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Moscow Metro station
Novokuznetskaya
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationZamoskvorechye District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°44′29″N 37°37′46″E / 55.7415°N 37.6295°E / 55.7415; 37.6295
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus: м90, н8 (night route)
Tram: A, 3, 39
Construction
Depth37.5 metres (123 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code031
History
Opened20 November 1943; 81 years ago (1943-11-20)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Teatralnayatowards Khovrino Zamoskvoretskaya line Paveletskayatowards Alma-Atinskaya
Oktyabrskayatowards Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya linetransfer at Tretyakovskaya Kitay-gorodtowards Medvedkovo
Terminus Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line(Kalininsky radius)transfer at Tretyakovskaya Marksistskayatowards Novokosino
Route map
Legend
Khovrino Moscow Northern Gate Bus Terminal Khovrino railway station
Belomorskaya
Rechnoy Vokzal North River Terminal
Vodny Stadion
Voykovskaya Ground transferTransfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Baltiyskaya Transfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Streshnevo Transfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Streshnevo
Sokol yard
Sokol
Aeroport
Dinamo Transfer for #11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Petrovsky ParkTransfer for #11A Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Petrovsky Park
Belorusskaya Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Belorusskaya Ground transferBelorussky railway stationTransfer for #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Belorussky
Mayakovskaya
Tverskaya Transfer for #7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line at Pushkinskaya Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Chekhovskaya
Teatralnaya Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Okhotny Ryad Transfer for #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line at Ploshchad Revolyutsii
Moskva River
Vodootvodny Canal
Novokuznetskaya Transfer for #6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line at Tretyakovskaya Transfer for #8 Kalininskaya line at Tretyakovskaya
Paveletskaya Paveletsky railway station Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Paveletskaya
Moskva River
Avtozavodskaya Ground transferTransfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Avtozavodskaya
Tekhnopark (Transfer for #18 Biryulyovskaya line at Ostrov Mechty)
Nagatinsky Bridge Moskva River
Kolomenskaya
Kashirskaya Transfer for #11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Kashirskaya via cross-platform interchange
to Zamoskvoretskoye yard
Kantemirovskaya
Tsaritsyno Ground transferTransfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Tsaritsyno
Orekhovo
Domodedovskaya  (shuttle bus for Domodedovo International Airport)
Krasnogvardeyskaya Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Zyablikovo
Brateyevo yard
Alma-Atinskaya
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Location
Novokuznetskaya is located in Central MoscowNovokuznetskayaNovokuznetskayaLocation within Central Moscow

Novokuznetskaya (Russian: Новокузнецкая) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. The station was opened on 20 November 1943.

History

Construction of the station began shortly after the launch of the second stage in 1938. Despite World War II the station was opened on time. Later in 1978 the platform was lengthened. This part is in a more modern style than the rest of the station.

Design

The station honors the Soviet fighting men with its heavy ornamentation. The architects, I. Taranov and N. Bykova, won a USSR State Prize for their design.

The decorations include seven octagonal ceiling mosaics by Vladimir Frolov on the theme of wartime industry and bas-reliefs running along the base of the ceiling (by artists N.V. Tomsky, A.E. Zelensky, S.M. Rabinovich, and N.M. Shtamm) depicting the soldiers of the Red Army in combat. The pink and white marble pylons are also decorated with cast-bronze portraits of Russian war heroes like Mikhail Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky. Floor lamps, long since replaced with more up-to-date lighting in other Metro stations, still give Novokuznetskaya an atmosphere of brooding shadow.

There is an urban legend that the station's ornate benches were made of Carrara marble taken from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour just before it was demolished (in 1931), but it is not true, and the marble was from Ural, not Italy.

Station platform with leaving train. Note the upper pass connects with Tretyakovskaya station, served by the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line and the Kalininskaya Line

Exits

Novokuznetskaya vestibule

Novokuznetskaya's round entrance vestibule is located off Pyatnitskaya Street, north of the intersection with Klimentovsky lane.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Tretyakovskaya, a cross-platform station serving both the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line and the Kalininskaya Line.

External links

References

  1. Kusy I.A. et al. (2005), 1935-2005. Moscow Metro, Vokrug Sveta Publishing House, Yaroslavl, ISBN 5-98652-032-7, p. 74.
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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