Belomorskaya (Moscow Metro)

Belomorskaya
Беломорская
Moscow Metro station
Belomorskaya Underground Station under construction
Location Levoberezhny District, Northern Administrative Okrug
Coordinates 55°51′57″N 37°28′35″E / 55.865833°N 37.476388°E / 55.865833; 37.476388Coordinates: 55°51′57″N 37°28′35″E / 55.865833°N 37.476388°E / 55.865833; 37.476388
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)  2  Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Shallow column station[1]
Depth 39.6 metres (130 ft)
Platform levels 1
History
Opened 2019 (planned)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
Terminus
Zamoskvoretskaya line
Future extension
Location
Belomorskaya
Location within Moscow Ring Road

Belomorskaya (Russian: Беломорская) is an under construction station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow Metro. The station is under construction with a projected opening at the beginning of 2019.[2]

Belomorskaya will be the penultimate station on northern end of the line.

Name

It is named after Belomorskaya Street (Belomorskaya Ulitsa) in Moscow.

History

The station first appeared in plans to extend the Zamoskvoretskaya line in 1957.[3] In 1959, the plan to extend the line was confirmed by the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union but the terminus of the Gorkovsky Branch was set at Rechnoy Vokzal.[3]

In 1970, the system considered an extension of the line to Levoberezhnaya, a stop on the October Railway. A 1973 plan proposed three new stations Belomorskaya, Ulitsa Dybenko and Levoberezhnaya.[4] A separate idea emerged in 1978 to add the extension on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line rather than Zamoskvoretskaya.[5]

Eventually, by the 1990s the initial plan to extend the line to Levoberezhnaya was scrapped; however an extension to Ulitsa Dybenko (now Khovrino) remained under consideration.[6]

It was not until 2011 that the Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, announced that the extension would go ahead for 2014 to 2017.[7] The municipal authorities believed that adding Belomorskaya station could solve transportation problems in outlying areas in the northern part of Moscow.[6] Initial plans projected that the station would open in 2016.[8]

Station under construction in January 2017

In 2014, the Deputy Mayor for Urban Development and Construction, Marat Khusnullin, terminated plans for Belomorskaya, citing inconvenience for the local residents. In addition, with the distance from Rechnoy Vokzal at only two kilometers, he determined that the Metro would remain within walking distance for residents.[9] After the decision by Khusnullin, local residents submitted a petition to the authorities to continue with construction of the station.[10][11] The city met with the residents who asked for construction to continue and ultimately reversed its decision.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Суриков А. "Беломорская" (in Russian). Метрострой. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  2. ↑ "Станцию метро "Беломорская" в Москве запланировали открыть в 2019 году". Interfax. 2017-11-18.
  3. 1 2 Лисов И. "Московский метрополитен хрущевской эпохи". metro.molot.ru. Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  4. ↑ Болбот Ю.К. и др. (1973). "Столичный транспорт в Генеральном плане развития Москвы". Знание: Новое в жизни, науке, технике. Серия Транспорт, 1973, № 4. М.: Знание.
  5. ↑ Лисов И. "От Генплана 1971 года до наших дней". metro.molot.ru. Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  6. 1 2 "Следующая станция — "Беломорская"". Российская газета. 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  7. ↑ "Без "черных пятен"". Российская газета. 2011-06-09. Archived from the original on 2011-08-28. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  8. ↑ "Светлое будущее метро Москвы". Транспортъ сегодня. 2011-06-16. Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  9. ↑ "Мэрия отказывается от строительства станции метро "Беломорская улица"". Известия. 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  10. ↑ "Битва за метро: строительство станции "Беломорская улица" могут отменить". zelenograd.ru. 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
  11. ↑ Алексей Ширинкин (2014). "Борьба. Жители пытаются вернуть "отменённую" станцию" (газета «Metro» ed.).
  12. ↑ "Метро придет к жителям Ховрино и Левобережного до конца 2017 года". Комплекс градостроительной политики и строительства города Москвы. 2016-11-09.
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