The present name was conferred in 1933 in honor of the chairman of the Maritou Council, Commissioner Nikolai Ulanov. In 1918, he tried to blow up the tunnel No. 18-bis. When disembarking from the boat in the village of Maritouy was killed by white, there and buried in the cemetery. It is known that together with his father he built the KBR in 1902.
Station Coniferous - station V class, located on an artificial platform. After the survey on the project, a Berezovye crossing was supposed to be on this site. But in the future, according to the new technical conditions of operation of the road, a station is located here.At the station there was a station, an area of ​​128 square meters. m., two houses and a house for protection, sheds, water-heating. On the shore was a pier ..The station had a main, traveling and passenger routes, as well as a dead end. Along the way - passenger platforms. At the entrance and exit were two semaphore and two booths.The station had two halls: one for passengers of the 1st and 2nd classes, the other for passengers of the 3rd class. The rest of the premises were official - for the station's chief, telegraph operator and post office.In 1913 there were 103 people at the station. Of these, 48 worked in the service of the way, the rest at the station.During the construction of the second track, the passenger building was moved to Kultuk at 138 m and displaced closer to Lake Baikal. In the same period, additional residential houses were built at the station, and in 1940 a military barracks was built.Currently, some buildings of the station have been restored, the "Coniferous" tourist base is located in them.