Rizhsky suburban direction of Moscow Railway
The Rizhsky Suburban Direction of Moscow Railway (Russian: Рижское 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 Rizhsky Suburban Direction connects Moscow with the station in the northwest, in particular, with the towns of Krasnogorsk, Dedovsk, Istra, and Volokolamsk. The stations the direction serves are located in Moscow, as well as in Krasnogorsky, Istrinsky, Volokolamsky, and Shakhovskoy Districts of Moscow Oblast. Most of the suburban trains have their southeastern terminus at Moscow Rizhskaya railway station in Moscow, others commute from the Kursky Suburban Direction of Moscow Railway. In the northwestern direction, the suburban trains terminate at the stations of Pavshino, Nakhabino, Dedovsk, Novoiyerusalimskaya, Rumyantsevo, Volokolamsk, and Shakhovskaya. The direction is served by the Moscow Railway.
The suburban direction follows the railway which connects Moscow with Riga via Rzhev and Velikiye Luki. It is electrified between Moscow and Shakhovskaya. Between Moscow and Volokolamsk, there are two tracks, west of Volokolamsk there is one track. The distance between Rizhsky railway station and Shakhovskaya is 155 kilometres (96 mi).
The construction of the railway between Moscow and Vindava (Moscow-Vindava Railway) started in 1897. On June 30, 1901 the passenger traffic between Moscow and Volokolamsk was opened. Vindavsky railway station, currently Rizhsky railway station, was opened on September 11, 1901. The railway had only one track; the construction of the second track between Moscow and Volokolamsk only started in the 1950s.
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