The "Northerner" platform is a convenient and fast way to get to the "Golden Babylon" shopping center. Suburban train platforms will become closer to MCC stations

The Severyanin platform has been popular among both Moscow residents and guests of the capital for several years in a row. The whole point is that across the street from it, the most popular in all of Europe (within the city limits) - “Golden Babylon” - opens its doors to everyone every day.

Instead of the metro

It was only in September 2016, as part of the launch of the Moscow Central Circle (MCC), that the Rostokino metro station opened in the capital city in close proximity to shopping center. And before that, the only one with a stopping point in close proximity to the shopping center was the Yaroslavl direction of the Moscow Railway. The nearest metro stations: and "Sviblovo" are located two kilometers from the shopping center and further. And this is about half an hour’s walk through a semi-industrial area, and even then at a brisk pace and in good weather. You can, of course, get there from the metro and by bus, but for residents of the suburbs, especially for those who live in the north of the Moscow region, it is much more convenient to use commuter trains. For them, the Severyanin platform is the most convenient access to the shopping center.

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Stop point Northern railway started working in 1932. A few years earlier, it was possible to electrify regular railway connection between the capital and Mytishchi near Moscow. Due to rapid growth industrial enterprises sharp increase passenger traffic prompted management to develop new stations.

The Severyanin platform received its name in honor of the suburban village of Krasny Severyanin. Prigorodny, because in those years Moscow had not yet extended its borders beyond the Moscow Circular Railway (where the MCC now runs). And although the residential part of the settlement was located a little to the north, in the area of ​​Yeniseiskaya Street, this did not save it from a sad fate. The village was completely demolished in the late fifties, and was built in its place marshalling yard"Moscow-commodity".

Fast and convenient

The Yaroslavl direction of the Moscow Railway originates from the station of the same name, and from here it will take a passenger only 14 minutes to get to the Severyanin platform. During this time, the electric train manages to travel seven kilometers and make 3 possible additional stops. Many agree that it is much faster and more convenient than standing in a traffic jam, getting to the Golden Babylon shopping center on a free bus. The Yaroslavsky station itself is located almost in the city center, not far from the Komsomolskaya metro station. Despite the fact that the Severyanin platform is located in the second zone, the cost of travel in Moscow is the same and amounts to 32 rubles for a one-way ticket.

Location

The stopping point consists of two island platforms and one side platform. In 2008, the station was partially reconstructed, equipped with passenger control turnstiles of the ASOKUPE system, and additional fences were also installed on its borders to prevent unauthorized persons from entering the territory of the railway track and track development of the station. The third platform, the eastern one, is a reserve platform and is used extremely rarely, only during peak load on the line and for the passage or temporary layover of freight trains. A pedestrian bridge connects all three platforms.

Sometimes it can be quite difficult to find where the Northerner platform is, especially for those who are new to the area. It is successfully hidden from prying eyes by the massive base of the same name. automobile overpass. From the other end it is difficult to distinguish due to the heavy traffic at the junction of Yaroslavskoye Highway with Serebryakov Passage and Yeniseiskaya Street. However, you can go to it safely and anywhere. On one side, the entrance to the Severyaninsky Bridge is crossed by and on the other - by an elevated bridge.

Transplants

The development of the capital's public transport does not stand still, which is what Moscow is famous for. The Severyanin platform was actively included in the passenger high-speed transport system in September 2016, with the opening of the Rostokino MCC station. The transition between stations takes about 5-7 minutes and runs along the street sidewalk.

Construction of a “warm passage” between stations is currently underway, for which they plan to move the platform 250 meters to the south. Bus and trolleybus services both along Yaroslavskoe Highway, and along Yeniseiskaya Street and along Serebryakova Passage, have the “Severyanin Platform” stop on their route. The nearest metro they connect is the “Botanical Garden”, “Sviblovo” and “VDNKh” stations "And the bus on route 93 goes all the way to the Medvedkovo metro station. You can also transfer to the platform from the tram on route 17, which will take the passenger either to the VDNKh metro station or to Babushkinskaya.

