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Belomorskaya (Moscow Metro)

Coordinates: 55°51′57″N 37°28′35″E / 55.865833°N 37.476388°E / 55.865833; 37.476388
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Belomorskaya

Беломорская
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationLevoberezhny District
Northern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°51′57″N 37°28′35″E / 55.865833°N 37.476388°E / 55.865833; 37.476388
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeShallow column station[1]
Depth39.6 metres (130 ft)
Platform levels1
History
Opened20 December 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-20)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Khovrino
Terminus
Zamoskvoretskaya line Rechnoy Vokzal
Location
Belomorskaya is located in Moscow Metro
Belomorskaya
Belomorskaya
Location within 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.

Name

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It is named after Belomorskaya Street (Belomorskaya Ulitsa) in Moscow. The street is named after White Sea (Белое море, Byeloye morye) because of locating on the north of Moscow.

History

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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]

Station under construction in January 2017

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]

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

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  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. ^ a b Лисов И. "Московский метрополитен хрущевской эпохи". metro.molot.ru. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. 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 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  6. ^ a b "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 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  8. ^ "Светлое будущее метро Москвы". Транспортъ сегодня. 2011-06-16. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. 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.). Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2017-10-15. {{cite journal}}: 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. Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2017-10-15.