Yaroslavsky suburban direction of Moscow Railway

The Yaroslavsky Suburban Direction of Moscow Railway (Russian: Ярославское направление Московской железной дороги) is one of ten directions used for suburban railway connections between Moscow, Russia, and surrounding areas, mostly in Moscow Oblast. The Yaroslavsky Suburban Direction connects Moscow with the stations in the southeast, in particular, with the towns of Mytishchi, Korolyov, Fryazino, Shchyolkovo, Pushkino, Krasnoarmeysk, Sergiyev Posad, Strunino, and Alexandrov. The stations the direction serves are located in Moscow, as well as in Mytishchinsky, Shchyolkovsky, Noginsky, Pushkinsky, and Sergiyevo-Posadsky Districts of Moscow Oblast, as well as Alexandrovsky District of Vladimir Oblast and the towns of Korolyov, Fryazino, and Krasnoarmeysk. The suburban trains have their northern terminus at Moscow Yaroslavskaya railway station in Moscow. In the northwestern direction, the suburban trains terminate at the stations of Bolshevo, Fryazino Passazhirskaya, Monino, Shchyolkovo, Fryazevo, Pushkino, Sofrino, Krasnoarmeysk, Sergiyev Posad, Alexandrov, and Balakirevo.^[1] The direction is served by the Moscow Railway.

The suburban direction follows the railway which connects Moscow with Yaroslavl and continues to Arkhangelsk in the north and Vladivostok in the south. It is electrified (dc current) between Moscow and Balakirevo (and further to Danilov). Between Moscow and Balakirevo, there are at least two tracks.^[2] The distance between Yaroslavsky railway station and Balakirevo is 129 kilometres (80 mi).

Stations

Following the standard notations in Russia, a railway stop below is called a station if it is a terminus or if it has a cargo terminal, and it is called a platform otherwise.

Moscow to Balakirevo

1. Moscow Yaroslavskaya railway station, located in Moscow, Komsomolskaya metro station (Sokolnicheskaya Line), Komsomolskaya metro station (Koltsevaya Line);
2. Moskva III (platform), Moscow;
3. Malenkovskaya (platform), Moscow;
4. Yauza (platform), Moscow;
5. Severyanin (platform), Moscow;
6. Losinoostrovskaya (station), Moscow;
7. Los (platform), Moscow;
8. Perlovskaya (platform), Mytishchi;
9. Tayninskaya (platform), Mytishchi;
10. Mytishchi (station), Mytishchi, connection to Fryazevo;
11. Stroitel (platform), Mytishchi;
12. Chelyuskinskaya (platform), Mytishchi;
13. Tarasovskaya (platform);
14. Chelyuskinskaya (Klyazma), Pushkino;
15. Mamontovskaya (platform), Pushkino;
16. Pushkino (station), Pushkino;
17. Zavety Ilyicha (platform), Pushkino;

References

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