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Nizhny Novgorod Line (Moscow Railway)


The Gorkovsky Suburban Direction of Moscow Railway (Russian: Горьковское направление Московской железной дороги) is one of ten directions used for suburban railway connections between Moscow, Russia, and surrounding areas, mostly in Moscow Oblast. The Nizhegorodsky Suburban Direction connects Moscow with the station in the east, in particular, with the towns of Reutov, Balashikha, Elektrougli, Elektrostal, Noginsk, Pavlovsky Posad, Elektrogorsk, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Pokrov, Petushki, Kosteryovo, Lakinsk, and Vladimir. The stations the direction serves are located in Moscow, as well as in Balashikha Urban Okrug, Pavlovo-Posadsky and Orekhovo-Zuyevsky Districts of Moscow Oblast and in Petushinsky District, Sobinsky District, and the city of Vladimir of Vladimir Oblast. The suburban trains have their western terminus at Moscow Kurskaya railway station in Moscow. In the eastern direction, the suburban trains terminate at the stations of Balashikha, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Kupavna, Fryazevo, Zakharovo, Elektrogorsk, Petushki, and Vladimir. The direction is served by the Moscow Railway. The suburban direction follows the railway which connects Moscow with Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky, hence the name) via Vladimir. It is fully electrified. Between Moscow and Vladimir, there are two tracks The distance between Moscow Kurskaya railway station and Vladimir is 190 kilometres (120 mi).


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