Kuzminki
Encyclopedia
Kuzminki is a station on Moscow Metro
's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
. The station was opened on 31 December 1966 as part of the Zhdanovskiy radius and is named after the Kuzminki District
in southeastern Moscow
where it is situated.
a and Zhigulevskaya streets with light glazed pavilions on the surface. Up to Kuzminki the Line has followed the Volgogradskiy Avenue to the southeast. However afterwards the line turns perpendicular and adjoins the parallel Ryazanskiy avenue and then follows it. As a result the station has quite a high passenger traffic due to lots of public transport arriving from the southeastern suburban towns which in March 2002 totalled 116,100 passengers daily.
In the very distant future it is likely that the track between Ryazanskiy Prospekt and Kuzminki will be closed and the Taganskiy radius will continue along the Volgogradskiy avenue into the adjacent Moscow towns of Lyubertsy and even as far as the Bykovo airport.
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow and the neighbouring town of Krasnogorsk. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the Moscow Metro has 182 stations and its route length is . The system is...
's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya is the busiest line of the Moscow Metro...
. The station was opened on 31 December 1966 as part of the Zhdanovskiy radius and is named after the Kuzminki District
Kuzminki District
Kuzminki District is a district of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. Its area is . Population: -History:The main point of interest in the district is the Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki, a former estate of the Stroganov and Golitsyn families. In 17th century the territory of the modern...
in southeastern Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
where it is situated.
Overview
The station has two underground vestibules interlinked with subways under the Vologradskiy avenue with access to Zelenodolskaya, Marshala ChuikovVasily Chuikov
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov was a Russian lieutenant general in the Red Army during World War II, twice Hero of the Soviet Union , who after the war became a Marshal of the Soviet Union.-Early life and career:Born into a peasant family in the village of Serebryanye Prudy, he joined the Red Army during...
a and Zhigulevskaya streets with light glazed pavilions on the surface. Up to Kuzminki the Line has followed the Volgogradskiy Avenue to the southeast. However afterwards the line turns perpendicular and adjoins the parallel Ryazanskiy avenue and then follows it. As a result the station has quite a high passenger traffic due to lots of public transport arriving from the southeastern suburban towns which in March 2002 totalled 116,100 passengers daily.
In the very distant future it is likely that the track between Ryazanskiy Prospekt and Kuzminki will be closed and the Taganskiy radius will continue along the Volgogradskiy avenue into the adjacent Moscow towns of Lyubertsy and even as far as the Bykovo airport.
Design
The station is a typical pillar-trispan design of the 1960s with a modest theme (architects L.A. Shagurina and M.N.Korneeva) of white marbled pillars and creme and red coloured ceramic tiles on the walls, which are also decorated with cast bariliefs that contain images of forest animals (artist G.G. Derviz). The floor is covered with grey and red granite.External links
- metro.ru
- mymetro.ru
- KartaMetro.info — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)