Today, approximately 40% of export and 70% of imported cargo, as well as almost the entire volume of international transit flow, are transported by Russian railways. This requires continuous improvement of transportations made by railways, with their transfer through border crossings (land and sea ports), as well as optimization of interaction with border, customs and other state bodies and with services of foreign states.
Buslovskaya station is one of the Russian border points.
The history of the customs post of the USSR
Before the Buslovskaya station opened, the customs post of the northern part of St. Petersburg underwent many changes.
The Vyborg railway crossed the border across the Sestra River over the bridge. Imperial customs were located at Beloostrov station, and the point of the Principality of the Great was located at Rajajoki, now defunct.
In the fall of 1944, through Vyborg, after a long period of inactivity due to wars, trains with goods began to move again, so there was a need to organize an inspection, and it began to be carried out at the station Nurmi (or Luzhayka). The staff of the customs post at that time (until 1946) was 8 people. The lawn post was located in two apartments with a total area of 48 square meters. meters. From the inventory there were only 3 tables, 7 chairs, a wardrobe, a bookcase, 3 ink tanks and a paperweight, 3 ink pads, 8 stamps, abacus (2 pcs.), 2 metal rulers and 2 lanterns.
The work of customs officers consisted mainly in the clearance of goods transported by rail. In the USSR, equipment for Russian manufactures, paper and light industry products were brought from Finland, and cars with linen were traveling in the opposite direction. The most common types of smuggling: alcohol, coffee, fabrics.
Modern customs
From this station (Buslovskaya railway), the modern period of the customs post began. Its grand opening took place at the end of July 1996. Today, the staff of the ZhDPP consists of 46 officials. The design capacity today is 12 trains per day in one and the other direction, per year - 4,380 trains. The capacity of the customs control section is 78 wagons.
On average, 1-2 trains with import and 6 export trains are issued per day on average.
Buslovskaya station
The item belongs to the October Railway direction St. Petersburg-Helsinki. This is the border post of this line. The next is Vainikkala station, located in Finland. Previous - Lawn.
The building of the station itself has two floors. On the territory there is one platform and 9 railway tracks. Not far away is the village of Seleznevskoye.
Suburban trains (electric trains) go only from the Vyborg railway station, there are no direct flights from St. Petersburg. A quick train here makes a fast train connecting Moscow-Helsinki (Leo Tolstoy), and no passengers are disembarked or boarded at Buslovskaya station (this is allowed only for service staff and employees). To get to Finland, you first need to get to Vyborg by train and catch the Leo Tolstoy train there.
Characteristics of the customs post
The customs post on Buslovskaya is actually located not only on the territory of the railway station, it also occupies part of the district of the city of Svetogorsk. This is done in order to accelerate customs control and clearance. Since 2018, there has been an increase in the traffic flow of the Buslovsky Railway Transport. Over the past 10 months, 2.5 thousand freight trains with export cargoes (7.5 million tons) and 2.6 thousand trains with 272 thousand tons of imported goods passed through this customs post.
Through the checkpoint of Buslovskaya station (export and import) a large number of product ranges are transported. Export cargo: timber, gas and oil, metal products and machinery, chemicals and fertilizers, heavy equipment (cranes, oil drilling parts, combines, gas equipment for the construction of the Northern Gas Stream).
The customs post has now begun to implement information interaction in the order of providing original paper documents using the Internet, which can significantly speed up the process of operations.