Balesino- a connecting station between alternating and direct current, located on the Kirov - Perm line of the Gorky Railway. Located in the village of the same name. The distance to Moscow is 1192 km. Nakhod station And lies exactly in the middle between Perm and Kirov, which are about 200 km from here.
The railway to Kirov is electrified with alternating current, and to Perm with constant current. In the future, it is planned to build a third track to the Pibanshur station, but with alternating current, which will be electrified to Izhevsk.
Here, locomotives operating in different current standards are replaced on absolutely all trains. Because of this, the minimum stopping time for passenger trains is 23 minutes. It is this circumstance that makes the Balezino station very famous for the majority of residents of Russia and the entire space of the former USSR. Many people came out here to smoke, buy food or buy a drink.
The railway that came to these places in 1899 was originally called Perm-Kotlas. It was built to connect the Urals with the northern part of European Russia. Later it became part of the so-called Northern Passage of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which connected Moscow and St. Petersburg with the Urals and Siberia through Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl and Vologda.
Currently, it is along this route that the mileage of the world's longest Trans-Siberian Railway, which connected Europe with the Pacific Oceans, is counted, and it is along the northern route that there is the densest schedule of passenger trains heading towards Siberia and the Far East.
The station building looks quite modern. Whether there was a historical building in its place, or whether this is what it is, just rebuilt, I couldn’t find information about this on the Internet.
The intensity of passenger train traffic is impressive. This is an even, Asian or Eastern direction. There are so many cities here - Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Astana, Khabarovsk, Nizhnevartovsk..
Electric trains run from suburban traffic towards Perm and Kirov. To Perm there is direct current, to Kirov, respectively, alternating current, to Izhevsk there is a commuter train with one reserved seat car and, as a rule, under a diesel locomotive TEP70 or TEP70BS.
Timetable in the European direction (odd), to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Perfectly renovated waiting room.
Trading near trains is an important sector of the local economy. After all, in Balezino there is a stop for every train going in an easterly direction, and judging by the thoroughness of the retail outlets, feeding and drinking people on the road has become a legal, patented business for many local residents.
Retail outlets on the main platform. By the way, alcohol is not sold openly anywhere.
Views from the pedestrian bridge. By the way, it was these photos that were deleted after the arrest by security. But they were restored to me in a photo studio in the city for 300 rubles.
This is a view towards Kirov and Moscow. As you can see, the station is literally packed with freight trains, because 3 km from here there is still an eastern freight depot.
On the siding there is a train that has just arrived from Perm.
And a view towards Perm and Yekaterinburg. On the tracks there is a raft of 3 VL80S freight trucks ready for delivery.
View from the bridge looking south. The southern outskirts of the village are visible.
On the penultimate track there is a permanent VL11-631. This electric locomotive, consisting of three sections, is assigned to the TCHE-17 Perm-Sortirovochnaya depot, and the machine itself was produced in Tbilisi in 1985.
The Perm depot is simply impressive with the number of its assigned personnel. It includes as many as 303 VL11 electric locomotives and 61 modern 2ES10 "Granit" locomotives. The depot's operational range is very extensive and extends from the regions of Western Siberia to the Urals.
An ancient water tower that has come down to us from the era of the Russian Empire. There have been no steam locomotives in Balezino for a long time, except for the monument, of course, and electrification came here in 1964, when the regular one from Perm docked with the change that was pulled up from Kirov.
View to the north, towards Station Square, the monument to the steam locomotive is clearly visible. Just a kilometer from here, behind that pipe, flows the navigable Cheptsa River, along the valley of which the Kirov-Perm railway was laid from Kirov (the old name of the city is Vyatka).
The locomotive, which was installed in honor of the railway workers who pulled up the Izhevsk - Pibanshur single-track line in 1943 in order to more quickly transport Izhevsk weapons to the front. Thus, the bridge between the northern and middle passage of the Trans-Siberian Railway was closed.
The same pedestrian bridge, the EC (electric centralization) station post is also visible. Just now I was detained by Russian Railways security.
Abandoned old locomotive depot.
