Kashirskaya
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Kashirskaya (Каширская) is a cross-platform station complex on the Moscow Metro, serving both the Zamoskvoretskaya Line and the Kakhovskaya Line.
Designed by architects were N.I. Demchinsky and Yu.A. Kolesnikova, it was opened in 1969 as part of the Kolomenskaya-Kakhovskaya extension of the Zamoskvoretskaya Line.
Kashirskaya consists of two separate, parallel platforms: the western platform (where Zamoskvoretskaya Line trains terminating at Krasnogvardeyskaya and Kakhovskaya Line trains terminating at Kakhovskaya stop), and the eastern platform (where trains terminating at Rechnoy Vokzal and Kashirskaya stop).
Since Kashirskaya is the terminus of the Kakhovskaya Line, trains from Kakhovskaya first stop at the eastern platform to deposit passengers, then go into the terminus tunnel before returning to the western platform to pick up passengers for the trip back to Kakhovskaya.
When the station opened in 1969 only one set of tracks on each platform was used as all southbound trains terminated at Kakhovskaya. When the extension to Orekhovo was completed in 1983 a branch service was set up, with trains going from Rechnoy Vokzal to Kakhovskaya and to Orekhovo on a ratio of 2:1. However only the western platform was fully used as a drop of for all northern-headed trains with both paths being used. For the southern-headed trains the western path of the eastern platform was used by both branches as the fork was only after the station was cleared. It was not until 1995 when a tunnel linking the eatern and westernmost paths was compleated that the Kakhovskaya branch became a separate line.
Both the platforms conform to the pillar-trispan or "Sorokonozhka" design. The pillars in the eastern station are faced with grey marble and those in the western station with red. In addition, the both station walls are decorated with plaques by Z.M. Vetrova commemorating electrification (due to the proximity of the Kashira Hydroelectric Power Plant).
Entrances to the station are located on either side of the Kashira highway south of Kolomensky Prospekt. The Kashira exit is very close to the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.
[edit] Transfers
Passengers can transfer between the Zamoskvoretskaya Line and the Kakhovskaya Line at this station.
