| Polezhayevskaya Moscow Metro station |
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| Address | Khoroshyovsky District Northern Administrative Okrug Moscow |
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| Lines | Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus: 38, 39, 48, 64, 155, 271, 294, 800 Trolleybus: 20, 20к, 21, 35, 43, 65, 86 |
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| Levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Baggage check | No | ||||||||||
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| Opened | December 30, 1972 | ||||||||||
| Code | 123 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Moskovsky Metropoliten | ||||||||||
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Polezhayevskaya (Russian: Полежаевская) is a station on the Moscow Metro's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Opened on December 30, 1972 as part of the original Krasnopresnenkiy radius and Krasnopresnenskaya Line, the station is unusual in the Metro as its construction features three pathways and two platforms. While it was not the first station to be built with such a design (see Partizanskaya), the purpose for such a design was different. The plan called for the station to be a junction point between a branch going off to Silver Pinewood (Serebryannyi Bor). However, the plan was scrapped after the construction of the station had already started, and the station was completed as originally planned.
Named after the metro builder and head of the Metro in the 1940's and 50's Vasily Polezhayev, the station has a widened pillar-trispan design, with one row of pillars in the centre of each platform, creating a wide space above the centre track. The octagonal pillars are coated with yellow marble of different tones and the walls covered with white ceramic tiles are accredited to the architects Fokina and Popov.
Only the northern platform is open for passengers. The southern platform is closed and the third track (with the tunnel that goes another 340 metres before a siding) is used for night time stands for the trains. Two vestibules (one with a closed escalator) are interlinked with subways under the Khoroshovo highway.
In the future the prospect of the third path has been dim, however the recently-added mini-metro feature of the Filyovskaya Line has called for further expansion, and Polezhaevskaya could be one of the potential junction stations and the new terminus of the mini-metro branch. Considering the high passenger rate of the Krasnopresnenskiy radius, this might be worthwhile, but only if the tunnels are rebuilt with the southbound trains redirected onto the southern track and the mini-metro on the centre track, otherwise it will be a very awkward transfer point.
The station has a daily passenger traffic total of 73700.