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Kitay-Gorod (Russian: Кита́й-го́род), is a cross-platform transfer point of the Moscow Metro serving both the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line and the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line (Калу́жско-Ри́жская ли́ния is a line of the Moscow Metro, that originally existed as two separate radial lines Rizhskaya Medvedkovo (Медведково is the northern terminus of the Moscow Metro 's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Medvedkovo (Медведково is the northern terminus of the Moscow Metro 's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Babushkinskaya (Бабушкинская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Babushkinskaya (Бабушкинская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Sviblovo ( Russian: Свиблово is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Sviblovo ( Russian: Свиблово is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Botanichesky Sad (Ботани́ческий сад meaning " Botanical garden " is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Botanichesky Sad (Ботани́ческий сад meaning " Botanical garden " is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the VDNKh (ВДНХ is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, named for the nearby All-Russia Exhibition Centre. VDNKh (ВДНХ is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, named for the nearby All-Russia Exhibition Centre. Alexeyevskaya (Алексе́евская is a station on the Moscow Metro 's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Alexeyevskaya (Алексе́евская is a station on the Moscow Metro 's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Rizhskaya (Рижская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Rizhskaya (Рижская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Prospekt Mira (Проспект Мира is a station of the Moscow Metro 's Koltsevaya Line. Prospekt Mira (Проспект Мира ~ Avenue of Peace is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Prospekt Mira (Проспект Мира ~ Avenue of Peace is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Sukharevskaya ( Russian: Сухаревская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Sukharevskaya ( Russian: Сухаревская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Chistye Prudy (Чи́стые пруды́ or "Clean Ponds" is a Moscow Metro station located on the Sokolnicheskaya Line. Sretensky Bulvar (Сретенский Бульвар is a station on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro in Russia. Turgenevskaya (Тургеневская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Turgenevskaya (Тургеневская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Kitay-Gorod (Кита́й-го́род is a cross-platform transfer point of the Moscow Metro serving both the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line and Kitay-Gorod (Кита́й-го́род is a cross-platform transfer point of the Moscow Metro serving both the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line and Novokuznetskaya (Новокузнецкая is a Moscow Metro 's Zamoskvoretskaya Line. Tretyakovskaya (Третьяко́вская is a cross-platform station on the Moscow Metro serving the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya and the Kalininskaya Tretyakovskaya (Третьяко́вская is a cross-platform station on the Moscow Metro serving the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya and the Kalininskaya Tretyakovskaya (Третьяко́вская is a cross-platform station on the Moscow Metro serving the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya and the Kalininskaya Oktyabrskaya (Октябрьская is a station on the Koltsevaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Oktyabrskaya (Октябрьская ~ October Station is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Oktyabrskaya (Октябрьская ~ October Station is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Shabolovskaya (Шаболовская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Shabolovskaya (Шаболовская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Leninsky Prospekt (Ленинский проспект ~ Lenin Avenue is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Akademicheskaya (Академи́ческая lit Academic) is a station on the Moscow Metro 's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Akademicheskaya (Академи́ческая lit Academic) is a station on the Moscow Metro 's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Profsoyuznaya (Профсоюзная ~ Labor Union Station is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Profsoyuznaya (Профсоюзная ~ Labor Union Station is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Noviye Cheryomushki (Новые Черемушки is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Noviye Cheryomushki (Новые Черемушки is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. The Old Kaluzhskaya Metro Station (станция метро Калужская was a temporary station of the Moscow Metro on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line (The Number The Old Kaluzhskaya Metro Station (станция метро Калужская was a temporary station of the Moscow Metro on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line (The Number Kaluzhskaya (Калужская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Kaluzhskaya (Калужская is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Belyayevo (Беля́ево is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro which was designed by V Belyayevo (Беля́ево is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro which was designed by V Konkovo (Коньково is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Konkovo (Коньково is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Tyopliy Stan (Тёплый Стан is a station near the southern end of the Moscow Metro 's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Tyopliy Stan (Тёплый Стан is a station near the southern end of the Moscow Metro 's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Yasenevo (Ясенево is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Yasenevo (Ясенево is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Bitsevsky Park (Би́тцевский парк is the southern terminus of the