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Telephone

Telephone Communications began to operate in St. Petersburg on 30 November 1882, after the construction of the 47km-long St. Petersburg - Gatchina telephone line, and the building of the first telephone station (26 Nevsky Prospect; it was a manual operator station, originally for 128, then for 259 phone numbers, equipped with 6 switchboards and 7 main lines). Telephone communication with Peterhof and Tsarskoe Selo was established in 1883; the first long-distance telephone line between St. Petersburg and Moscow was built in 1898. In 1895, the St. Petersburg telephone network totalled about 3,000 users; in 1900, about 4,000; in 1911, over 50,000. In 1905, the Central Telephone Station was built at 22 Morskaya Street (CTS; in 1905 it had 40,000 numbers; in 1917, some 57,400 numbers). Power transmission lines were gradually replaced with underground cables beginning in the 1920s, with the first attempts made in 1906. The Leningrad City Telephone Station (LCTS) was automated in the 1930s. The Petrogradskaya, Nekrasovskaya, Krasnoarmeiskaya, Volodarskaya, Vyborgskaya and Kirovskaya automatic telephone stations (ATSs) began operating in 1933-37. Since the 1950s, in addition to cable lines, radio relay communication was also used for long-distance (inter-city and international) telephone communications. The LCTS was transferred to 7-sign numeration in 1976. By the early 1990s, LCTS consisted of 280 ATSs operating in St. Petersburg and neighbouring suburbs, and the total number of users came to about 1.3 million. There also were six call centres in operation. Following privatization, the St. Petersburg Telephone Network (PTN) Open Joint-Stock Company replaced the LCTS on 5 May 1993. In 2002, the PTN consisted of 304 ATSs, and the number of users reached 1,800,000. On 28 December 2001, the PTN open joint-stock company was renamed Northwest Telekom Open Joint-Stock Company, consisting of 9 departments, including Artelekom of the Arkhangelsk Region, Murmanelectrosvyaz, Novgorodtelekom, St. Petersburg Telephone Network, Cherepovetselectrosvyaz, Electrosvyaz of the Vologda Region, Electrosvyaz of the Kaliningrad Region, Electrosvyaz of the Karelia Republic, and Electrosvyaz of the Pskov Region. By the end of 2002, the number of NWT users reached some 3,200,000, of which some 1,200,000 subscribers had Internet access. Reference: Кононов М. Б. Артерии новой цивилизации: Посвящ. 115-летию Петерб. телефонной сети. СПб., 1997. I. A. Bogdanov.

Central District M Moskovsky Vokzal

Moskovsky Vokzal | Московский вокзал
T: (812) 277-50-35

Exit metro Moskovsky Vokzal. The public telephones are located in the building of the railway station

Central District M Ligovsky Prospect

Ligovsky pr. | Лиговский проспект 105 T: (812) 764-96-56

From the metro cross the street. The public telephones are located on the other side of metro.

Vasileostrovsky District M Primorskaya

Novosmolenskaya emb. | Новосмоленская наб.1
T: (812) 352-44-35

From the metro go straight and cross the street. The public telephones are located on the right-hand side.

Quo Vadis?
Nevsky Pr. 76
entrance from Liteiny Pr.
For information call: (812) 330-0708
M.: Nevsky Prospect

Cafemax
Nevsky prospect, 90-92
For information call: (812) 273-6655
M.: Mayakovskaya

Zebra
Nevsky prospect 85а
For information call: (812) 336-3436
M.: Ploshad Vosstaniya

5,3 GHz
Bolshoi Prospect Petrogradskoi Storoni, 35
Morag Cinema
For information call: (7812)235-00-89
M.: Sportivnaya

5,3 GHz
Nevsky prospect 90-92
For information call: (812) 314-60-09
M.: Mayakovskaya

F.M. club
Dostoevskogo Ul. 6
For information call: (812) 764-57-42
M.: Vladimirskaya

M-19
Moskovsky Pr. 19
For information call: (812) 327-58-29
M.: Tehnologichesky Institut

World With Cup
Gorohovaya Ul. 41
M.: Sennaya Ploshad

Otragenie
Kronversky pr. 21
For information call: (812) 233-73-48
M.: Gorkovskaya

DownTown
Mayakovskogo Ul. 10
For information call: (812) 279-95-79
M.: Mayakovskaya

Arka
Kanal Griboedova emb. 7
For information call: (812) 314-82-50
M.: Nevsky Prospect

Consay
Ligovsky Pr. 63
For information call: (812) 764-36-74
M.: Ploshad Vosstaniya

Shangrila
Nevsky Pr. 98
For information call: (812) 273-99-35
M.: Mayakovskaya

Arktika
Beringa Ul. 38
For information call: (812) 352-09-77
M.: Primorskaya

IP
Gorokhovaya Ul. 32
For information call: (812) 315-12-23
M.: Sennaya Ploshad

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