Train Collision

On April 19, 2003, not far from the Losinoostrovskaya station, within the border of which the Severyanin platform is located, a train collision occurred, as a result of which two people were killed and fourteen were injured. A DMS trolley, transporting a team of repairmen to the site of electrical work, crashed into a stationary utility train with a KZD crane.

A combination of several factors led to the tragic disaster. The driver of the handcar, violating the dispatcher's instructions, drove outside the station, where the collision occurred. Moreover, there were 21 workers on the handcar, instead of the required 9. The dispatcher violated the rules for the movement of shunting trains on the railway, and the station duty officer allowed the trolley to leave without checking the train radio and documents.

It's no secret that the MCC makes the most sense in the north. This is due to the fact that the ring itself is farthest from the center in the north, and accordingly it becomes possible to shorten your journey and not take the metro to the center to the Circle Line. However, it is not only the distance from the ring that attracts passengers to the MCC in the north. As shown by the figures for passenger flows, the most popular stations are “Gagarin Square” - because the metro transfer there is the most convenient, followed by the “northern” stations “Vladykino” and “Botanical Garden”. This is because these stations are located right next to the new ring and the transitions there are as comfortable as possible. This concerns Muscovite users. And now another category of MCC users are people who live in the region, but come to work and study in the Capital. Here in the north, again, transfers from electric trains are made most conveniently. From the NATI and Okruzhnaya stations you can get to the MCC stations in a few minutes. Another station that was strung on the new ring is “Severyanin”. Over time, they promise to move the platform closer to the MCC station and it will be even more convenient for passengers to transfer to the Rostokino station. We will go there today, let’s see how everything is done, and whether there is a basis for integrating the MCC station and the Severyanin railway station into one transport hub.
1. The fact that the Rostokino station is focused specifically on a promising transfer from Severyanin is immediately clear. The platform is shifted towards the railway. If it had been decided to build a station for Muscovites, it would have been moved towards Prospekt Mira. Perhaps they even placed the station right on the overpass above the highway with exits on both sides of Prospekt Mira. Accordingly, for users coming from nearby residential buildings, a rather long approach, a paved path, was made. The station's passenger terminal is located closer to the railway line, so it's quite a long walk to get there.

2. The road here, unfortunately, is still dirty, of course, work is still underway, all MCC stations were opened in a semi-finished state “Rostokino is no exception. I would like to believe that everything will be put in order soon.

3. The canopy over the platform is very unusual, it is not a typical Russian Railways one, like at almost all stations of the ring, it is of an original design. Although the original one could have been in the 60s or 70s. Nowadays this architecture makes me smile.

4. Overcoming the mud, we get to the pavilion.

5. The pavilion is original. Bright, red. Not bad.

6. Everything is assembled to a fairly high quality, but the complaint, as always, is about the panels that go to the very bottom. But then I see someone came up with the idea “how can we protect bottom part panels from damage" and installed wheel guards. A strange decision, to be honest. Why not make a normal, human base - simple and durable. Well, again, everything will be visible after several years of operation.

7. The cash registers here outside are not very good. convenient solution, although this is the case at many Russian Railways stations, this will not surprise commuter train users. By the way, the road to "Severyanin" leads from here to the left. And in the background you can see a fence blocking off the railway tracks.

8. Overall it looks good. Especially this visor.

9. Everything inside is simple, no frills. Although the ceiling is decorated with red panels, it is a color accent.

10. On the other side there is another exit, on the other side of the railway tracks. On the right are the doors to the lobby.

11. Everything inside is quite compact. Left entrance doors, ticket machines are visible in the background, and there are turnstiles across the lobby. An interesting artifact lies against the far wall. These are signs with the name of the Yaroslavskaya station. This is what the station was called when the ring was still the Moscow Ring Railway.

12. There is a staircase and two lines of escalators leading to the platform. There is no elevator for the disabled; there is a lift along the staircase. I don’t understand what prevented us from installing an elevator here.

13. We go up to the pavilion on the platform. For some reason the ceilings are very low here. Strange decision. You can reach the ceiling cladding with your hand without any problems.

14. The pavilion on the platform looks like this.

15. From the platform you can see another exit from the underground vestibule.

16. The design of the canopy and benches at the station evokes thoughts of the good old scoop. I don’t know who came up with this, but we are in the 21st century, it looks ridiculous.

