Moscow Belorussky railway station explained

Moscow–Belorusskaya
Native Name:Москва Белорусский
Native Name Lang:ru
Style:RZD
Address:7 Tverskaya Zastava Square, Moscow
Country:Russia
Owned:Russian Railways
Operator:Moscow Railway
Platforms:7
Tracks:14
Connections:
Bus: M1, H1, T18, T78, 12, 27, 82, 84, 101, 116, 456, 904, 905 Tram: 7, 9
Parking:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Architectural Style:Neoclassical
Code:198230
Zone:0
Rebuilt:1907–1912
Electrified:Yes
Former:Smolensky
Map Type:Moscow Ring Road
Map State:collapsed

Belorussky railway station (Russian: Белору́сский вокза́л, pronounced as /ru/) also referred to as Moscow–Passenger–Smolenskaya[1] (Russian: Москва́-Пассажирская-Смоле́нская,), Informally the whole station can be called as Moscow Belorusskaya (Russian: Москва Белорусская,),[2] is a railway terminal of the Moscow Railway[3] located at the front of Tverskaya Zastava Square in Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. The station is one of nine railway terminals of Moscow. It was opened in 1870 and rebuilt in its current form in 1907–1912.

Operations

Belorussky railway station serves long distance trains to regions west and south-west of Moscow, and one train each to the north-east (on the Savyolovsky branch to Rybinsk with continuing service to Uglich, Vesegonsk, and Pestovo) and to the south (to Anapa through Tula, Kursk, Voronezh, and Rostov-on-Don). The station also serves local commuter trains (Belorussky suburban railway line and Line D1 of Moscow Central Diameters) to Usovo, Odintsovo, Golitsyno, Kubinka I, Mozhaisk (including express service), Borodino, and Zvenigorod as well as the Aeroexpress service to Sheremetyevo Airport.

The station is not entirely a terminus station. A transit line continues on the . In addition, the station provides through service to Savyolovsky (Savyolovsky suburban railway line and Line D1 of Moscow Central Diameters) and Kursky stations. Until 18 May 2015 a suburban train service also continued to Gagarin,[4] [5] and until the end of 2012 to Vyazma. Now the farthest station of commuter train service on this line is Mozhaisk. Approximately 1500 passengers per hour use Belorussky station.[6]

Belorussky railway station is included in the Moscow Regional Directorate of the Directorate of railway stations.[7] This station is part of the Moscow–Smolensk unit of DTSS-3, Moscow Directorate of Rail Traffic Control.

History

Construction of the railway from Moscow to Smolensk, and then to Minsk and Warsaw, started in the second half of the 1860s. Construction of the station, known as Smolensky, began in late April 1869. A grand opening of the Moscow–Smolensk railway took place on 19 September 1870, the station became the sixth in Moscow. In November 1871 after the extension of the railway to Belorussia, the station was renamed Belorussky Station. On 15 May 1910, the right wing of the new station opened, and on 26 February 1912, the left wing opened. The station was designed by architect . On 4 May 1912, the railway was renamed the Alexander Railway, the station was renamed Alexander Station. In August 1922, Alexander and the Moscow-Baltic railways were merged into the Moscow-Belorussia-Baltic, so the station was renamed Belorussian-Baltic station. In May 1936, after yet another reorganization of the railways, the station received its present name – Belorussky Station.

Aeroexpress

In September 2007 OAO "Aeroexpress" began the reconstruction of the rail link to Sheremetyevo Airport. The cost of reconstruction at the Belorussky station was estimated at US$7.7 million and involved the construction of a new terminal, which has become one of the main links in rail traffic between Moscow and the airport. The new Belorussky terminal is located in the fourth hall of the railway station and occupies an area of Passengers departing from Sheremetyevo can check in for flights using the self-service kiosks. The terminal was opened on 27 August 2009.

In June 2008 construction of a new railway terminal complex at Sheremetyevo was completed. New purpose-built rolling stock, the electric ED4MKM-Aero developed by ZAO "Transmashholding" serves the line.

