MILES AXLE Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
The oldest electric depot “Severnoye” of the Moscow metro turned 90 years old. On October 15, 1934, a test metro train departed from it on its first trip. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry Maxim Liksutov.
“90 years ago, a test train of type A cars left the Severnoye depot for the first time on the line. That day became the starting point for the depot’s work. Now, more than 850 professional employees work there, 153 of whom have been working there for over 20 years. They provide high-quality maintenance and operation of Rusich and Nomernoy trains. Yesterday, a unique event was held for the depot’s specialists, where reenactors recreated the atmosphere of that time and demonstrated the process of running in the first train. On behalf of Sergei Sobyanin, I congratulate the staff of the oldest metro depot on their professional holiday!” said Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry.
Construction of the electric depot began in the spring of 1932, and by March 1934 its building and the connecting branch to Komsomolskaya station were ready to launch the first trains.
On September 24, 1934, when the depot was still being completed, the first two Type A metro cars were delivered here from the factory. The metro train consisting of them set off on its maiden journey on the evening of October 15, 1934. It was driven by the outstanding transport engineer Mikhail Shpolyansky, who led a group of workers from the Dynamo factory preparing the first domestic metro cars for operation. In total, six journeys were made from Komsomolskaya to Sokolniki that evening.
In January 1935, the experimental operation of the Komsomolskaya-Sokolniki section began. On February 4 of the same year, the first train traveled along the entire section, and from February 19, regular training traffic began. During the testing period, thousands of distinguished workers of enterprises received invitations to travel on the metro.
After the opening of the Moscow Metro on May 15, 1935, the trains of the Severnoye electric depot fully serviced the line that stretched from Sokolniki station to Gorky Park Kultury (now Park Kultury) with a branch at Okhotny Ryad to Smolenskaya.
Before the Great Patriotic War, several dozen female train drivers had already worked in the metro. Leaders began to emerge among them. Thus, in the spring of 1942, under the leadership of second-class train driver Ekaterina Mishina, who received the right to operate metro trains in 1937, the first female train was formed, which went out on the line on March 8, 1942. It also became the first train in the Moscow metro with a name — the “March 8 Train”.
During the Great Patriotic War, it was from the Severnoye electric depot that the Moscow Metro armored train departed for the front along the railway line and took part in the battles on the Kursk Bulge, making a significant contribution to the outcome of the battle. The funds for its creation were raised by the metro employees.
In 1959, the Kirovsko-Frunzenskaya Line (now Sokolnicheskaya) crossed the Moscow River and extended to the Universitet station. In 1963, Prospekt Vernadskogo and Yugo-Zapadnaya stations appeared on it. Simultaneously with the construction of new sections of the red line, the electric depot was also developing: in 1958, a lifting repair shop was put into operation, and in 1960, a second building for storing trains was erected. In the 1960s and 1970s, a group of innovative specialists introduced a number of highly effective developments for trains and repair production.
In August 1990, the Kirovsko-Frunzenskaya line (renamed Sokolnicheskaya in November of that year) was extended from Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad station to Ulitsa Podbelskogo station (now Bulvar Rokossovskogo). At the same time, the Cherkizovo electric depot was established on the line, for which Severny employees prepared equipment, carriages, and a staff of professional specialists.
In the 21st century, the development of the red line continued, its southwestern part was extended: in 2014, the Troparevo station opened, in 2016 – Rumyantsevo and Salaryevo, and in 2019, a new section to Kommunarka (now Novomoskovskaya) opened with four stations at once.
In 2020, the rolling stock of the Severnoye electric depot was partially replaced with Nomernoy trains by Rusichi, and the Cherkizovo depot was fully equipped with modern Moskva trains. In September 2024, the Potapovo station was opened in the south of the Sokolnicheskaya line.
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Over the past 90 years, the Sokolnicheskaya line, which is served by the Severnoye depot, has changed dramatically. Today, its length is more than 40 kilometers, and the fleet of the first depot in the history of the metro has 39 trains of two types – 81-717/714 (“Numbered”) and 81-740/741 (“Rusich”). In addition, the depot operates two theme trains that are loved by many passengers: the Sokolniki retro train, stylized as the first train of the Moscow metro, and the Red Arrow. The monthly mileage of the depot’s cars is more than 4.5 million kilometers.
The team of the Severnoye electric depot preserves and multiplies the traditions of its predecessors, develops the depot and receives recognition on a metro scale. In 2019, Severnoye won first place in the metro as the best electric depot in organizing work to improve working conditions and labor safety. It is famous for its special family atmosphere. Today, five labor dynasties work here, and over the past five years, 10 families have formed.
You can join the Moscow transport team and find out more about vacancies on the website Moscow Metro, by phone: 7 800 220-22-02, 7 495 622-22-22, in recruitment centers at the Delovoy Tsentr and Cherkizovskaya metro stations, as well as at the corporate university of Moscow transport.
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