Moscow Metro 's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (Таганско-Краснопресненская линия (formerly Zhdanovsko-Krasnopresnenskaya Ждановско-Краснопресненская Planernaya (Планерная is the northern terminus of the Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Planernaya (Планерная is the northern terminus of the Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Skhodnenskaya (Сходненская is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Skhodnenskaya (Сходненская is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Tushinskaya (Тушинская is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Tushinskaya (Тушинская is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Stadion Spartak (Стадион Спартак - Spartak Stadium, former name Volokolamskaya Волоколамская) is an unopened station on the Stadion Spartak (Стадион Спартак - Spartak Stadium, former name Volokolamskaya Волоколамская) is an unopened station on the Shchukinskaya (Щукинская is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Shchukinskaya (Щукинская is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Oktyabrskoye Pole (Октябрьское Поле literally October Field) is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Oktyabrskoye Pole (Октябрьское Поле literally October Field) is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Polezhaevskaya (Полежаевская is a station on Metro's[[Tagansko Krasnopresnenskaya Line]] Polezhaevskaya (Полежаевская is a station on Metro's[[Tagansko Krasnopresnenskaya Line]] Begovaya (Бегова́я lit running) is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Begovaya (Бегова́я lit running) is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Ulitsa Tyasyacha Devyatsot Pyatogo Goda (Улица Тысяча Девятьсот Пятого Года "1905 Street" is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Ulitsa Tyasyacha Devyatsot Pyatogo Goda (Улица Тысяча Девятьсот Пятого Года "1905 Street" is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Krasnopresnenskaya (Краснопресненская is a station on the Koltsevaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Barrikadnaya (Баррикадная is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Barrikadnaya (Баррикадная is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Tverskaya (Тверская is a station on Moscow Metro 's Zamoskvoretskaya Line. Chekhovskaya (Чеховская is a station of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Pushkinskaya (Пушкинская is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Pushkinskaya (Пушкинская is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Lubyanka (Лубя́нка is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, located under Lubyanka Square. Kuznetsky Most (Кузнецкий Мост is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Kuznetsky Most (Кузнецкий Мост is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Kitay-Gorod (Кита́й-го́род is a cross-platform transfer point of the Moscow Metro serving both the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line and Kitay-Gorod (Кита́й-го́род is a cross-platform transfer point of the Moscow Metro serving both the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line and Taganskaya (Таганская is a station on the Koltsevaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Marksistskaya (Марксистская is a station of the Moscow Metro 's Kalininskaya Line. Taganskaya (Таганская is a station on the Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Taganskaya (Таганская is a station on the Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Krestyanskaya Zastava (Крестьянская Застава ~ Peasant Outpost is a station on the Moscow Metro 's Lyublinskaya Line and was opened on 28th Propletarskaya Пролетарская (literally "Proletariat station" is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Propletarskaya Пролетарская (literally "Proletariat station" is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Volgogradsky Prospekt (Волгоградский Проспект Volgograd Avenue is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Volgogradsky Prospekt (Волгоградский Проспект Volgograd Avenue is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Tekstilshchiki (Текстильщики is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Tekstilshchiki (Текстильщики is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Kuzminki (Кузьминки is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Vykhino (Выхино is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Vykhino (Выхино is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Zhulebino (Жулебино is a future eastern terminus on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Zhulebino (Жулебино is a future eastern terminus on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The Moscow Metro (Московское метро which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is the world's second most heavily used Rapid-transit Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line (Калу́жско-Ри́жская ли́ния is a line of the Moscow Metro, that originally existed as two separate radial lines Rizhskaya The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (Таганско-Краснопресненская линия (formerly Zhdanovsko-Krasnopresnenskaya Ждановско-Краснопресненская Originally called Ploshchad Nogina, after the square that once carried the name of Viktor Nogin. Viktor Pavlov Nogin (Виктор Павлович Ногин (1878–1924 was a prominent Bolshevik in Moscow, holding many high positions in the party and in government The station although not in the geographical centre of Moscow, but certainly in one of the cultural and historic ones (see Kitai-gorod). Kitai-gorod (Китай-город is a business district within Moscow, Russia encircled by mostly-reconstructed medieval walls
Consisting of two separate, parallel station halls united via a transfer corridor and two combined vestibules, it was built in an era where decorative architecture once again began to emerge and the combined effort of the architects Strelkov and Moloshenok as well as decorative authors Rusin, Lapina and Bodniek, whose efforts, amongst other places, is seen on the metallic artworks on the walls of both halls.