17. Concrete pedestals painted red - Malevich would have been pleased.

18. Another view of the platform. I liked the lines of the lamps on the cover. And all around, look, there are industrial zones. At night it must be bleak here.

19. Here comes the train, it’s time to move on.

Botanical Garden<- Ростокино ->

RIAMO - 8 Feb. Thanks to the construction of an underground passage and the relocation of the platform, the path from the Severyanin railway station to the Rostokino MCC station in the capital will be reduced by 31 times, to 20 meters, according to the official website of the Moscow mayor.

“On two directions of the Moscow Railway at once, workers are going underground. Tunnels are being laid here for future underground passages. In the Yaroslavl direction they will connect the Severyanin platform, which will be moved 350 meters, and the Rostokino MCC station. As a result, the distance between stops of the two types of transport will be reduced from 620 to 20 meters,” the report says.

During the construction of the crossing, the principle of “dry feet” will be followed: passengers will not have to go outside to change from one train to another.

The Karacharovo platform of the Gorky direction of the Moscow Railway will also be moved closer to the MCC and an underground pedestrian crossing will be built, which will subsequently become part of the city’s largest multi-level transport hub. It will unite the Nizhegorodskaya Street metro station of the Big Circle Line, the Kozhukhovskaya Line station of the same name, the Nizhegorodskaya MCC station and ground transport stops.

The Varshavskaya platform will appear on the Paveletsky direction of the Moscow Railway. From here there will be a transition to the Verkhnie Kotly MCC station on the “dry feet” principle. This will relieve congestion at the Nagatinskaya station of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya metro line and Paveletsky station. In addition, in the Paveletsky direction, three new overpasses will be built over the railway tracks and the overpass over the MCC will be reconstructed.

In the Riga direction of the Moscow Railway it is planned to move the Leningradskaya platform. The new stop will be equipped with two terminals, one of which will connect it with the Streshnevo MCC station. The distance that passengers must travel to transfer from the train to the Lastochka will be reduced from 320 to 50 meters. After the launch of the section, the Tushinskaya and Dmitrovskaya metro stations will be unloaded.

On the Kursk direction of the Moscow Railway, near the Novokhokhlovskaya MCC station, there will be a stop of the same name with a passenger terminal and a comfortable transfer between the Moscow Railway and the MCC, equipped according to the “dry feet” principle. The overpass will be built between the Likhobory MCC station and the NATI platform of the Oktyabrskaya Railway.

In addition, the transport hub will unite the MCC, the Savelovskoye direction of the Moscow Railway and the Okruzhnaya metro station under construction on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line. To achieve this, a railway overpass with the Okruzhnaya stop and a terminal below it will appear above the MCC tracks. As a result, the distance between the MCC and the railway station will be reduced from 260 to 50 meters. This will reduce the flow of passengers at the Timiryazevskaya and Savelovskaya metro stations.

Construction work on six directions of the Moscow Railway is planned to be completed this year.

How is the construction of interchanges on the MCC progressing July 7th, 2017

It has been almost 10 months since passenger service on the Moscow Central Circle was launched. During this time, the ring has transported more than 65 million passengers, and the monthly passenger flow exceeds 360 thousand passengers per day. Meanwhile, the launch of passenger service as such is only the first stage in the development of the project. It is followed by two more: integration of the MCC with the radial directions of the Moscow Railway (stage 2) and development of adjacent territories (stage 3). It is precisely the second stage that we will talk about today. Let's see how the construction of interchange hubs is being carried out at the intersections of the MCC with other railway directions.

Let's start with the Paveletsky direction
Here, in order to integrate with the MCC and organize a transfer to the Verkhnie Kotly station (I still want to complain about the complete topological illiteracy of the person who came up with such a name), a new stopping point is being built.

The project provides for the construction of two island passenger platforms, which will allow trains traveling along all main tracks to stop. It will be possible to schedule a stop here for Aeroexpress trains heading to Domodedovo Airport and for suburban express trains.

The facility is very large-scale; some of the platforms will be placed on overpasses, which requires their complete reconstruction. The axes of the main paths will also shift. The construction of retaining walls is currently being completed.

