Kuchino railway station

Kuchino (Russian: Кучино) is a railway station located in Balashikha Urban Okrug of Moscow Oblast, Russia. The station serves suburban traffic of Gorkovsky suburban railway line. The westbound trains terminate at Moscow Kursky railway station in Moscow. The eastbound trains terminate at the stations of Zheleznodorozhnaya, Kupavna, Fryazevo, Zakharovo, Elektrogorsk, Krutoye, Petushki, and Vladimir.[1] The station is operated by the Moscow Railway.

Kuchino Кучино
Moscow Railway station
The outbound platform
Location	Kuchino, Balashikha Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast Russia
Coordinates	55.752251°N 37.954880°E
Owned by	Russian Railways
Operated by	Moscow Railway
Line(s)	Gorkovsky Suburban Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	2001190
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1898
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station Saltykovskaya towards Moscow Kursky Gorkovsky Suburban Zheleznodorozhnaya towards Vladimir

The next station in the eastern direction is Zheleznodorozhnaya, and the next one in the western direction is Saltykovskaya. Not all suburban trains stop in Kuchino.

The station is located in Kuchino microdistrict of Balashikha, formerly of Zheleznodorozhny, and is oriented in the west–east direction. Two platforms are connected by a tunnel, which on the north side leads to Chaplygina Street, and on the south side leads to Tsentralnaya Street, a major throughway which begins in Moscow as Nosovikhinskoye Highway and runs east to Elektrougli and Yesino where it connects to A107.

History

The station was open in 1898, though the railway between Moscow and Vladimir was in operation since 1861.[2] The name of the station is given by the nearby village, which later became an urban-type settlement, and in 1963, together with the station, was merged into the town of Zheleznodorozhny. The name of the village, known since the 16th century, originates from the owner, Kucha or Kuchin.[3]

References

1. Расписание электричек Кучино (in Russian). tutu.ru. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
2. Bolashenko, Sergey. "Остановочный пункт Кучино" (in Russian). «Московско-Нижегородская железнодорожная линия на территории Московской области». Retrieved 9 April 2017.
3. Вагнер, Б.Б. (2015). Карта рассказывает: Природа и история, имена и судьбы в географических названиях Подмосковья. p. 315. ISBN 978-5519026338.