Krylatskoye (Moscow Metro)

Krylatskoye

Moscow Metro station
Station statistics
Address Osenniy Boulevard
Krylatskoye District
Western Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Lines Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Connections Bus: 129, 229, 688, 732, 829
Trolleybus: 19
Structure Shallow single-vault
Depth 9.5 metres (31 ft)
Levels 1
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened 31 December 1989
Accessible
Code 066
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Traffic
Passengers (2009) 13,369,220
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
toward Mitino
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line

Krylatskoye (Russian: Крылатское) is a Moscow Metro station in the Krylatskoye District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between Strogino and Molodyozhnaya stations. Before 2008 it was the terminus of the Filyovskaya Line. It is a shallow-level, vault-type station with a unique asymmetrical design. The curved ceiling rests on a white marble wall on one side of the platform, but on the other it reaches all the way down to the tracks. Wedge-shaped niches containing light fixtures run transversely across the ceiling, with the wide ends on the side with the wall. This has the effect of making one side of the platform brighter than the other. The decorative theme of the station is "gymnastics and sport."

The layout of the station is also unusual. At most terminal stations the tracks extend beyond the station where the trains can return on the opposite track. Arriving passengers exit the train on one side of the station, and departing passengers board it on the other side. At Krylatskoe, however, the tracks dead-end just beyond the end of the platform, meaning trains must enter and leave the station on the same track. This is made possible by a crossover at the southern end of the station which allows trains leaving the station on either track to switch to the correct inbound track before proceeding. It also lets incoming trains arrive on alternate tracks, so passengers can board a train on either side of the station.

Krylatskoe was designed by N. Shumakov, G. Mun, and A. Mosichuk and opened in 1989.