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The electric train approaches Belokamennaya station.

Belokamennaya platform.

The station itself, where tickets and other services are sold, is located underground and, like all MCC stations, is designed with the latest technology. There are few people who want to walk in the forest a little - the mushroom and ski seasons have not yet begun, and the summer (2017) somehow did not work out.

The exit to the city, that is, to the forest, is decorated simply, but tastefully.

Even from the platform, if you look in the direction of Sokolniki, a small beautiful building catches your eye, it can be seen that it has been recently restored. This is a historical building of the station of the Moscow District Railway (MOZhD). Probably "station" is a strong word, but I read it that way.
Currently, the "station" is closed, and it is not needed, as shown above, its functions are performed under the tracks, and at the most modern level. Although, it would be nice to build some kind of museum in it. Although, on the other hand, who will go to the museum with skis or a basket. A massive influx of other categories is not expected here.
The coloring of the building is the same as it was when it was built. As you can see, the white color is present here, but the title of "white stone" somehow does not pull.

This is what the building looked like in the beginning. It can be seen that the restoration was carried out not quite accurately, but the general style was preserved. And you can see that the building is not white.

Immediately behind the station there is a building, in style - an old building, also restored. Here it is just white. Now used as an administrative office. It is the only "white stone" here.

Apparently, the reconstruction was not carried out in full, the approaches to the building are not covered, not only with traditional Moscow tiles, but even with asphalt.

Immediately behind these buildings opens the forest. A real forest, not some kind of park. Although not to say that helluva lot of dense. However, if you go in the direction of Elk Island, you can get lost, there have been cases.
But it’s convenient, from the metro (and the MCC is the metro) - right from the platform into the forest. Especially for skiers. I think this station will be in great demand in winter.

But, now let's move on to the other side, the one that faces deep into Elk Island and where the mysterious ruins mentioned above were visible.

It can be seen that these are dilapidated buildings of incomprehensible time of construction and purpose, but clearly uninhabited. So the fantasies about abandoned cities and civilizations can be left. Apparently, these are the former office premises of the station, which used to have a greater functional significance.
Such houses are usually poetically called ruins or roughly - ruins. But I liked the playful expression "abandoned" that I saw in the comments of the fair sex more. And these abandoned forests would have disfigured if enthusiasts had not painted them with graffiti. And now, this is already a decoration of the landscape, brightens up a certain monotony and gives some kind of romance.

Let's go through the hospitably absent door into the room

It's very nice here - messy, but not crap. A beautifully executed portrait of a woman. Let us note that all the drawings are not disfigured by vandals, apparently they do not go here, there is nothing for them to do here. And homeless people don't come here, for the same reason.
It's semi-dark in the hall, lighting is only from the open, or rather missing door, and the picture was taken with a flash,

On the wall is a portrait of someone with glasses. Probably some kind of professor.

Very cute rat.

I was not the only one who was interested in these ruins. Three guys came here at the call of curiosity and romance. He warned them not to climb to the second floors.

And yet, why is the station called "Belokamennaya"? It seems that there is nothing very white stone here and there is no data on what happened. I read somewhere that to attract tourists. But the Moscow District Railway (MOZhD) was created at the beginning of the last century - what kind of tourists are there. And they didn't know the words.
I have my own version. The name is given, as they say: "from the bulldozer." I explain: in those days, such stations were given names according to the nearby settlement (Kozhukhovo, Rostokino). The names of prominent figures were not even given to cities, with the exception of royal persons and saints. In our case, there was no settlement nearby. And so, some official came up with a beautiful name and everyone liked it. Although I would call "Forest".
By the way, many city objects are named according to this principle even now. So in the Babushkinsky district there is a Vereskovaya street, although there was no heather there. There is also "Ivovaya" and there are many such.

