Paveletsky suburban railway line

Paveletsky Suburban Railway
EMU ED4M at Chertanovo station in 2018.
Overview
Native name	Павелецкое направление Московской железной дороги
Owner	Russian Railways
Locale	Moscow, Ryazan Oblast, Moscow Oblast and Tula Oblast
Termini	Moscow Paveletsky Uzunovo
Stations	46 (including branch line)
Service
Type	Commuter rail Airport rail link
System	Moscow Railway
Services	Elektrichka Aeroexpress
Operator(s)	Russian Railways
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC overhead line

The Paveletsky suburban railway line (Russian: Павелецкое направление Московской железной дороги) is one of eleven suburban railway lines used for suburban railway connections between Moscow, Russia, and surrounding areas, mostly in Moscow Oblast. The Paveletsky suburban railway line connects Moscow with the stations in the southeast, in particular, with the towns of Vidnoye, Domodedovo, Stupino, and Kashira, as well as with the Domodedovo International Airport. The stations the line serves are located in Moscow, as well as in the cities of Vidnoye, Domodedovo, Stupino, Kashira, and the urban-type settlement of Serebryanye Prudy in Moscow Oblast. The suburban trains have their northern terminus at Moscow Paveletsky railway station in Moscow. In the southeastern direction, the suburban trains terminate at Biryulyovo-Passazhirskaya, Domodedovo, Ayeroport, Barybino, Mikhnevo, Stupino, Kashira, Ozherelye, and Uzunovo.^[1] The line is served by the Moscow Railway. The tracks between Moscow and Aeroport are also used by Aeroexpress, which runs express trains to Moscow Domodedovo Airport.

The suburban railway line follows the railway which connects Moscow with Lipetsk via Uzlovaya and with Saratov and Volgograd via Pavelets. It is electrified between Moscow and Uzunovo. Between Moscow and Uzunovo, there are two tracks.^[2] The distance between Paveletsky railway station and Uzunovo is 159 kilometres (99 mi).