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Moscow Metro station For other uses, see Elektrozavodskaya (disambiguation).
Elektrozavodskaya
Электрозаводская
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationSokolinaya Gora District
Eastern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°46′54″N 37°42′13″E / 55.7817°N 37.7037°E / 55.7817; 37.7037
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Depth31.5 metres (103 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code048
Websitehttps://elektrozavodskaya.net/
History
Opened15 May 1944; 80 years ago (1944-05-15)
Passengers
200216,516,250
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Baumanskayatowards Pyatnitskoye Shosse Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Semyonovskayatowards Shchyolkovskaya
Sokolnikianticlockwise / outer Bolshaya Koltsevaya linetransfer at Elektrozavodskaya Lefortovoclockwise / inner
Route map
Legend
Rozhdestveno
Mitino yard
Pyatnitskoye Shosse
Mitino
Volokolamskaya Ground transferTransfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Volokolamskaya
Mitinsky Bridge
over Moskva River
Myakinino
MKAD_Москва.svg MKAD
Strogino (Transfer for #17 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line at Strogino)
Troitse-Lykovo
Krylatskoye
Molodyozhnaya
Kuntsevskaya Transfer for #4 Filyovskaya line at Kuntsevskaya Transfer for #11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Kuntsevskaya Ground transferTransfer for #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Kuntsevskaya
Slavyansky Bulvar Transfer for #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Slavyansky Bulvar
Park Pobedy Transfer for #8A Solntsevskaya line at Park Pobedy via cross-platform interchange
Kiyevskaya Kiyevsky railway station Transfer for #4 Filyovskaya line at KiyevskayaTransfer for #4A Filyovskaya line at Kiyevskaya Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Kiyevskaya
Moskva River
Smolenskaya (Transfer for #8 Kalininskaya line at Plyushchikha)
Arbatskaya Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Transfer for #4 Filyovskaya line at Aleksandrovsky SadTransfer for #4A Filyovskaya line at Aleksandrovsky Sad Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Borovitskaya
to Aleksandrovsky Sad
Ploshchad Revolyutsii Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Teatralnaya (Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Okhotny Ryad)
Kurskaya Kursky railway station Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Kurskaya Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Chkalovskaya #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters)
Baumanskaya
Elektrozavodskaya Ground transferElektrozavodskaya railway station Transfer for #11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Elektrozavodskaya
Semyonovskaya
Partizanskaya Ground transferTransfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Izmaylovo
Pervomayskaya (closed)
Izmaylovo yard
Izmaylovskaya
Pervomayskaya
Shchyolkovskaya Moscow Central Bus Terminal
Golyanovo
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Location
Elektrozavodskaya is located in Moscow MetroElektrozavodskayaElektrozavodskayaLocation within Moscow Metro

Elektrozavodskaya (Russian: Электрозаво́дская) is a Moscow Metro station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line. It is one of the better-known stations of the system. Built as part of the third stage of the Moscow Metro and opened on 15 May 1944 during World War II, the station is one of the iconic symbols of the system, famous for its architectural decoration which is work of architects Vladimir Shchuko (who died whilst working on the station's project in 1939) and Vladimir Gelfreich, along with participation of his student Igor Rozhin.

The station serves the Basmanny district and is located on the Bolshaya Semyonovskaya Street, next to the Yauza River. The railway station Elektrazavodskaya of the Kazan direction is also located nearby. In May 2007, the station was closed for a year during which the escalators were completely replaced, along with the floor panels. Most of the details and finishes including Motovilov's bas-reliefs were refurbished. The station was reopened on 28 November 2008. By 2022, the station will be open to go to the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line named Elektrozavodskaya.

Station Design

Named after the electric light bulb factory nearby, the preliminary layout included Schuko's idea of making the ceiling covered with six rows of circular incandescent inset lamps (of which there were 318 in total). However, the outbreak of World War II halted all works until 1943 when construction resumed. Gelfreich and Rozhin finished the design by adding an addition theme to the station the struggle of the home front during the war, which is highlighted by the 12 marble bas-reliefs on the pylons done by Georgiy Motovilov. The rest of the station's interior features most of the 1930s plans including powder-ballada marble on the rectangular pylons (the outside faces have sconces and decorative gilded grilles depicting the hammer and sickle), red salietti marble on the station walls, a dark olive duvalu marble on the socle and a chessboard layout on the main platform floor of granite and labradorite.

The station's hexagonal shaped vestibule, features a domed structure on a low drum, on the corner niches of which are six medallions with bas-reliefs of main pioneers in electricity and electrical engineering: William Gilbert, Benjamin Franklin, Mikhail Lomonosov, Michael Faraday, Pavel Yablochkov, and Alexander Popov along with their pioneering apparatus. The interior of the vestibule is further punctuated by the same bright red salietti marble. Outside the vestibule in the archway there is a sculpture to the metro-builders by Matvey Manizer.

The station's legacy was that it serves as a bridge between the pre-war Art Deco-influenced Stalinist architecture as seen on the second stage stations and their post-war counterparts on the Koltsevaya Line. Both Gelfreich and Rozhin were awarded the Stalin Prize in 1946 for their work.

Gallery

  • Station platform Station platform
  • Station platform with a Rusich train (81-740/741) Station platform with a Rusich train (81-740/741)
  • Wall artwork on the platform Wall artwork on the platform
  • Central hall just after the 2007/2008 renovation Central hall just after the 2007/2008 renovation
  • Escalators Escalators
  • This station has 7 accesses from the central hall to platform This station has 7 accesses from the central hall to platform
  • After reconstruction After reconstruction
  • Stamp of the soviet union in 1947 Stamp of the soviet union in 1947
  • Station platform with a Rusich train (81-740/741) Station platform with a Rusich train (81-740/741)

Moscow Metro
#1 Sokolnicheskaya line Sokolnicheskaya line
#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Zamoskvoretskaya line
#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
#4 Filyovskaya line Filyovskaya line
Main
#4А 4А line Branch
#5 Koltsevaya line Koltsevaya line
#6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
#7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line
Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line
#8 Kalininskaya line Kalininskaya line
#8A Solntsevskaya line Solntsevskaya line
#9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line
#10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line
#11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Bolshaya Koltsevaya line
#12 Butovskaya line Butovskaya line
#13 Moscow Monorail Moscow Monorail
#14 Moscow Central Circle Moscow Central Circle
#15 Nekrasovskaya line Nekrasovskaya line
#16 Troitskaya line Troitskaya line
#17 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line
#18 Biryulyovskaya line Biryulyovskaya line
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