Moscow is a huge metropolis with a great transport interchange of both roads and railways. There are many passenger platforms for boarding commuter trains in different parts of the capital. This was done in order to unload the main stations from the influx of visitors and for the convenience of delivering people to their place of residence and work.
In the article we will consider in detail the Setun passenger platform, which belongs to the Smolensk (Belarusian) direction of the Moscow railway interchange. This station is located in the Mozhaisk district of Moscow, located in the west of the capital.
Now the reconstruction of the station, which began in early 2017, is almost completed. Now it is a modern, beautiful, equipped with everything you need platform. There are both comfortable benches for waiting for the train and fast food outlets so that passengers in front of the road can eat while waiting for their train.
Historical data
In the place where the Setun platform is now located, there was a settlement, which, having grown in 1926, receivedthe status of the city of Kuntsevo. By the way, Setunya is the name of the river flowing in this area.
And since 1929 the city has been made a regional center, part of the Moscow region. Bolshaya Setun is a former village near Kuntsevo. In its place is now Tolbukhin Street. With the growth of the population and the sprawl of the city, these settlements became part of the capital. In 1960, by the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On the expansion of the borders of Moscow", the city of Kuntsevo and all the surrounding villages and villages first became part of the Kievsky district of the capital, and then the Kuntsevsky district was formed separately in 1969.
Not far from the Setun platform, in 1965, the opening of the Kuntsevskaya metro station, which belongs to the Filevskaya metro line.
General information
This railway station opened in 1932. The Setun platform code in the classifier of the Russian Railways is 9600941. The following settlements are located nearby:
- Nemchinovka (1891 meters), whose residents can walk to the train stop in 33 minutes;
- Marfino (2539 m) - passengers will reach on foot in 43 minutes;
- Novoivanovskoye (2405 m) - people will need 41 minutes;
- Grunwald (3388 m).
Of course, there is also the possibility of getting there by bus or fixed-route taxi.
How to get to the station?
Very close to the Setun platform is a bus stop of the same name. Buses No. 16, 45, 178, 180, 198, 794, 794k, 840, 418, 560m, 597 stop here. They connect the metro station"Kuntsevskaya", Kyiv railway station, Fili and the 66th quarter of Kuntsevo, the station "Molodyozhnaya" and "Autocentre" and "Odintsovo".
Kuntsevskaya metro station is located not far from the Setun railway stop. From there you need to drive 8 stops on bus number 16 or one more on route 178.
From the metro station "Molodezhnaya" - only 3 stops by bus 794К. These are the closest locations to the platform.
If you are still interested in how to get to the Setun platform, you can also get here from Kyiv, Park Pobedy, Pionerskaya, Kutuzovskaya and Slavyansky Boulevard metro stations. True, they are located further away, so it will take longer to get from them by bus.
Station description
Station Setun has only two side platforms, access to which is carried out through underground passages. There are also verandas sheltered under a canopy for waiting for the train. When exiting the platforms, passengers pass through the turnstiles.
The Setun platform has a direct connection with the stations of the Savelovsky and Kursk directions using multi-unit trains.
The train will take passengers to the Belorussky railway station in 22 minutes. Many use this type of transport to get to the central part of the city to work or take a walk on the weekends. It's faster and more convenient than ground public transport.
Platform reconstruction
Since January 2017, a major reconstruction of this station has been underway. The construction of a modern island platform and an underground passage to it began. The reconstruction is connected with the expansion of the main routes between the capital and Odintsovo, as well as the desire to launch an accelerated movement of electric trains and suburban trains. Builders will eventually add a third and fourth path to the existing ones.
The new passenger platform can already be seen in all its glory, it meets all modern requirements. Beautiful new awnings from the weather have already been made, pedestrian paths are covered with paving slabs, decent lighting has been installed, beautiful panel fences have been made for the territory from the city limits.
Underground tunnel connected the new platform to the place where people exited after the turnstiles. Passengers can safely move from one part of the station to another and wait for the train in a place adapted for this.
In the waiting room there is a timetable for electric trains of the Setun platform, there are benches on which passengers are waiting for the train, a number of turnstiles have a large capacity. At the moment, most of the work has been completed, but the reconstruction has not yet been fully completed.
Schedule
From the Setun platform you can go in different directions. The commuter train schedule can be read both on the official website and in the covered pavilion of the station, on the wall.
Now there is a new service: you can order a commuter train schedule for yourselfphone by sending an SMS message. For 10 rubles you will receive the latest information.
Electric trains move on a busy schedule. The first one is from 4:40 am, and the last one leaves at 01:03 am. Trains arrive at the platform almost every 10-15 minutes. So getting to any of the points of the Smolensk direction is very convenient, especially for those passengers who have to take the train to work and back every day.
Where can I get from Setun station?
We will introduce the reader to the farthest destinations that can be reached from the Setun platform of the Moscow Railway without a transfer:
- If we move west, the final stops will be Borodino and Zvenigorod.
- If the train moves in an easterly direction, then the following platforms will be the final ones - Serpukhov and Dubna.
- There are two more points under the general name "Depot", but one is related to the direction Moscow - Savelovskaya - Iksha, and the other - Moscow (passenger) - Kurskaya - Stolbovaya.
In the article, we introduced the reader to the innovations on the Setun platform in Moscow, how it is more convenient to get there by public transport, and recalled the history of the station.