MKZHD. Construction of Belokamennaya station. July 20th, 2016

The station farthest from housing and office buildings on the entire Moscow central ring is the Belokamennaya station. It is interesting that it was made exactly in the same place where the historical station of the beginning of the last century is located. It didn't make sense to move it anywhere, as it wouldn't change anything. The station is located in the very center of the Losiny Ostrov park. It would seem, why there was something to build. But in fact, now it will be possible to come to Losiny Ostrov, for example, with bicycles - this is very cool. Moreover, there is hope that the park itself will be put in order a little, without harm to the local flora and fauna, and the city will receive another popular park. Station "Belokamennaya" is one of the few stations on the ring, the readiness of which is almost 100%. Therefore, they like to bring journalists and bloggers here. Well, since they brought it, it's a sin not to look.
1. I came here to see what is here and how. Now the picture is completely different. No wonder this station is shown to everyone, here almost everything is ready to receive passengers. The station lobby is underground, on both sides of the tracks there are pavilions above the staircases of a simple and laconic design.

2. Podulichnik, or as it is called in this case, is made in traditional Russian Railways colors. The red strip is a glued film, the rest is a tile. The ceiling is covered with panels in which round lamps are installed. Finishing materials are emphasized budget.

3. Please only signs with navigation. Now everything is dubbed in English. By the way, here is a poster with drawings, excellent excellent, we'll see ...

4. As in the subway they write on the signs "Exit to the city" - here in the forest.

5. So the plan of the station. In the middle is a vestibule from which stairways lead to the platform in both directions. Up and down there are floorboards from which stairways lead to the surface. Everything is very simple.

6. Longitudinal section along the platform.

7. Checkout windows. The windows are made of a plastic profile with plastic window sills, this is so at home. To the right of the ticket office for wheelchair users - excellent.

8. There will be ticket machines here. The doors to the technical rooms are steel anti-vandal, there is no glamor like stainless steel doors that are installed at metro stations.

9. Another useful feature is toilets. There are also toilets on the Lastochka trains that will run around the ring. A trifle would seem, but useful.

10. Terrible metal detector frames in front of the entrance. Why it was not possible to make them somehow less collective-farm is not clear. After the frames, heaters hang on the ceiling - pedestrians are sometimes cold, and there is no additional barrier like swing doors here - also savings. But how to protect the lobby from moose from vandals at night? Very simple, rolling shutters. Here is a box hanging in the foreground on the ceiling. A simple but effective solution. I don’t know what is cheaper, such a solution or a string of pendulum doors, but apparently the first.

11. Familiar metro station validators on familiar railway turnstiles.

12. There are few turnstiles and in general the lobby is very compact.

13. I did not find an elevator for people with limited mobility here. Instead of an elevator, this is an archaic welded ramp. Very, very sorry. There are no escalators either. Arrived at "Elk Island" - let's go up the stairs with your legs.

14. There is such a button at the exit from the platform, apparently for a wheelchair user, so that he can call an escort from the mobility center.

15. The staircase descent is very well decorated with a fence. Looks good.

16. Perhaps this is the only decoration of the station. This is where the cool view comes from.

17. But, as always, there are nuances. Since budget materials are used, the fence is made of polycarbonate. I will not say that this is completely inappropriate material here, I will send those interested to take a walk along pedestrians across the Moscow Ring Road and see what polycarbonate has turned into there and what an untidy look it has after some time.

18. Finishing the plinth - tiles.

19. Bloggers and journalists rush around the platform in search of a good angle. And here the question arises, why is the Belokamennaya station so high in readiness with such little need for passengers? This is a question. Maybe because it was built in an open field in fact, and no difficulties arose during the construction process, since there are no buildings or communications.

20. Station buildings of the beginning of the last century are put in order - this is wonderful. The ideal option here is to make a museum of the Moscow Railways, then the Belokamennaya station would acquire another pole of attraction. There are INFOSOS at the stations, I don’t know if there are such at the Russian Railways stations, but in the metro we are used to such things.

21. Information on all signs and even here is duplicated in a foreign language.

22. In the middle of the platform there are blocks of air conditioners. I hope this is a temporary solution and it will all be removed.

