Posts

Showing posts from October, 2018

Kalyazin.

Image
   My visit to Kalyazin began at the Savyolovo railway station in Tver oblast. Here, twice a day, a train departs for Uglich and stops at Kalyazin along the way. I longed to take this train journey for quite some time, but unexpected circumstances delayed my plans for about a month. Then one Saturday I set my mind to finally doing it.   With my little sister in tow, I drove to Savyolovo to catch the train.   And we were off!    Savyolovo is the farthest destination for Moscow Railway’s electric trains that head from Savyolovsky railway terminal. It's also the final point for diesel trains from Sonkovo and Uglich. Only one long-range train on this rail stops at the Savyolovo station.   That’s the train connecting Moscow and Rybinsk in Yaroslavl oblast--it changes locomotives there.  The station gave its name to the railway line that runs through Lobnya, Dmitrov and Taldom. It also gave its name to the Savyolovsky railway terminal in Moscow....