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The Gorkovsky suburban railway line or Gorkovskoye line () is one of eleven suburban railway lines used for suburban railway connections between
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, and surrounding areas, mostly in
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. The Gorkovsky suburban railway line connects Moscow with the station in the east, in particular, with the towns of
Reutov Reutov ( ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. Population: History The exact date of Reutov's foundation is unknown; however, most historians believe that it was founded between 1492 and 1495. In the 17th-18th centurie ...
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Balashikha Balashikha ( rus, Балашиха, p=bəlɐˈʂɨxə) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pekhorka River east of the Moscow Ring Road. Population: Etymology In Finno-Ugric languages, ''Bala-shika'' means ''land of celebration ...
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Elektrougli Elektrougli () is a town in Noginsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–Nizhny Novgorod railway, east of Moscow and southeast of Noginsk, the administrative center of the district. Population: Name In 1899 was establ ...
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Elektrostal Elektrostal (, ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. Population: 135,000 (1977); 123,000 (1970); 97,000 (1959); 43,000 (1939). It was previously known as ''Zatishye'' (until 1928). Etymology The name ''Elektrostal ...
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Noginsk Noginsk (), known as Bogorodsk () until 1930, is a Classification of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Noginsky District, Bogorodsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of the Moscow Ring Road on ...
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Pavlovsky Posad Pavlovsky Posad () is a town and the administrative center of Pavlovo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located from Moscow, at the confluence of the Klyazma and Vokhna Rivers. Population: History The town of Pavlovsky Posad wa ...
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Elektrogorsk Elektrogorsk () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east from Moscow. Population: History Elektrogorsk was founded in 1912 due to the construction of the first big peat-fired thermal power station in Russia, which would be called ''Ele ...
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Orekhovo-Zuyevo Orekhovo-Zuyevo (, ) is an industrial city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow in a forested area on the Klyazma River (a tributary of the Oka). Orekhovo (), often pronounced only as ''Orekh'', is a Russian word which means "nut ...
, Pokrov, Petushki,
Kosteryovo Kosteryovo () is a town in Petushinsky District of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Lipnya River (Klyazma's tributary), west of Vladimir, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded as a settlement servin ...
, Lakinsk, and
Vladimir Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria (). Etymology ...
. The stations the line serves are located in Moscow, as well as in the towns of Reutov, Balashikha, Elektrogorsk, Elektrostal, Noginsk, Pavlovsky Posad, and Orekhovo-Zuyevo in Moscow Oblast, as well as in
Petushinsky District Petushinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #130-OZ and municipalLaw #159-OZ district (raion), one of the sixteen in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center ...
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Sobinsky District Sobinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #130-OZ and municipalLaw #38-OZ district (raion), one of the sixteen in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center and the south of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative ...
, and the city of
Vladimir Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria (). Etymology ...
of Vladimir Oblast. The suburban trains have their western terminus at Moscow Kursky railway station in Moscow. In the eastern direction, the suburban trains terminate at Balashikha, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Kupavna, Fryazevo, Zakharovo, Elektrogorsk, Petushki, and Vladimir. The line is served by
Moscow Railway Moscow Railway () is a subsidiary of Russian Railways that handles half of Russia's suburban railway operations and a quarter of the country's passenger traffic. As of 2009 the railway, which has its headquarters near Komsomolskaya Square in Mosc ...
between Moscow and Petushki and by
Gorky Railway The Gorky Railway (Горьковская железная дорога) is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Nizhny Novgorod (formerly known as Gorky, hence the name). The railway network serves nine federal subjects of the R ...
between Petushki and Vladimir. The suburban railway line follows the railway which connects Moscow with
Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...
(formerly Gorky, hence the name) via Vladimir. It is fully electrified. Between Moscow and Vladimir, there are two tracks. The distance between Moscow Kurskaya railway station and Vladimir is . The rails are used, in addition to suburban trains, also by long-distance trains to Moscow from the Urals and Siberia. Some of these trains terminate at Moscow Kursky railway station, and others terminate at
Moscow Yaroslavsky railway station Moscow Yaroslavsky railway station () is one of the nine main railway stations in Moscow. Situated on Komsomolskaya Square (close to the Kazansky and Leningradsky Stations), Moscow Yaroslavskaya has the highest passenger throughput of all ni ...
, arriving there via Fryazevo and
Mytishchi Mytishchi ( rus, Мыти́щи, p=mɨˈtʲiɕːɪ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow o ...
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History