23. These boards will display the waiting time for the train, let me remind you that it is planned to make two intervals of 5 minutes during rush hour and 12 at other times.

24. At the end of the platform there is a notch, of course in the colors of Russian Railways.

25. Here you can stand and watch the arriving trains - this is the view towards the Yaroslavskaya station

26. This is how the station turned out. In September, when they plan to open the ring for passengers, this station will definitely open and everyone will go to look at the moose.

Many thanks to the press service of the Moscow Metro

Recently, line 14 finally took its place on the schemes of the Moscow metro. The second of the three rings of Moscow is in fact a railway one, but at the request of the city, it, like other off-street transport, will have a single numbering.

Line 14 will have many different stations. Somewhere a transfer, somewhere a new transport in the area. Belokamennaya is a station in the Losiny Ostrov National Park, in its Yauzskaya part. It will have access to the forest on one side and to the forest on the other side. Most of the passengers won't make it here, and those that do are unlikely to get off. A walk would be great!

1. We approach the passenger platform from Yaroslavskaya. Here at the cargo station, active work is underway, which I will talk about another time. Diesel locomotives and traffic lights are actively moving along almost all routes. Workers are digging trenches. And one of the dead ends of the station will rest against the passenger platform.

2. Here she is, White Stone. For 99% of passengers, this is a regular station. Officially, it's kind of like "o.p." - stopping point. But I will leave the terminology outside the scope of this report.

3. Here in the forest you can find historical buildings. Former red brick residential building at Belokamennaya station. From the complex of buildings and structures of the Belokamennaya station, 1903-1908, arch. A. N. Pomerantsev, engineer. S. Kareisha, A. D. Proskuryakov. Object of cultural heritage. Was repainted a year or two ago.

4. Nearby is a beautiful station building with a historical font of inscriptions and beautiful design.

5. And we go directly to the platform. Since all trains will make all stops on the Moscow Ring Road, there will be regular train traffic. But perhaps this station will be the most sparsely populated.

6. Exit from the underground passage. tablets. Everything is.

7. The nearest street passes next to the exit. Yauzskaya alley.

8. The weather made a lot of adjustments to the walk.

9. Entrance to the underground passage. All signs are in place. Thanks to the station builders for permission to visit the site.

10. The entire facility is in a very high degree of completion. In the descent, the last corner of the ceiling is being completed. Everything else is already done.

11. Pointers on the ground. There is active work in the premises.

12. Go to Losinoostrovskaya street for about 5 minutes. Bus 75 stops there to Sokolniki metro station. After the restoration of the bridge over the railway, the bus will return to the full route to the Rokossovsky Boulevard metro station. Now there are just two separate routes.

13. Underpass - wide and spacious. We would have such a place in Khimki... Lights work everywhere, the necessary sensors are installed, only wires for power tools.

14. Cash desks are located in a separate room.

15. Installed turnstiles.

16. A scoreboard with several lines at the Moscow Ring Road stations always surprises me. Only 2 directions with approximately the same interval.

17. We leave to the platform on the stairs.

18. And here everything is ready. The roof is complete. The tiles have been laid. The boards are up.

19. There is already a contact network in this place. On one of the tracks is a railcar. Later, he gradually moved.

20. The design of the platform is modern and classical. Both staircases are closed from rain.

21. Unless there are no shops, but this is the last thing.

22. ChMEZ-2712 on vacation and exit to the Yauzskaya alley.

23. The opposite exit goes beyond most of the station tracks, but there is still something to cross behind it. It was not possible to find out whether those paths would be dismantled or whether it was necessary to step over them.

24. 1 way towards the Open Highway.

25. This is how rain protection is better seen.

26. Today, this station seems completely unnecessary. In the forest, without places of attraction. But I don't know if walking paths will be organized here. bike paths. There are gaps nearby. But in some places you can easily drive through these clearings by car.

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28. The diesel locomotive gradually leaves for the Open Highway with rails. Their length is more than 800 meters.

