northern side risalits, the cornice transitions into a kokoshnik above the round opening. An openwork grille adjoins the fourth tier of the northern central risalit. The internal layout of the first floor is typical for stations of that time: in the center, there are waiting rooms, a ticket hall, and a restaurant, while at the ends, there are service rooms. The waiting rooms have a unified space with rows of columns. The staircases are located along the axes of the central risalits. On the second and third floors, the layout is corridor-based, with rooms and a post office on the second floor and a hotel on the third. The building is used for its original purpose.
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