Baggage check-in at the city terminal was abolished on 1 December 2010 in connection with the sharp increase in the number of passengers. The one-way cost of the trip is 500 rubles (1000 rubles for business class).[8]

Trains and destinations

Long distance

Train number Train name Destination Operated by
001/002 Belarus (bel, rus: Беларусь) Minsk (Main) Belarusian Railways
003/004 Minsk (bel: Мінск, rus: Минск) Minsk (Main) Belarusian Railways
009/010 Polonez (pol: Polonez, rus: Полонез) Warsaw (Zachodnia) Polish State Railways
Russian Railways
013/014Strizh (rus: Стриж) Berlin (HBF) Russian Railways
017/018Riviera Express Nice (Ville)[9] Russian Railways
021/022 Vltava (cz: Vltava, rus: Влтава) Prague (Hlavní) Russian Railways
023/024EuroNight Paris (Gare de l'Est) Russian Railways
025/026 Svislach (bel: Свіслач, rus: Свислочь) Minsk (Main) Belarusian Railways
027/028 Bug (bel: Буг, rus: Буг) Belarusian Railways
029/030 Yantar (rus: Янтарь) Kaliningrad (cars: Vilnius) Russian Railways Lithuanian Railways
033/034 Smolensk (rus: Смоленск) Smolensk (Main) Russian Railways
039/040 Dzvina (bel: Дзвіна, rus: Двина) Belarusian Railways
055/056 Sozh (bel, rus: Сож) Gomel (cars: Salihorsk, Mahilyow) Belarusian Railways
061/062 Russian Railways
063А/064А Russian Railways
063Б/064Б Minsk (cars: Brest)
Novosibirsk
Belarusian Railways
077/078 Nyoman (bel: Нёман, rus: Неман) Belarusian Railways
133/134 Minsk (cars: Brest)
Arkhangelsk
Belarusian Railways
601/602 Rybinsk (rus: Рыбинск) Rybinsk (cars: Vesyegonsk, Pestovo, Uglich) Russian Railways
717/718

721/722

Lastochka (rus: Ласточка) Minsk (Main) Russian Railways
715/716

731/732

733/734

735/736

743/744

Lastochka (rus: Ласточка) Smolensk (Main) Russian Railways

Other destinations

Country Destinations
Austria Innsbruck, Wien (Westbahnhof)
Belarus Mahilyow, Vitebsk
Czech Republic Ostrava
Germany Frankfurt (Main)
Italy Milan (Rogoredo)
Monaco Monaco
Poland Katowice, Poznań
Russia Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Omsk

Suburban destinations

Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Belorussky station with the towns of Barvikha, Usovo, Odintsovo, Golitsyno, Zvenigorod, Kubinka, Mozhaysk.

Some suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) also proceed to Savyolovsky Rail Terminal to the Savyolovo direction destinations (Dolgoprudny, Lobnya, Nekrasovsky, Iksha, Dmitrov, Taldom, Dubna) and to Kursky Rail Terminal to Kursk direction destinations (Shcherbinka, Podolsk, Serpukhov).

Airport connections

Belorussky station is connected to Savyolovsky Rail Terminal (before 30 May 2010) and Sheremetyevo International Airport by Aeroexpress trains.[10]

Cultural references

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: МОСКВА-ПАССАЖИРСКАЯ-СМОЛЕНСКАЯ . ОАО "РЖД" . 2018-06-28.
  2. Web site: Кассы и терминалы . ОАО "РЖД" . 2018-06-28.
  3. Web site: История вокзалов и станций. Белорусский вокзал, г. Москва . ОАО "РЖД" . 2018-06-28.
  4. Web site: Расписание электричек по вокзалу Можайск. yandex.ru.
  5. Web site: Расписание электричек: Москва (Белорусский вокзал). yandex.ru.
  6. Web site: Жд вокзал Москва Белорусский вокзал. nnov-airport.ru. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150801130847/http://www.nnov-airport.ru/rus/wokzal_moskva_belorusskiy.html. 2015-08-01.
  7. Web site: Структурные подразделения - ДЖВ. dzvr.ru.
  8. Web site: Аэроэкспресс в Домодедово, Шереметьево, Внуково -. aeroexpress.ru.
  9. News: French Riviera train for Russia. BBC News. 23 September 2010. 24 September 2010.
  10. Web site: Aeroexpress from Belorussky station to Sheremetyevo airport schedule. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100526065927/http://www.aeroexpress.ru/en/schedule/belorussky_sheremetyevo. 2010-05-26.