29. Time to go. The rain is over.

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31. We approach one of the paths. He goes to the former military warehouses. It has obviously been without movement for a long time, but it is listed on the balance sheet. The arrow is on it.

32. 13th...

33. From this angle it is clearly seen that the exit from the transition is not quite in the forest. Why this is so - let it remain a mystery for now. Maybe we'll find out later.

Of course, we are talking about the very classic Belokamennaya station, which was opened in 1908 as part of an unprecedented project to unload the center of Moscow from people and cargo.

The powerful industrial rise of the Russian economy, which followed the abolition of serfdom, drove the peasants to work in the city. Of course, before they worked in the cities. Otherwise, who would then build St. Petersburg or equip Moscow. But then they were serfs, and now they are free and hungry people. Those from the north went to earn money in unkind St. Petersburg, the rest had one road - to white stone.

One of those who were brought to Moscow in infancy was Bishop Barnabas (in the world Nikolai Nikanorovich Belyaev). His father is a locksmith at a weaving factory, and his mother is the daughter of a deacon. In Ramenskoye, Nikolai graduated with honors from school and the Third Moscow Gymnasium, then just as well - from the Moscow Theological Academy. Parents settled in Ramenskoye, having built a house and set up a household. And there are thousands of them. Thanks to them, Moscow flourished: there was more cargo, but there were no roads leading them away from the center.

MAIN SHAFT OF THE CAPITAL

Walking and skating went to the Neskuchny Garden, but the industrial center of Moscow, which was formed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was located on the periphery, at the junction of Moscow and the Moscow district. The boundary separating, as they would say now, the city and regional authorities was the Kamer-Kollezhsky Val, defined in this capacity as early as 1785. In the late 90s of the century before last, the authorities began to think about how to redistribute the population of Moscow from the center to the periphery: there was an ideal place for the life of ordinary people and the development of industry.

In 1901, a new city plan was officially approved, according to which the borders of Moscow passed exactly along the Kamer-Kollezhsky Val - within the limits of the possession of the city authorities. The area of ​​the capital was then equal to 91.5 square meters. km, for comparison, now the city covers an area of ​​2,511 sq. km. Moscow was then divided into 5 main districts: Center (Kremlin and Kitay-Gorod), White City, Zemlyanoy Gorod, Zamoskvorechye and outskirts. Around Moscow there was a ring of suburbs that were not formally part of the city, but in fact they were the sixth main district of the capital, economically closely tied to it.

Two-thirds of the factory enterprises of Moscow were located on the outskirts and beyond the Kamer-Kollezhsky Val. Especially among them there were many such enterprises, which employed more than 500 workers. And only one thing - the wool-weaving factory of the I. Butikov Partnership worked within the Garden Ring. The rest, as we said above, were located either on the outskirts or in the suburbs of the capital. “At that time, 10 radial directions entered the city. There was no ring, and the cargo had to be bred on horseback,” Moscow researcher Boris Kondakov told MM. - The city grew, transit flows grew, traffic jams choked the city, the situation was close to critical, and at the beginning of the 20th century, with the direct participation and active assistance of the great railway transport enthusiast Count Witte and Emperor Nicholas II, it was decided to build a ring road. All this was done with the prospect that its own housing infrastructure would be created around the stations, and Moscow would be able to unload. Did not work out".

“On the one hand, many historical stations along the ring have been preserved, and together they form an ensemble and all are important, on the other hand, there are two main ones: Likhobory station and Ugrezhskaya station. There is a Belokamennaya station - unique, as if lost in time and in the forests near Moscow. Nothing has changed around her, and historical films can be made. One of the railroad workers of that time wrote in a letter: “In 1908, we drove the first trains here. It was strange to me then, to be honest. The Okruzhnaya road encircles a large city, and forests are almost everywhere. And what! “You used to lead a train, especially in the autumn bad weather, it’s even terribly done - there is such desertedness around.” And it’s exactly the same now!”

