Krasnogvardeyskaya (Moscow Metro)

Coordinates: 55°36′49″N 37°44′40″E / 55.6137°N 37.7444°E / 55.6137; 37.7444
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Krasnogvardeyskaya
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationZyablikovo District
Southern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°36′49″N 37°44′40″E / 55.6137°N 37.7444°E / 55.6137; 37.7444
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus: м77, м78, м82, м86, с819, 828, 837, с848, с894, 899, н5 (the night bus).
Construction
Structure typeShallow one-vault
Depth9 m (30 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code020
History
Opened7 September 1985; 38 years ago (1985-09-07)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Domodedovskaya
towards Khovrino
Zamoskvoretskaya line Alma-Atinskaya
Terminus
Shipilovskaya
towards Fiztekh
Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line
transfer at Zyablikovo
Terminus
Location
Krasnogvardeyskaya is located in Moscow Metro
Krasnogvardeyskaya
Krasnogvardeyskaya
Location within Moscow Metro

Krasnogvardeyskaya (Russian: Красногварде́йская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Zyablikovo District, Southern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line, between Domodedovskaya and Alma-Atinskaya. Krasnogvardeyskaya opened on 7 September 1985 and was named after the former Krasnogvardeysky district.

Location[edit]

The station is located in the Zyablikovo District. Entrances lead to Orekhovy boulevard, Musa Dzhalil and Yasenevaya streets.

Transfer[edit]

Krasnogvardeyskaya is a transfer station. The transfer to Zyablikovo station which belongs to Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line was opened on 2 December 2011. At the time of opening the transfer, both Krasnogvardeyskaya and Zyablikovo were the terminal stations on their respective lines.[1]

Building[edit]

Krasnogvardeyskaya was designed by architects I. Petukhova and N. Shumakov. It is a vault-type station with a coffered ceiling and walls faced with red marble, similar to the architecture of many of the stations on the Washington Metro in Washington, DC. The theme of the station's decorative elements, which include stained-glass panels by L. Berlin, is "The Red Guards of Moscow, 1917."

References[edit]

  1. ^ В Москве открылись три новых станции метро (in Russian). РосБизнесКонсалтинг. December 2, 2012. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2011.