The construction of the railway between Moscow and Vladimir started in 1858, the stretch was open in 1861 and extended to Nizhny Novgorod in 1862. The terminal station was Nizhegorodsky Railway Station in Moscow, at Rogozhsky Val Street. In 1893, the government bought the railway, and on 1 January 1894 the Moscow-Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod and Murom Railway was created. In 1896,
Kursky railway station Kursky railway terminal (, ''Kursky vokzal''), also known as Moscow Kurskaya railway station (, ''Moskva-Kurskaya''), is one of the ten railway terminals in Moscow. It was built in 1896, and renovated (without major design changes) in 1938, then ...
was opened, and on 14 June 1896 the trains from Nizhny Novgorod started to run to that station. Nizhegorodsky Railway Station was used for cargo traffic, and eventually disused and demolished. The suburban railway line was electrified in stretches. From 1931 to 1933, the stretch between Moscow and Obiralovka (currently Zheleznodorozhnaya) was electrified; in 1933, Reutovo to Balashikha, in 1957 Zheleznodorozhnaya to Fryazevo and Fryazevo to Noginsk, and in 1958 Fryazevo to Petushki. The part between Petushki and Vladimir was electrified in 1959. The poem in prose ''
Moscow-Petushki ''Moscow-Petushki'', also published in English as ''Moscow to the End of the Line'', ''Moscow Stations'', and ''Moscow Circles'', is a postmodernist prose poem by Russian writer and satirist Venedikt Yerofeyev. Written between 1969 and 1970 an ...
'' by
Venedikt Yerofeyev Venedikt Vasilyevich Yerofeyev, also Benedict Erofeev or Erofeyev (; 24 October 1938 in Niva-3 Human settlement, settlement, suburb of Kandalaksha – 11 May 1990 in Moscow) was a Russian writer and Soviet dissident. Biography Yerofeyev was born ...
, written between 1969 and 1970, is set on a suburban train, which travels from Moscow to Petushki. Every chapter is named for a stretch between adjacent stops.


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 (railway stop) otherwise.


