Proletarskaya
Encyclopedia
Proletarskaya is a Moscow Metro
station in Yuzhnoportovy District
, South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
, Moscow
. It is on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
, between Taganskaya and Volgogradsky Prospekt stations. Proletarskaya opened on 31 December 1966 as part of the Zhadovskiy radius. The station is a typical pillar-trispan of the 1960s functional design and like many stations built at the time lacks the design and decorative innovations that some of the more famous Moscow metro stations exhibit. The architects Yuliya Kolesnikova and Yuriy Vdovin applied a bright theme. The pillars (slightly widening at the top) are reveted with white marble, whilst the floor is covered with grey granite of various tones and with labradorite
. The walls are faced with glazed ceramic tiles of white and black (below platform level), which have decorations in the form of hammer and sickles made from anodized aluminium. The station has underground vestibules interlinked with subways under the Krestyanskaya Zastava square with entrances covered by glazed concrete pavilions. In 1997 a footbridge was built over the northbound line, which serves as a third exit to the common vestibule with the station Krestyanskaya Zastava
of the Lyublinskaya Line
and also acts as a transfer point. Currently the station has a passenger traffic of 61860 via surface and 120300 via the transfer.
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...
station in Yuzhnoportovy District
Yuzhnoportovy District
Yuzhnoportovy District is an administrative district of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia....
, South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
South-Eastern Administrative Okrug, or Yugo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug , is one of ten administrative okrugs of Moscow. It was founded in 1991 and has an area of...
, 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...
. It is on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya is the busiest line of the Moscow Metro...
, between Taganskaya and Volgogradsky Prospekt stations. Proletarskaya opened on 31 December 1966 as part of the Zhadovskiy radius. The station is a typical pillar-trispan of the 1960s functional design and like many stations built at the time lacks the design and decorative innovations that some of the more famous Moscow metro stations exhibit. The architects Yuliya Kolesnikova and Yuriy Vdovin applied a bright theme. The pillars (slightly widening at the top) are reveted with white marble, whilst the floor is covered with grey granite of various tones and with labradorite
Labradorite
Labradorite , a feldspar mineral, is an intermediate to calcic member of the plagioclase series. It is usually defined as having "%An" between 50 and 70. The specific gravity ranges from 2.68 to 2.72. The streak is white, like most silicates. The refractive index ranges from 1.559 to 1.573....
. The walls are faced with glazed ceramic tiles of white and black (below platform level), which have decorations in the form of hammer and sickles made from anodized aluminium. The station has underground vestibules interlinked with subways under the Krestyanskaya Zastava square with entrances covered by glazed concrete pavilions. In 1997 a footbridge was built over the northbound line, which serves as a third exit to the common vestibule with the station Krestyanskaya Zastava
Krestyanskaya Zastava
Krestyanskaya Zastava is a Moscow Metro station in the Yuzhnoportovy district, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line, between Rimskaya and Dubrovka stations...
of the Lyublinskaya Line
Lyublinskaya Line
Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line is the line of the Moscow Metro. First opened in 1995 as a semi-chordial radius it is at present in process of being extended through the centre and northwards...
and also acts as a transfer point. Currently the station has a passenger traffic of 61860 via surface and 120300 via the transfer.
External links
- metro.ru
- mymetro.ru
- KartaMetro.info — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)