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 | |||||||||||
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| Moscow Railway station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Zheleznodorozhny, Balashikha Moscow Oblast Russia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°45′08″N 38°00′44″E / 55.7521°N 38.0123°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Russian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Moscow Railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 25040 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1861 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Obiralovka | ||||||||||
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History edit
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 edit
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 edit
The station has motive power depot "Zheleznodorozhnaya".[4]
Traffic edit
Suburban edit
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 edit
All Lastochkas Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod stops on the station.
Other inter-city trains goes through the station without stopping.
In culture edit
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.
Gallery edit
- Zheleznodorozhnaya
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Station building
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First platform
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Second platform
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Third platform
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Second and third platform
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Side tracks
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View direction to Moscow
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Station building
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References edit
- ^ Архангельский А. С., Архангельский В. А. Железнодорожные станции СССР (Справочник, книга 1) // М.: Транспорт. — 1981. — 368 с. (С. 159).
- ^ Архангельский А. С., Архангельский В. А. Железнодорожные станции СССР (Справочник, книга 2) // М.: Транспорт. — 1981. — 360 с. (С. 262, 321).
- ^ "Official site of MCD-4" (in Russian).
- ^ "О СОЗДАНИИ СТРУКТУРНЫХ ПОДРАЗДЕЛЕНИЙ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЙ ДИРЕКЦИИ ПАССАЖИРСКИХ ОБУСТРОЙСТВ И ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЙ ДИРЕКЦИИ МОТОРВАГОННОГО ПОДВИЖНОГО СОСТАВА от 1 февраля 2012 г. N 11".