Zheleznodorozhnaya railway station

Zheleznodorozhnaya (Russian: Железнодоро́жная, IPA: [ˈʐɛlʲɛznodoroʐnaja]) is a railway station of the Gorkovsky direction of the Moscow Railway of the Russian Railways. The station placed in Zheleznodorozhny microdistrict (former Zheleznodorozhny city) of Balashikha, Moscow region, Russia.

Zheleznodorozhnaya
Moscow Railway station
General information
LocationZheleznodorozhny, Balashikha
Moscow Oblast
Russia
Coordinates55.7521°N 38.0123°E / 55.7521; 38.0123
Owned byRussian Railways
Operated byMoscow Railway
Platforms5
Construction
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo
Other information
Station code25040
Fare zone3
History
Opened1861
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesObiralovka
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station
Kuchino
towards Moscow Kursky
 Gorkovsky Suburban Chyornoye
towards Vladimir

History

The station was founded in 1861 and was named Obiralovka (former name of Zheleznodorozhny).[1]

In 1939 as a result of petition of villagers the station was renamed to Zheleznodorozhnaya.[2]

Description

The station has station building with turnstiles and cash desks.

Zheleznodorozhnaya has five high platforms — 1 side and 4 island. 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 building2009
    Station building
    2009
  • First platform2009
    First platform
    2009
  • Second platform2009
    Second platform
    2009
  • Third platform2009
    Third platform
    2009
  • Second and third platform2009
    Second and third platform
    2009
  • Side tracks2009
    Side tracks
    2009
  • View direction to Moscow2015
    View direction to Moscow
    2015
  • Station building2015
    Station building
    2015

References
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  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".
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