Belomorskaya (Moscow Metro)

Belomorskaya (Russian: Беломорская) is a station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow Metro. It was opened on 20 December 2018.[2] It is located between Rechnoy Vokzal (south) and Khovrino (north). Belomorskaya was completed while the stretch between Rechnoy Vokzal and Khovrino was already in operation.

Belomorskaya Беломорская
Moscow Metro station
Location	Levoberezhny District Northern Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.865833°N 37.476388°E
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	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	20 December 2018
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Khovrino Terminus Zamoskvoretskaya line Rechnoy Vokzal toward Alma-Atinskaya
Route map Khovrino Belomorskaya Rechnoy Vokzal Vodny Stadion Voykovskaya Sokol yard Sokol Aeroport Dinamo Belorusskaya Mayakovskaya Tverskaya Teatralnaya Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Novokuznetskaya Paveletskaya Moskva River Avtozavodskaya Tekhnopark Nagatinsky Bridge Moskva River Kolomenskaya Kashirskaya to Zamoskvoretskoye yard Kantemirovskaya Tsaritsyno Orekhovo Domodedovskaya  (shuttle bus for ) Krasnogvardeyskaya Brateyevo yard Alma-Atinskaya
Location
Belomorskaya Location within Moscow Metro

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 Gorkovsko–Zamoskvoretskaya line was set at Rechnoy Vokzal.[3]

In 1970, the system considered extending 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 the Gorkovsko–Zamoskvoretskaya line.[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 transport problems in outlying areas of 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 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. "Станция метро "Беломорская" открылась в Москве" (in Russian). Afisha Daily. 20 December 2019.
3. 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. "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.). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
12. "Метро придет к жителям Ховрино и Левобережного до конца 2017 года". Комплекс градостроительной политики и строительства города Москвы. 2016-11-09.