Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya
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Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya (Russian: Улица Старокачаловская) is a station on the Butovskaya Light Metro Line
of the Moscow Metro
subway system in Moscow
, Russia
. The station, opened with four other light metro stations on 27 December 2003, is named for the street under which the station lies. Its design is unique, as it contains two separate platforms on either side of another metro station, Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo
on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
.
The station is built with a type of iron-concrete and shiny glazed marble, with sconces in small alcoves hanging above benches for passengers waiting for the next train. The platforms are 4.5m (14 feet) wide and 102m (334 feet) long, making them the shortest platforms underground throughout the metro. It is also the only underground station on the Butovskaya line.
The design of Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya station is made to be similar to that of its corresponding station: Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo. Light grey and dark green marble adorns the western platform, while light grey and orange marble flanks the walls of the eastern hall. The walls are made of marble and pink granite. The sconces providing illumination are luminescent lamps of a spherical design.
Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya is the northern terminus of the Butovskaya Light Metro line, while Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo is the southern terminus of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line. There is no pocket track behind the station; the train will leave the platform at which it arrives. The first train leaves at 5:50 in the morning.
Butovskaya Light Metro Line
Butovskaya Line is a Light Metro line of the Moscow Metro. The line symbolizes an experiment of building rapid-transit in areas where tunnel boring is considered expensive and impractical...
of the Moscow Metro
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...
subway system in Moscow
Moscow
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, Russia
Russia
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. The station, opened with four other light metro stations on 27 December 2003, is named for the street under which the station lies. Its design is unique, as it contains two separate platforms on either side of another metro station, Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo
Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo
Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo is the southern terminus and the newest station of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It is the first station of the system built outside of the MKAD beltway encircling most of the city. The station opened on 26 December 2002...
on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
Serpukhovsko–Timiryazevskaya Line , sometimes colloquially referred to as Grey Line , is a line of the Moscow Metro. Originally opened in 1983, it was extended throughout the 1980s and early 90s and again in the early 2000s...
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The station is built with a type of iron-concrete and shiny glazed marble, with sconces in small alcoves hanging above benches for passengers waiting for the next train. The platforms are 4.5m (14 feet) wide and 102m (334 feet) long, making them the shortest platforms underground throughout the metro. It is also the only underground station on the Butovskaya line.
The design of Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya station is made to be similar to that of its corresponding station: Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo. Light grey and dark green marble adorns the western platform, while light grey and orange marble flanks the walls of the eastern hall. The walls are made of marble and pink granite. The sconces providing illumination are luminescent lamps of a spherical design.
Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya is the northern terminus of the Butovskaya Light Metro line, while Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo is the southern terminus of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line. There is no pocket track behind the station; the train will leave the platform at which it arrives. The first train leaves at 5:50 in the morning.