Vorobyovy Gory Station is located near the left bank of the Moscow River, in the center of the former Luzhnetskaya floodplain. Historically, it was situated on the lands of the Khamovniki field and the former Babylon Garden, which belonged to the Novodevichy Convent.
Initially, the station served for exchanging cars with the Moscow-Bryansk railway. The management of the connecting branch was carried out through the passenger building of the Potylikha stopping point, combined with the control post. This post received commands from the duty officer at Vorobyovy Gory Station and switched the points in the required direction.
With the development of industry in Luzhniki and Khamovniki, Vorobyovy Gory became one of the largest stations on the Circular Railway. Nearby, on the site of the modern Luzhniki Stadium, there were a shipyard and lumber warehouses with an extensive network of access roads. Opposite the Andreevsky Monastery was the military plant 'Soyuz', which produced aircraft engines and also had access roads. Towards the city center, tracks led to the 'Kauchuk' plant and factories on Savvinskaya Embankment, passing under the Krasnoluzhsky Bridge and between the embankment and the pond at the Novodevichy Convent. In 1956, Vorobyovy Gory received an electric centralization system for switches and signals, even earlier than the main station of the Circular Railway, Likhobory.
The station's location on the low bank of the Moscow River required the construction of a high embankment for flood protection. This led to the construction of a two-story station building and the placement of the platform with a passenger landing stage and halls on the second level. An ornate metal footbridge with a canopy was used for access to the tracks.
The landing stage is a cantilever pedestrian bridge. In its modern form, it has lanterns that are not original. The poles on which they are mounted previously supported the canopy of the landing stage, and after its dismantling, they were used as supports for the lanterns.
The large station building accommodated almost all station structures: living quarters for staff, the station master's office, telegraph, and the only buffet on the ring. Interestingly, the facades of the building are symmetrical, except for the central part, where the placement of the landing stage necessitated the abandonment of an arched window.
In 1975, Vorobyovy Gory Station became a filming location for railway scenes in the children's film 'I Trade a Dog for a Locomotive'. The film showcases the station and its operations, where heavy freight trains with TE3 diesel locomotives constantly pass through.
In the 1990s, the track development of the station was dismantled, leaving only two main tracks. Today, there is an overpass of the Third Transport Ring at this location.
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