Moscow to Vladimir

# Moscow Kursky railway station, transfer to Kurskaya metro station (Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya line), Kurskaya metro station (Koltsevaya line), Chkalovskaya metro station; # Serp i Molot (platform), Ploshchad Ilyicha metro station, Rimskaya metro station; # Nizhegorodskaya (platform), Nizhegorodskaya Moscow Central Circle station; # Chukhlinka (platform); #
Kuskovo Kuskovo () was the summer country house and estate of the Sheremetev family. Built in the mid-18th century, it was originally situated several miles to the east of Moscow but now is part of the East District of the city. It was one of the ...
(station); # Novogireyevo (platform); #
Reutov Reutov ( ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. Population: History The exact date of Reutov's foundation is unknown; however, most historians believe that it was founded between 1492 and 1495. In the 17th-18th centurie ...
(station), connection to
Balashikha Balashikha ( rus, Балашиха, p=bəlɐˈʂɨxə) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pekhorka River east of the Moscow Ring Road. Population: Etymology In Finno-Ugric languages, ''Bala-shika'' means ''land of celebration ...
; # Nikolskoye (platform); # Saltykovskaya (platform); #
Kuchino Kuchino () is a rural locality (a village) in Staroselskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 12 as of 2002. Geography Kuchino is located 31 km west of Vologda Vologda (, ) is a types of inha ...
(platform); # Zheleznodorozhnaya (station). End of the three track line; # Chyornoye (platform); # Zarya (platform); #
Kupavna Staraya Kupavna (, Old Kupavna) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Noginsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Shalovka River (Klyazma River, Klyazma's tributary) east of Moscow. Population: . ...
(station); # 33 km (platform); #
Elektrougli Elektrougli () is a town in Noginsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–Nizhny Novgorod railway, east of Moscow and southeast of Noginsk, the administrative center of the district. Population: Name In 1899 was establ ...
(station); # 43 km (platform); # Khrapunovo (station); # Yesino (platform); # Fryazevo (station), connections to
Yaroslavsky suburban railway line The Yaroslavsky suburban railway line () is one of eleven railway lines used for suburban railway connections between Moscow, Russia, and surrounding areas, mostly in Moscow Oblast. The Yaroslavsky suburban railway line connects Moscow with the st ...
and to Zakharovo; # Kazanskoye (platform); # Vokhna (platform); #
Pavlovsky Posad Pavlovsky Posad () is a town and the administrative center of Pavlovo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located from Moscow, at the confluence of the Klyazma and Vokhna Rivers. Population: History The town of Pavlovsky Posad wa ...
(station), connection to
Elektrogorsk Elektrogorsk () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east from Moscow. Population: History Elektrogorsk was founded in 1912 due to the construction of the first big peat-fired thermal power station in Russia, which would be called ''Ele ...
; # Nazaryevo (platform); # Drezna (station); # Kabanovo (platform); # 87 km (platform); #
Orekhovo-Zuyevo Orekhovo-Zuyevo (, ) is an industrial city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow in a forested area on the Klyazma River (a tributary of the Oka). Orekhovo (), often pronounced only as ''Orekh'', is a Russian word which means "nut ...
(station), connection to
Greater Ring of the Moscow Railway The Greater Ring of the Moscow Railway () is the common name for a system of connector lines between the railways that radiate from Moscow. The general configuration of the Greater Ring is a ring around the main part of Moscow (outside Moscow ...
; # Krutoye (platform). Most suburban trains terminates here; # Voinovo (platform); # Usad (station); # Glubokovo (platform); # Pokrov (station); # 113 km (platform); # Omutishche (platform); # Leonovo (platform); # Petushki (station); #
Kosteryovo Kosteryovo () is a town in Petushinsky District of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Lipnya River (Klyazma's tributary), west of Vladimir, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded as a settlement servin ...
(station); # Boldino (station); # Sushnevo (platform); # Undol (station); # 170 km (platform); #
Koloksha Koloksha () is a rural locality (a village) in Kolokshanskoye Rural Settlement, Sobinsky District, Vladimir Oblast Vladimir Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Vladimir, which is loc ...
(station); # Yuryevets (station); #
Vladimir Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria (). Etymology ...
(station).


Reutovo to Balashikha

Single-track electrified branch. Trains go directly from Moscow. # Reutovo (station); # Stroyka (platform); # Gorenki (platform); #
Balashikha Balashikha ( rus, Балашиха, p=bəlɐˈʂɨxə) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pekhorka River east of the Moscow Ring Road. Population: Etymology In Finno-Ugric languages, ''Bala-shika'' means ''land of celebration ...
(station).


Fryazevo to Zakharovo

Single-track electrified branch. Trains go directly from Moscow. # Fryazevo (station); # Metallurg (platform); #
Elektrostal Elektrostal (, ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. Population: 135,000 (1977); 123,000 (1970); 97,000 (1959); 43,000 (1939). It was previously known as ''Zatishye'' (until 1928). Etymology The name ''Elektrostal ...
(station); # Mashinostroitel (platform); #
Noginsk Noginsk (), known as Bogorodsk () until 1930, is a Classification of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Noginsky District, Bogorodsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of the Moscow Ring Road on ...
(station); # Zakharovo (station).


Pavlovsky Posad to Elektrogorsk

Single-track electrified branch. Trains go directly from Moscow. #
Pavlovsky Posad Pavlovsky Posad () is a town and the administrative center of Pavlovo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located from Moscow, at the confluence of the Klyazma and Vokhna Rivers. Population: History The town of Pavlovsky Posad wa ...
(station); # Lenskaya (platform); # Kovrigino (platform); # 14 km (platform); #
Elektrogorsk Elektrogorsk () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east from Moscow. Population: History Elektrogorsk was founded in 1912 due to the construction of the first big peat-fired thermal power station in Russia, which would be called ''Ele ...
(station).


References

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