Turgenevskaya (Moscow Metro)

Turgenevskaya

Moscow Metro station
Station statistics
Lines Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
Connections Trolleybus: 9, 48
Tram: A, 3, 39
Depth 49 metres (161 ft)
Levels 1
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened 5 January 1971
Code 095
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Traffic
Passengers (2002) 18,104,000
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
toward Medvedkovo
Sokolnicheskaya Line
Transfer at: Chistye Prudy
Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line
Transfer at: Sretensky Bulvar
toward Zyablikovo

Turgenevskaya (Russian: Турге́невская) is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was named after a Russian novelist and playwright Ivan Turgenev. The station was designed by Ivan Taranov, Yu. Vdovin, and I. Petukhova and opened on 31 December 1971. Turgenevskaya has simple white marble pylons which follow the curve of the station tube and a ceiling composed of reinforced plastic panels. Metal cornices run the length of the station along the base of the ceiling. The walls, which are faced with white and black marble, are decorated with chased brass panels by Kh. Rysin and D. Bodniek.

The entrances to the station are located on Turgenevskaya Square.

Transfers

From this station, passengers can transfer to Sokolnicheskaya Line at Chistye Prudy station and to Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line at Sretensky Bulvar station.