BORIS KONDAKOV, architect, researcher of Moscow

According to one version, the construction of the Moscow Ring Railway was also supposed to take place for reasons of state security: the movement of freight and people from the center of Moscow to settlements on its outskirts would facilitate the work of the Security Department.

WHITE STONE

On November 7, 1897, Emperor Nicholas II, who was present at the Special Government Meeting, "highly recognized as desirable" the construction of the Moscow District Railway. After that, a competition for its construction was held, in which 13 projects took part. The project of the engineer Pyotr Rashevsky, who later became the head of the construction of the Moscow District Railway, won.

The Belokamennaya station, however, like the other 11 stations, was designed under the guidance of architects A.N. Pomerantseva and N.V. Markovnikov in the same style - red brick with white trim (all of them are unique examples of Moscow Art Nouveau at the beginning of the 20th century). A number of station and residential buildings of the road were built according to the project of architect I.M. Rybin. All of them are made in the same original style: roof tiles are from Warsaw, the Pavel Bure clock is from Switzerland (the only surviving original copy of this clock is in the office of the head of the Presnya station). Ticket offices and the waiting room were heated by Dutch and Russian stoves, they had electricity. They looked fashionable and modern, they did not skimp on expenses, because Nicholas II personally inscribed on the title page of Rashevsky's project: "The road should have a view consistent with the capital city."

Approaching Belokamennaya, it seems more and more that you have fallen out of reality and outside the Lastochka window is not the 21st century, but the beginning of the 20th. And now a gentleman in a bowler hat or young lady with an umbrella. The forests surrounding the station are conducive to long walks.

Belokamennaya is the most distant MCC station from the center of the capital. She, the only one of all, is located on the territory of the park "Losiny Ostrov" on the border of Bogorodsky and Metrogorodok. The platform was built at the beginning of the last century for sludge, stock and reserve of wagons.

Filmmakers also loved Belokamennaya: not far from it there are several dormitories of VGIK, and when looking for places for filming, directors and especially cameramen always noted the non-Moscow view of this particular station. Its isolation from the industrial noir surrounding the capital. It was on Belokamennaya that one of the episodes of the film “When the Trees Were Big” was filmed, where Natasha (Inna Gulaya) and Kuzma (Yuri Nikulin) met at the fictional Selivanovo station. Here, they filmed an episode with the ambulance train "Officers".

Even in the most difficult, perestroika years, 152 buildings and structures of the historic Small Ring were not demolished or rebuilt. And last year, the station, two station houses, a platform fence and two rows of magnificent cast-iron poles acquired the status of a cultural heritage site by decision of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage. This means that, fortunately, it is impossible to reschedule or liquidate the station, but it can be restored with the preservation of all architectural and design features.

WHITE STONE NOW

Since May 2, 2014, the small, historical Moscow Ring Road station Belokamennaya has been closed to traffic and is open only to sightseers who are brought here on the Lastochkas of the MCC. The new station, opened on September 10, 2016 and located on the territory of the Losiny Ostrov National Park, has an average load so far. According to the Moscow Construction Complex, by the beginning of 2017, at rush hour, it will pass up to 2,500 passengers, but by 2025, the load on it will increase to 3,500 thousand passengers at rush hour. The nearest metro station to it is Rokossovsky Bulvar, which can be reached by buses No. 75 and 822.

The increase in the load on the station is due to the fact that the areas adjacent to Losiny Ostrov and st. Podbelsky are being actively built up, and a large Tricolor residential complex has already been put into operation here: an office building and three high-rise buildings (two houses with 46 floors and one with 31 floors). There are also five higher educational institutions, schools, kindergartens, hotels, medical facilities and even a stadium. Ahead is the unification of the Sokolniki and Losiny Ostrov parks and the active construction of the Sokoliny Fort residential complex, which will lead to traffic density at Belokamennaya station. As urbanists already assume, traffic through Belokamennaya with a peak load of 3,500 passengers will be overcome much earlier than by 2025: the pace of development of the capital’s territories and the compaction of its development suggests that Belokamennaya station will not be a Moscow province for long.