Losinoostrovskaya railway station

Losinoostrovskaya
Moscow Railway station
Location	Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55°49′44″N 37°40′16″E / 55.828889°N 37.671111°E / 55.828889; 37.671111
Owned by	Russian Railways
Line(s)	Yaroslavl Line
Other information
Station code	2001125
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1898
Electrified	1929
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Railway   Following station Severyanin toward Moscow Yaroslavskaya Yaroslavl Line Los toward Alexandrov I, Krasnoarmeysk, Fryazino or Fryazevo
Route map 0 Yaroslavsky terminal Elektrozavodskaya – Stankolit Third Ring Road 3 Moskva-3 4 Malenkovskaya Rostokinsky proyezd Yauza River 6 Yauza Belokamennaya – Rostokino 7 Severyanin Losinoostrovskaya 13 Los Ichka River Moscow Ring Road 14 Perlovskaya 16 Tayninskaya Yauza River Mytishchi to Pirogovo to Fryazino, Fryazevo to Sergiyev Posad
Location
Losinoostrovskaya Location within Moscow Ring Road

Losinoostrovskaya (Russian: Лосиноостровская) is a railway station located in Losinoostrovsky District of Moscow, Russia. The station serves suburban traffic of Yaroslavsky suburban direction of Moscow Railway. The southbound trains terminate at Moscow Yaroslavskaya railway station in Moscow. The northbound trains terminate at the stations of Bolshevo, Fryazino Passazhirskaya, Monino, Shchyolkovo, Fryazevo, Pushkino, Sofrino, Krasnoarmeysk, Sergiyev Posad, Alexandrov, and Balakirevo. All suburban trains stop at Losinoostrovskaya.^[1] The station is operated by the Moscow Railway.

The next station in the northern direction is Los, and the next one in the southern direction is Severyanin.

Losinoostrovskaya has access to Menzhinskogo Street, Rudnevoy Street, and Anadysrky Proyezd (west), as well as to Dudinka Street and Khibinsky Proyezd (east). The public bus traffic is organized. The station is surrounded by a residential area.

History

The first summer houses were constructed in the area in 1898.^[2] In the same year, a railway station, Platform of the 10th versta (Russian: Платформа 10-й версты) was open to serve the houses. In 1904, a settlement of Losinoostrovsky was officially established. The name came from the nearby Losiny Ostrov Forest, currently Losiny Ostrov National Park. In 1908, the Moscow Encircle Railway was completed, and the Platform of the 10th versta, renamed to Losinoostrovskaya, became a large freight station. In addition to the freight yard, there was a locomotive depot. In November 1924, the settlement of Losinoostrovsky was renamed Losinoostrovsk and was granted a town status. In 1939 it was renamed Babushkin, after Mikhail Babushkin, and in 1960, Babushkin was merged into Moscow.^[3] In 1929, the railway line between Moscow and Mytishchi, including Losinoostrovskaya, was electrified.^[4]

In 1900, a railway line connecting Beskudnikovo and Losinoostrovskaya was constructed. This was done in order to facilitate the railway traffic between Moscow and Kimry (Savyolovo), since Moscow Savyolovskaya railway station was not open yet.^[5] After a tram line from central line to Medvedkovo was built, in 1966 a direct connection to Losinoostrovskaya was discontinued, and the whole railway line was demolished in 1987.^[5]

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