Kirov "teremki" (ChS4T) standing for issue. These cars will soon again pull trains almost all the way to Vladimir near Moscow, Danilov station, which is near Yaroslavl and where there is a junction with the Moscow station, as well as to the Babaevo junction station, where there is a junction with the St. Petersburg station.
Perm electric train ED4M-0128. The train was produced in 2004, assigned to the PM-2 Perm-Pass depot.
And right behind it I discovered the permanent electric locomotives EP2K and ChS2, which had recently brought passenger trains from Siberia and were now driven away to lay down.
I didn’t expect to see the emblem of the TCHE-3 Barabinsk depot on them, in the Novosibirsk region. It turns out that the electric locomotives of this depot carry traction all the way to Balezino, which is 1,500 km from Barabinsk.
Thus, it turns out that the cars from this depot cover a huge region of Russia, from the Siberian stations Mariinsk and Mezhdurechensk, where the junction with the East Siberian and Far Eastern stations, all the way to Balezino itself, which is already in the Urals, that is, already in Europe.
There are 201 new EP2Ks and 89 ChS2 veterans assigned to the Barabinsk depot. ChS2 are gradually being taken out of service, replacing them with brand new EP2K.
Barabinsky "Cheburashka", as the old Czech electric locomotives ChS2 are affectionately called. Currently, cars made in the 60s are practically out of service.
ChS2-939. This car was produced in 1972.
Electric locomotives VL80S, which operate in a huge area of the northern part of central Russia and the northern part of the Russian Urals. Traction is carried out from Vladimir, Danilov, Babaevo and to Balezino and Druzhinino (near Yekaterinburg). VL80 operating on these shoulders are represented by machines from the Gorky and Northern roads, from the Lyangasovo depot TCHE-9 (Kirov city), TCHE-6 Bui (Kostroma region) and TCHE-11 Lost (this is the city of Vologda).
Vilnik from Losta
At that moment the cargo truck proceeded towards Kirov.
And these are the regulars EP2K and ChS2, standing for delivery for traction towards Perm, Yekaterinburg and Omsk.
Here, in contrast, you can clearly see how small the Czech “Cheburashka” is still compared to its modern Russian counterpart EP2K, which is being built by the Kolomna Locomotive Plant. By the way, the EP2K is slightly similar in shape to the TEP70BS diesel locomotive, which is also assembled at the same plant.
EP2K of the first releases had such a bright coloring. Overall, it's a beautiful car!
An ambulance arrives from Siberia.
The traffic of passenger trains here is very intense, a real railway paradise for those who like to take pictures of the train or even just watch it.
Cars from the company "Krasnoyarsk - Moscow". A Russian Railways employee saw that I was taking photos and reprimanded me.
And this ambulance arrived from the European part of Russia.
And a freight train is coming towards him through the station towards the European part of the country.
On the first route, a commuter route to Izhevsk is formed.
The branded train "Russia" Vladivostok - Moscow has arrived. This is a very famous train, in fact the main train of the country.
The train is equipped with brand new Tver carriages.
And another passenger arrived from Kirov.
Station houses.
A huge traction substation that supplies the railway with both alternating and direct current.
In the depths you can also see freight trains waiting to depart towards Perm. Some of them are under the new 2ES10 "Granit" electric locomotives, which are more powerful than the old Soviet VL11, and they are also well suited for traction in the mountainous terrain of the central Urals. The Perm-Sortirovochnaya depot received 61 such machines in 2011 - 2013. It was scary to come up and take a photo of “Granit” point-blank, because Russian Railways workers in orange vests were scurrying around everywhere.
In the depths you can see the PTOL of the Balezino station, where I did not go so as not to test the patience of the guards.
What is interesting about PTOLs at docking stations is that locomotives of both direct and alternating current are usually parked there. You won't see this at regular stations.
Traction substation of the Balezino station from the window of the suburban train Balezino - Izhevsk.
