Tekstilshchiki
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Tekstilshchiki Russian: Текстильщики (Textilers) is a station on Moscow Metro's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. The station was opened on 31 December 1966 as part of the Zhdanovsky radius and is named after the nearby textile fabric. The station was designed by Robert Pogrebnoy and is built to a standard pillar-trispan design. Apart from the grey wavy marble on the pillar and the grey granite floor the station stands out with its walls. Instead of the common ceramic tiles, for the first time in Moscow Metro tempered coloured glass was used of red (top and bottom) and indigo (centre) colours.
The glass is held by a cellular aluminium frame. The distance from the previous station Volgogradskiy Prospekt is the longest in Moscow (3.5 km), and a part of it is traveled on the surface. The surface section ends just before the station and daylight can be seen in the tunnels. Just outside the tunnel portal is a piston junction and a siding. The station is located under the platform of the Kursk-bound railway. A direct access is possible from the station's western vestibule. The stations eastern vestibule allows access to the Lyublinskaya street and the Volgogradskiy avenue. The entrances are a solid concrete glazed pavilion (architects A.A. Marova and A.B. Bogatyreva). Originally the platforms had lanterns showing the edge, later covered by cement. The daily passenger traffic for the station is 103,100 people.
