Belomorskaya (russian: Беломорская) is a station on the

Zamoskvoretskaya line The Zamoskvoretskaya line (russian: link=no, Замоскворе́цкая ли́ния, ), formerly Gorkovsko–Zamoskvoretskaya () (Line 2), is a line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1938, chronologically it became the third line. There are 24 ...

of the

Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first unde ...

. It was opened on 20 December 2018. 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

It is named after Belomorskaya Street (Belomorskaya Ulitsa) in Moscow. The street is named after

White sea The White Sea (russian: Белое море, ''Béloye móre''; Karelian and fi, Vienanmeri, lit. Dvina Sea; yrk, Сэрако ямʼ, ''Serako yam'') is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. It is su ...

(Белое море, Byeloye morye) because of locating on the north of Moscow.

History

The station first appeared in plans to extend the Zamoskvoretskaya line in 1957. In 1959, the plan to extend the line was confirmed by the

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Совет министров СССР, r=Sovet Ministrov SSSR, p=sɐˈvʲet mʲɪˈnʲistrəf ɛsɛsɛˈsɛr; sometimes abbreviated to ''Sovmin'' or referred to as the '' ...

, but the terminus of the Gorkovsko–Zamoskvoretskaya line was set at Rechnoy Vokzal. In 1970, the system considered extending the line to Levoberezhnaya, a stop on the

October Railway Oktyabrskaya Railway or October Railway (russian: Октябрьская железная дорога) is the subsidiary of RZD, servicing railway lines in the north-west of Russia. It stretches from Moscow's Leningradsky Rail Terminal, Leningrad ...

. A 1973 plan proposed three new stations: Belomorskaya, Ulitsa Dybenko and Levoberezhnaya. A separate idea emerged in 1978 to add the extension on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line rather than the Gorkovsko–Zamoskvoretskaya line. 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. It was not until 2011 that the

Mayor of Moscow The Mayor of Moscow (russian: Мэр Москвы, Mer Moskvy) is the head and the highest-ranking official of Moscow, who leads the Government of Moscow, the main executive body of the city. Moscow is both a city and separate federal subje ...

Sergey Sobyanin Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin (russian: link=no, Сергей Семёнович Собянин; born 21 June 1958) is a Russian politician, serving as the 3rd Mayor of Moscow since 21 October 2010. Sobyanin previously served as the Governor of ...

, announced that the extension would go ahead for 2014 to 2017. The municipal authorities believed that adding Belomorskaya station could solve transport problems in outlying areas of the northern part of Moscow. Initial plans projected that the station would open in 2016. 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. After the decision by Khusnullin, local residents submitted a petition to the authorities to continue with construction of the station. The city met with the residents who asked for construction to continue and ultimately reversed its decision.

References

{{Moscow Metro Zamoskvoretskaya Line Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 2018