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Zheleznodorozhnaya railway station

Zheleznodorozhnaya (‹The template Lang-rus is being considered for deletion.› Russian: Железнодоро́жная, IPA: [ˈʐɛlʲɛznodoroʐnaja]) is a railway station of the Gorkovsky direction of the Moscow Railway of the Russian Railways. The station is located in Zheleznodorozhny microdistrict (former Zheleznodorozhny city) of Balashikha, Moscow region, Russia.

History

Zheleznodorozhnaya station was founded in 1861 and was originally named Obiralovka.[1] The station was renamed In 1939 due to a petition by local villagers.[2]

Description

The station has station building with turnstiles and cash desks.

Zheleznodorozhnaya has four high platforms — 4 island but now 1 platform close for rebuilding . Two bridges place over platforms: one bridge connect all platforms between each other, another bridge connects two parts of city over railway tracks (without exiting to platforms).

The station has several industrial spurs, going from western side of the station.

In 2023 will include to the D4 of the Moscow Central Diameters as a terminal station of Gorkovsky radius.[3]

Depot

The station has motive power depot "Zheleznodorozhnaya".[4]

Traffic

Suburban

Zheleznodorozhnaya is a stop station for all suburban trains which going through the station.

For some suburban trains (including expresses Moscow — Zheleznodorozhnaya called the "Sputnik") the station is terminal.

Inter-city

All Lastochkas Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod stops on the station.

Other inter-city trains goes through the station without stopping.

In culture

The station then called Obiralovka mentioned as a place of suicide of Anna Karenina in eponymous novel of L. Tolstoy.

The station was mentioned in Moscow-Petushki prose poem of Venedikt Yerofeyev.

  • Zheleznodorozhnaya
  • Station building 2009
    Station building
    2009
  • First platform 2009
    First platform
    2009
  • Second platform 2009
    Second platform
    2009
  • Third platform 2009
    Third platform
    2009
  • Second and third platform 2009
    Second and third platform
    2009
  • Side tracks 2009
    Side tracks
    2009
  • View direction to Moscow 2015
    View direction to Moscow
    2015
  • Station building 2015
    Station building
    2015

References

  1. ^ Архангельский А. С., Архангельский В. А. Железнодорожные станции СССР (Справочник, книга 1) // М.: Транспорт. — 1981. — 368 с. (С. 159).
  2. ^ Архангельский А. С., Архангельский В. А. Железнодорожные станции СССР (Справочник, книга 2) // М.: Транспорт. — 1981. — 360 с. (С. 262, 321).
  3. ^ "Official site of MCD-4" (in Russian).
  4. ^ "О СОЗДАНИИ СТРУКТУРНЫХ ПОДРАЗДЕЛЕНИЙ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЙ ДИРЕКЦИИ ПАССАЖИРСКИХ ОБУСТРОЙСТВ И ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЙ ДИРЕКЦИИ МОТОРВАГОННОГО ПОДВИЖНОГО СОСТАВА от 1 февраля 2012 г. N 11".