Balesino- Balezino, an urban village in Udmurtia, the center of the Balezinsky district, 150 km north of Izhevsk. Located on the river. Cheptsa (tributary of the Vyatka). Railroad station. Population 19.1 thousand people. Founded in 1897 in connection with the construction of the railway... ... Dictionary "Geography of Russia"
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An urban-type settlement, the center of the Balezinsky district of the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Located on the left bank of the river. Cheptsy (tributary of the Vyatka). Railway station on the Kirov Perm line. 14 thousand inhabitants (1968). Flax mill, timber mill, foundry and mechanical plant,... ... Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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The train and electric train schedule for Balezino station for 2019 contains 30 trains and 6 electric trains. The traffic schedule is updated daily, taking into account all current changes from Russian Railways. The first train arrives at the station at 23:35. It runs from Moscow station to Vladivostok station. The latter departs from the platform at 03:54, traveling from Chelyabinsk station to St. Petersburg station. On average, trains stop at Balezino station for about 29 minutes.
The first train leaves to the Perm-2 stop at 04:33. The last train leaves at 16:15 to the Izhevsk stop. The average stop time for an electric train at Balezino station is min. All changes in the commuter train schedule for today and tomorrow are immediately displayed on the website.
Almost all suburban trains run daily, only a few of them have a special schedule. Most long-distance trains operate on their own schedule.
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Train tickets can be purchased at the ticket office of Balezino station.
On September 5, 2015, a one-day expedition was made to the Balezino station.
The purpose of the trip was to pick up a book written by my colleague from Udmurtia Anatoly Goncharov. She was left in Glazov and handed over to her best friend’s parents, so she definitely had to go.
In order to combine business with pleasure, I decided, together with Pavel Domrachev, who is studying in Izhevsk, to organize trainspotting at the Balezino station. Convenient, cheap and cheerful!
Traditionally, departure from Kirov with the first Glazov train is at 2:38 am. I couldn't sleep the whole way. In some places I shot video from the car window
near. o.p. Begegovoy, Ardashi-Zuevka section
Driving across the border of the Kirov region and Udmurtia is one of the best moments in life and this should happen as often as possible
Our train arrived at the final station 
06:28 am. Electric train ER9T-708 service No. 6374/6474 Kirov-Glazov and electric locomotive VL80S-1372 
I need to come at 8 o'clock to get the book, I'll have to kill time 
I'm going to the railway bridge 
Electric locomotive VL80S-1564 
Even direction 
Electric train and various railcars on the side tracks of the station
The time was approaching 7 o’clock, which means in a few minutes the train will go back to Kirov
I run to the overpass to film her departure.
Then a short walk through familiar places of the city 
Glazov Pedagogical Institute named after. V.G. Korolenko 
I go out to the point. Freedom 
Just different photos of Freedom Square
I get to the Russia House of Culture, and from there to Nikita’s parents. I sat with them for a little over an hour, and then went back to the station square.
I arrived by taxi in Balezino. Around 10:30. Meeting with Pasha
They began to "bait" the station with the regulars. The entire photo hunt took place in the western park of the station 
EP2K-175 
2ES10-111 
Again 175 which moves around the station. We go towards PTOL 
VL11-305/303 
Of the non-local rolling stock, this was the one I wanted to see the most 
Electric locomotives VL80S-836 and 2ES10-111 
111 will attach itself to the train and later go to the Urals
Let's go to PTOL 
As always, there are a lot of different locomotives here 
2ES10 with third booster section 
Electric locomotives 2ES10-037, VL80S-998, VL80S-727 and VL80S-634 at PTOL 
No wonder this place is a favorite spot in Balezino 
2ES10-037+2ES10-??? close-up 
A few seconds later, suddenly something drove by from the eastern park 
ABOUT! "Baby" VL60K-2479. Now it is becoming more and more difficult to meet them. After all, they have been in use for 60 years and will soon be decommissioned 
They have long been excluded from cargo work, although I very rarely came across them with a turntable in 2015 
Meanwhile, 2ES10-111 with a cargo one went to Perm 
Krasnoufimsky guest VL80S-425 arrived from Lyangasovo and is now moving towards PTOL 
2ES10-121 (3ES10) is moving towards us. Pavel was a little surprised because it was the first time he had seen an electric locomotive of this series 
Look good together with VL11. After all, this is a change of generations. It is 2ES10 that is slowly replacing VL11 
But they will still be traveling for a long time 
A few minutes later "Mashka" arrived from the east 
Haven't seen them here for a long time
We return to the station 
Freight car 
Another freighter under VL80S-1564 went west
We leave the railway for a few minutes 
Railway station 
Village center 
Locomotive 
Perm electric train
Climbing the pedestrian bridge
Station tracks for commuter trains. An empty path for our route (Yar-Balezino)
Being at the top, I immediately remembered the not so distant date of August 4, 2012. I was then traveling around the Balezinsky district and for the first time I went here from Kirov on an overnight train. 
