Kiyevsky suburban railway line

Kiyevsky Suburban Railway
CSPC ED4M traversing at the Kievskoye direction of Moscow Railway
Overview
Native name	Киевское направление Московской железной дороги
Owner	Russian Railways
Locale	Moscow, Moscow Oblast and Kaluga Oblast
Termini	Moscow Kiyevsky Kaluga-2
Stations	50
Service
Type	Commuter rail Inter-city rail Airport rail link
System	Moscow Railway
Operator(s)	Central Suburban Passenger Company Russian Railways
History
Opened	1899
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Character	At-grade
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC overhead line

The Kiyevsky suburban railway line (Russian: Киевское направление Московской железной дороги) is one of eleven suburban lines used for suburban railway connections between Moscow, Russia, and surrounding areas in Moscow Oblast and Kaluga Oblast. The Kiyevsky suburban railway line connects Moscow with the stations in the southwest, in particular, with the towns of Aprelevka, Naro-Fominsk, Balabanovo, Obninsk, Maloyaroslavets, and Kaluga. The stations the line serves are located in Moscow, as well as in the towns of Odintsovo and Naro-Fominsk in Moscow Oblast, and in Borovsky and Maloyaroslavetsky Districts and the city of Kaluga of Kaluga Oblast. The suburban trains have their northeastern terminus at Moscow Kiyevsky railway station. In the southwestern direction, the suburban trains terminate at Solnechnaya, Novoperedelkino, Lesnoy Gorodok, Aprelevka, Bekasovo-1, Nara, Maloyaroslavets, Kaluga-1, and Kaluga-2. The section between Tikhonova Pustyn and Kaluga-1 follows the railway which proceeds further to Aleksin.^[1][2] The line is served by Moscow Railway.

The suburban railway line follows the railway which connects Moscow with Kyiv via Kaluga and Bryansk. It is electrified everywhere between Moscow and Kyiv. Between Moscow and Kaluga, there are two tracks.^[3] The tracks between Moscow and Aeroport are also used by Aeroexpress, which runs express trains to Vnukovo International Airport.