The western hall, nicknamed Kristall (Crystal) is decorated with two rows of angular pylons faced with light gray marble. Large metal cornicles running along the base of the ceiling hide the illumination lamps. The walls are faced with bright marble and the floor with gray granite. The eastern hall, nicknamed Garmoshka (Accordion), because of its pylons, faced with yellowish marble, which look like a stretched accordion parallel to the length of the hall. The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox The walls are faced with a grayish marble and the floor with bright granite. Heritage of the original station's name, Ploshchad Nogina, can still be found midway in the transfer passage, where a bust of Victor Nogin (sculptor Shlykov) still stands.
Originally the station was to open along the intersection of the two lines when their connecting points in the centre would link the Zhdanovskiy and Krasnopresnenskiy radii and the Kaluzhskiy and Rizhskiy radii in mid 1970s. However the overcrowding of the ring line due to passengers travelling between the two lines it was decided to accelerate works on this transfer point prematurely.
The first trains arrived from both Kaluzhskaya and Zhdanovskaya Lines on December 30, 1970. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Because Ploshad Nogina was a terminus for both lines, trains would terminate at the eastern hall and then go off into the tunnels, where piston junctions were installed for both lines, and then come back on the western hall. For the transfer purposes, it was possible for passengers not to depart the trains when they crossed the platform on the eastern hall.
On December 31, 1971, the Kaluzhskaya Line linked up with the Rizhskaya to form the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line (Калу́жско-Ри́жская ли́ния is a line of the Moscow Metro, that originally existed as two separate radial lines Rizhskaya Trains from that line began operating in normal thoroughfare, though it was still possible to go on the Zdanovskaya Line by boarding on the eastern platform. The transfer point entered its full operational regime only in late 1975 when on the 17 December, Zdanovskaya and Krasnopresnenskaya Lines connected to form the Zhdanovsko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (Таганско-Краснопресненская линия (formerly Zhdanovsko-Krasnopresnenskaya Ждановско-Краснопресненская
The full operation continues today with nortbound trains heading towards Medvedkovo and Planernaya come via the eastern platform and southbound trains heading towards Bittsevsky Park and Vykhino coming via the western one. Medvedkovo (Медведково is the northern terminus of the Moscow Metro 's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Planernaya (Планерная is the northern terminus of the Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Bitsevsky Park (Би́тцевский парк is the southern terminus of the Moscow Metro 's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Vykhino (Выхино is a station on Moscow Metro 's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. For passengers wishing to travel in the opposite direction, is required to use a transfer corridor linking the two platforms.
Two underground vestibules allow transfer to the surface. The southern vestibule (architects Ivan Taranov and Petukhova) is located under Slavyanskaya Square and is interlinked with multiple subways. Slavyanskaya Square (Славянская площадь is the square in the center of Moscow, also known in 1924-1991 as northern side of Nogina Square (Площадь Both escalator tunnels follow directly to the vestibule. The northern one (architects Lile, Litvinov and Markovskiy) is located under the Staraya Square with subway linkages to the Maroseika street along with others. The passengers must first travel up a flight of stairs from the two halls before turning left and travelling for a while and then going up on a combined escalator. This arrangement was purpose built for a transfer to the future Maroseika station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, whose tunnels pass north of the Kitay Gorod stations. The Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line (Арба́тско-Покро́вская ли́ния is a line of the Moscow Metro.
Presentely the transfer point is very busy 103880 people board the station via the vestibules alone, and another 300800 use it as a transfer between the two lines.
External links
- metro.ru
- mymetro.ru
- Yuri Gridchin's site
- KartaMetro.info — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)
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