Balezino station 08/04/2012
Everything was different then: branded colors of electric trains, direct routes, operation of ChS2 electric locomotives. Now it's all history. Could I have thought that day that it would be the last time I would travel on the direct train Balezino-Kirov?
Since January 2013, routes were cut off at Yar station; fortunately, a year later direct communication was restored only from Glazov, but it did not reach Balezino.
I also remembered Emergency 2, for which I was eager to come here with great interest. 
July 7, 2013 was the last time I saw the “old man” ChS2-557 with a passenger train. In January 2014, during the next visit to the station, they were no longer here. Operation of the twos ceased in the spring of 2014.
Then I lost interest in visiting the station. Instead, I chose to visit Igra and its surroundings. I was drawn here again after I was returning from Yekaterinburg on May 12 and during the previous expedition to Udmurtia, which took place from July 18-22... 
A commuter from Izhevsk appeared in an even direction 
Diesel locomotive TEP70BS-089 with commuter train No. 6454/6453 Izhevsk - Balezino arrives at the final station 
On weekends and holidays from May to October the train consists of two cars. About 7-8 years ago there were at least 6-8... 
A few minutes later, another VL80S freighter went to Kirov (Lyangasovo), which was ferrying the ChME3 diesel locomotive 
And another cargo truck arrived towards us 
Under VL80S-1590 
Just a longitudinal power line 
Railway station
The station has two attractions - water towers 
First 
Second
In addition to photographing locomotives and other objects, we explored an abandoned siding located
in the station's western park 
Most likely it was used as a shunting hood 
There is currently no rollover 
Hand drawn arrow 
Dead end 
Ways again 
Everything is overgrown 
No movement 
And ahead you can see the tracks of the western park and the electric locomotive ChS4T 
st. Lenin 
We take it back to the station 
Change from direct current to alternating current: our Kirov ChS4T-241 comes under the fast train service No. 011 Novy Urengoy Moscow 
This handsome guy will go to Vladimir, and there he will change again but is a permanent
We go to the station. I take pictures of the train schedule: 
Western direction 
East direction
Returning to the platform 
Diesel locomotive TEP70BS-089 and electric train ED4M-0228 with service No. 7154/6010 Balezino-Perm-2 
The Perm dog will leave at 2 p.m., and the cuckoo will go to Izhevsk at 3 p.m.
The time was approaching 2 p.m., it was time for me to go to Glazov, and Pavel would return to Izhevsk by commuter train. It's time to say goodbye until better times. Pavel was pleased with the debut joint outing and wished that there would be similar raids as often as possible.
I get to Glazov in 30-40 minutes. I have a little over an hour and a half left.
I buy a ticket to Falenki at the box office 
Water tower
The time was four o'clock, yeah the train will arrive soon 
Electric train ER9T-713 with message No. 6412 Yar-Glazov arrived at the final station 
Change of number to 6481/6381 and back to Kirov 
The last photo from Glazov! Now most likely until next summer
I get into the carriage and from the window I notice the arrival of “Baby” VL60K-2479, which I photographed a few hours ago in Balezino
16:45 departure
Before O.P. Electric train ED9M-0129 flies towards Sada with message No. 6378/6478 Kirov-Glazov. So tomorrow I’ll go back to Kirov with it!
Arrival in Falenki in just over 18 hours. It's cloudy here and it's been raining. Autumn was coming. It's getting dark!
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