Vostochny Railway Terminal

Moscow Vostochny
Moscow Railway terminal
General information
Location	7, Okruzhnoy drive, Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.802778°N 37.746389°E / 55.802778; 37.746389
Line(s)	Little Ring
Platforms	2
Tracks	5
Connections	Moscow Metro stations: Cherkizovskaya Lokomotiv Buses: 34, 34к, 52, 171, 230, 372, 449, 469, 552, 716, 974, т32, т41, т83, н15
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Architect	Gennady Bespalov
Other information
Station code	199208
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1908 (as Cherkizovo station), 2021
Location Moscow Vostochny Location within Moscow Ring Road

Vostochny ("Eastern") railway terminal (Template:Lang-ru, Vostochnyi vokzal), previously known as Cherkizovsky railway terminal is the newest of the ten railway terminals of Moscow, Russia, opened on 29 May 2021. It is the farthest terminal from the city center, the smallest in terms of the number of platforms and tracks, and the only one from which suburban trains do not depart.

Location

Vostochny terminal located within the boundaries of the Cherkizovo railway station of the Little Ring of the Moscow Railway, together with the Lokomotiv station of the MCC, Cherkizovskaya station of Metro Line 1 and public transport stops, it forms a single interchange hub Cherkizovo.

Vostochny is a transit station for most arriving trains. The station building is two-storied; passage to the main platform and to the Lokomotiv MCC station is located along the gallery from the second floor. The planned daily passenger traffic is about 2500 people. One-time stay on the platforms: about 200 passengers. The station building has two exits: one towards Amurskaya Street, the other towards Cherkizovskaya metro station and RZD Arena stadium. Transfer to Cherkizovskaya and Lokomotiv is represented by a ground crossing.

Trains and destinations

On 29 May 2021, regular long-distance trains and express trains were launched, including those in transit through Moscow. Vostochny is the final stop for "Lastochka" trains on the route Moscow - Ivanovo, Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod and the high-speed train "Strizh" Nizhny Novgorod - Moscow.

Criticism

Vostochny cannot handle both Strizh trains and trains consisted with bilevel rail cars at same time, these reasons:

• Tracks dedicated for the freight and intercity traffic on the Little Ring are single-tracked, causing capacity shortage.
• Low platforms at Vostochny station are only one side platform, causing lack of flexibility.

To resolve these problems, construction of new run-through terminal at Moscow Sortirovochnaya Ryazanskaya including several extra-long low platforms, and the island platform at Vostochny to be converted from high-level to low-level.