Railway line Nakhabino - Pavlovskaya Sloboda

The railway to Pavlovskaya Sloboda was built to supply military training grounds of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR in the 1920s (the exact time of construction was not determined, however, in 1924, the Pavlovskaya Sloboda station was on the schedule). Since at least 1924, the line has been run by the NKPS . Almost all passenger stopping points have existed since construction. In 1956, the branch was electrified with a voltage of 3 kV.

In the early 1980s , all box-office pavilions on platforms were closed. At that time, the Parkovaya-2 platform was built. However, already in 1992, the branch began to decline - due to the poor condition of the canvas, the travel time increased to half an hour, there was a significant decrease in passenger traffic. Also during this period there was a surge in vandalism. As a result, many electric trains were canceled, and in November-December 1996 passenger traffic on the branch was stopped.

Part of the contact network was removed, some disappeared for reasons beyond the control of Russian Railways in the late 1990s. In the summer of 2007, the rail-sleeper grid was dismantled, that is, in fact, the branch ceased to exist only in 2007.

It was officially closed only in 2011 ^[1] .

Nakhabino

Electric trains to Pavlovskaya Sloboda departed from the 2nd platform of the Nakhabino station. After the branch is liquidated, the path is used to turn on electric trains going to Nakhabino from Moscow. The path of the branch went from the platform parallel to the main passage and departed south from the western neck of the station near the gate of the PM-17. The only stopping point on a branch with a high platform.

Park

There were two platforms with the same name Parkovaya.

Park-1

It was built in 1929, simultaneously with the opening of the branch. It was located in the village of Nakhabino on 11 Sapper Street (until 1945 (???), Parkovaya Street), near the adjoining Institutskaya Street. Near the platform was a guarded railway crossing.

Park-2

It was built in 1983 as a replacement for Parkova-1. It was located on the outskirts of the village of Nakhabino, near Parkovaya Street (along Nakhabino the branch ran parallel to it).

Isakovo

The platform was located east of the village of Isakovo. A little further was an unguarded railway crossing.

Lakes

Pavlovskaya Sloboda

From Pavlovskaya Sloboda station, it was possible to walk along the field path to the banks of the Istra River, where the original suspension bridge was located. Crossing it to the right bank of the river, one could get to the outskirts of Pavlovskaya Sloboda. It is here, on the outskirts of the village, that the Pavlovskaya Sloboda agrobiostation is located at the Moscow State Pedagogical University (formerly Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after Lenin). The suspension bridge is currently not operational. It is practically destroyed, although the base has remained and it is quite possible to revive it.

Branch through the river. Istra

Departed from the station towards Pavlovskaya Sloboda, crossed the bridge over the Istra River and ended near the center of the village, on the territory of the military unit. In the 1990s, the rails were removed, the railway bridge ceased to be used, as it is located in a protected protected area. In the summer of 2018, the bridge was dismantled.

Branch to military depots

The second branch from Art. Pavlovskaya Sloboda retreated east to the military unit, which is a warehouse for storing equipment. The military unit was liquidated in the 2010s.

Electric trains that ran along the Nakhabino-Pavlovskaya Sloboda branch worked in isolation, without going to the main directions, and were assigned to the Nakhabino motor depot (ТЧ-17). Travel time from Nakhabino station to Pavlovskaya Sloboda was 16 minutes.

To work on the branch until from the 1920s to 1956, the Ov steam locomotive with two to four biaxial passenger cars was used. At the same time, in the 1927 schedule, there are 4 direct trains from the Riga station to Pavlovskaya Sloboda. By 1946 (from which year it is unknown) the trains to Pavlovskaya Sloboda departed only from Nakhabino. Since electrification in 1956, the three-car sections Cp and Cp3 have been running. From 1962 to 1992, four-car electric trains ER2 and ER22 ^{m were used} . After 1992, for a number of reasons (independent of passenger traffic), not only four-, but also six-car ER2s worked on the line.

Ticket offices existed on all platforms except Parkovaya-2. Cash desk on the platform. Lakes burned down in the spring of 1984. The remaining cash desks (except for the Nakhabino station) were closed in the second half of the 1980s. Ticket control was carried out until the early 1990s, then it was removed due to a threat to the life and health of the controllers from some passengers.

According to archival schedules, in 1967-1968 there were 20 pairs of trains on the branch. From 18 pairs of trains in the 1980s , by 1993 there were only 18. Thereafter, part of the trains was canceled and by 1996 only 4 pairs of trains remained, and the travel time often exceeded 30 minutes due to poor condition of the train, as well as - due to the fact that stops were often performed “on demand”.

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  Nakhabino - Pavlovskaya Sloboda, 1924 schedule

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  Moscow - Nakhabino - Pavlovskaya Sloboda, schedule 1927/1928

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  Nakhabino - Pavlovskaya Sloboda, schedule 1967/1968

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  Nakhabino - Pavlovskaya Sloboda, schedule 1985/1986

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  Pavlovskaya Sloboda - Nakhabino, schedule 1985/1986

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  Nakhabino - Pavlovskaya Sloboda, schedule 1993/1994

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  Pavlovskaya Sloboda - Nakhabino, schedule 1993/1994

Almost all the rails were dismantled in 2007, however, separate rail sections still remain in the Parkovaya-1 platform area, and in the summer of 2008, there were several hundred meters of unassembled track from the Nakhabino station itself, which abutted against a recently installed fence, which became an impromptu dead end. Dismantled roads on some sections of the railway laid for access to country cooperatives.

All passenger platforms were preserved, with the exception of Pavlovskaya Sloboda, on the site of which a cottage village was built. Also, most of the contact network supports to the Ozerki platform and the railway bridge over Istra have been preserved. On the territory of the military unit in the village of Pavlovskaya Sloboda, there are practically no traces of the railway.

Dismantling the railway bridge over the Istra River

Status for 2008. Part 1
Status for 2008. Part 2