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VDNKh
ВДНХ
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationOstankinsky District
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°49′16″N 37°38′28″E / 55.8211°N 37.6411°E / 55.8211; 37.6411
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsMonorail: #M1 M1 line at Vystavochny Tsentr
Bus: м9, 15, 33, 56, 76, 85, 93, 136, 154, 172, 195, 244, 286, 375, 378, 379, 533, 544, 803, 834, 903, т13, т14, т76
Tram: 11, 17, 25
Construction
Depth53.5 metres (176 ft) (deepest from Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code090, VS
History
Opened1 May 1958; 66 years ago (1958-05-01)
Previous namesVSKhV (1958—1959)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Alekseyevskayatowards Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Botanichesky Sadtowards Medvedkovo
Route map
Legend
Medvedkovo
Yauza River
Babushkinskaya
Sviblovo yard
Sviblovo
Botanichesky Sad Ground transferTransfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Botanichesky Sad
VDNKh Ground transferTransfer for #13 Moscow Monorail at Vystavochny Tsentr
Alekseyevskaya
Rizhskaya Transfer for #11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Rizhskaya Ground transferRizhsky railway stationTransfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Rizhskaya
Prospekt Mira Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Prospekt Mira
Sukharevskaya
Turgenevskaya Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Chistyye Prudy Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Sretensky Bulvar
Kitay-gorod Transfer for #7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line at Kitay-gorod via cross-platform interchange
Moskva River
Vodootvodny Canal
Tretyakovskaya Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Novokuznetskaya Transfer for #8 Kalininskaya line at Tretyakovskaya via cross-platform interchange
Oktyabrskaya Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Oktyabrskaya
Shabolovskaya (Transfer for #17 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line at Shabolovskaya)
Leninsky Prospekt Transfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Ploshchad Gagarina
Akademicheskaya (Transfer for #16 Troitskaya line at Akademicheskaya)
Profsoyuznaya
Novye Cheryomushki
Kaluzhskaya (closed)
Kaluzhskoye yard
Kaluzhskaya Transfer for #11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Vorontsovskaya
Belyayevo
Konkovo
Tyoply Stan
Yasenevo
Novoyasenevskaya Transfer for #12 Butovskaya line at Bittsevsky Park
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Location
VDNKh is located in Moscow MetroVDNKhVDNKhLocation within Moscow Metro

VDNKh (Russian: ВДНХpronunciation) is a Moscow Metro station in Ostankinsky District, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. It is located on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between Alekseyevskaya and Botanichesky Sad stations. VDNKh was opened on 1 May 1958. The name stands for Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnovo Khozyaystva (abbreviated VDNKh).

VDNKh is one of the deepest Metro stations being situated 53.5 metres (176 ft) below ground. It is also one of the busiest stations, serving 107,377 passengers a day in 2009.

Originally, this station was planned to be opulently decorated in the manner of the other stations built in the 1950s, with mosaics by venerable artist Vladimir Favorsky along the insides of the arches between the pylons. However, in the wake of Nikita Khrushchev's attack on decorative "excessions", the place for mosaics, including existing mosaics as well, were crudely coated with incongruous thick green paint.

It was the deepest station in Moscow Metro from 1958 until 1979.

Transfers

Though not directly connected to VDNKh, Moscow Monorail station Vystavochny Tsentr is located within walking distance.

In popular culture

VDNKh is featured as the home of Artyom, the main protagonist in the novel and video game Metro 2033.

References

  1. Пассажиропотоки 2009 год. Олимп (in Russian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
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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