Next direction - Riga
Initially, the project for integrating the Riga direction with the MCC provided for the relocation of the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo platform to organize an interchange hub. But later, under pressure from the Moskomarkhitektura, another decision was made: to leave the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo in place, and to transfer the Leningradskaya platform to the MCC.

It's too late to say now, but this decision is a worsening condition for tens of thousands of passengers who use this platform every day (our opinion only). The existing location of the platform allows it to be used for transferring to the Voikovskaya metro station (albeit, this is not the most convenient transfer, but still), plus, in addition, stops for ground urban passenger transport are located nearby. Moving the platform will lengthen the route from the platform to the metro by 140 meters (from 400m to 530m). In addition, if previously the transfer route was obvious and passed along the sidewalks of the main Leningradsky Prospekt, then after moving the platform, the route to the metro will pass through the 2nd Voykovsky passage, which is more likely a courtyard passage than part of the transfer hub.

However, construction is already in full swing. It is planned to build two side platforms with two vestibules. The western vestibule of the platform will be directly adjacent to both the northern end of the MCC Streshnevo station, thereby forming an interchange connection. The eastern vestibule of the platform will provide access in the direction of the metro and Leningradskoye Shosse.

The next direction for our inspection is Savelovskoe
Despite the fact that the existing Okruzhnaya platform is already quite conveniently located for transferring to the MCC, a decision was made to build new platforms, also on overpasses. This decision was dictated by the need to bring the railway tracks onto the overpass, because below it is planned to pass the North-Western and North-East Expressway.

After completion of construction, all transplants will be carried out entirely in a warm circuit.

Yaroslavl direction
Here, as part of integration with the MCC, work is underway to move the Severyanin stop closer to the Rostokino station. It must be said that the platform transfer project repeatedly moved from one title of work to another, as a result of which it did not fit well with neighboring projects. Although work on the construction of the platform began in the fall, in the spring part of the constructed platform had to be dismantled, because its location turned out to be within the clearance of one of the main tracks, the relocation of which is planned in connection with the laying of the V main track.

Another difficulty of this transport hub is the passage of the North-Eastern Expressway and the interchange with the Yaroslavl Highway near it. Thus, in one of the latest routing proposals, the road designers threw out the groundwork for the western vestibule of the Rostokino station (designed with access to Prospekt Mira). Of course, this is an unacceptable solution: the western vestibule is absolutely necessary to organize convenient interchange connections with transport running along Prospekt Mira, especially in light of the fact that the new location of the Severyanin platform will somewhat distance it from the existing interchange connections with ground transport stops.

Gorky direction
The construction of the Karacharovo transport hub continues here, which in the future should become one of the largest in Moscow. It is planned to include: the Nizhegorodskaya MCC station, two metro stations and the Karacharovo platform of the Gorky direction, which will be moved closer to the Moscow Ring Railway. In the future, in the Gorky direction it is planned to organize the so-called. “zone station”, when part of the train routes will not go to the center to the station, but will end here. This is, at a minimum, a very controversial decision that goes against the global trends in the development of intracity rail transport, when commuter trains, on the contrary, are made as transit as possible in order to create, in fact, a second circuit of off-street transport.

And finally, transfer to the Kursk direction. Near the Novokhokhlovskaya MCC station, work has already begun on the construction of a new stopping point in the radial direction. It is planned that the new platform will have an island platform connected in a warm circuit to the lobby of the MCC station.

Of course, integration with radial railway lines is only part of the 2nd stage of the MCC development. In addition, a decision has now been made to build additional vestibules at the following stations: “Lokomotiv”, “ZIL” and “Botanical Garden”. The issue of building second vestibules at the Vladykino and Baltiyskaya stops is being considered. Practice shows that it is the lobbies that are the bottleneck that limits the capacity of the Moscow Central Circle: most lobbies use escalators of reduced width (80 cm versus the standard 100 cm in the metro), this does not allow two passengers to fully stand on a step, and also use left side for passage, which significantly reduces throughput.

Have you already tried the MCC in a year? Will new transplants make the ring more comfortable for you?