Begovaya (Moscow Metro)

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Begovaya
!B9980540898509  7 
Moscow Metro station
Station statistics
Address Khoroshyovsky District
Northern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Coordinates 55°46′25″N 37°32′49.43″E / 55.77361°N 37.5470639°E / 55.77361; 37.5470639
Line(s) !B9980540898509  7  Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
Connections Bus: 6, 27, 39, 64
Trolleybus: 20, 35, 65, 86
Depth 9 metres (30 ft)
Levels 1
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened December 30, 1972
Station code 122
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
toward Planernaya
 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
toward Zhulebino

Begovaya (Russian: Бегова́я, adj. from "horse racing") is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Named after the nearby hippodrome, the station was opened on December 30, 1972, as part of the Krasnopresnensky radius. Originally the architect Cherimin intended to use the typical pillar-trispan "Novaya Sorokonozhka", a design of pillars starting as a square at the top and octagonally transforming into a square that is at 45 degrees to the top layout. The floor was covered in dark coloured granite and the walls with ceramic tiles, with metallic artworks on the theme of equestrian sports. The station was the first to have repair work done on its walls when the ceramic tiles were replaced by white marble. The vestibules feature a combined escalator/staircase and the top portal is decorated with artwork called "The Mighty Horsemen", all of which along with the wall artworks were created by the artist Ladygin. The vestibules are situated next to a junction between 1905 street, the 3rd Transport Ring (originally called Begovaya, hence the name), the Khoroshevo highway and Rozanova street. In the tunnel between the Ulitsa 1905 goda and Begovaya stations is an access branch that leads into the Krasnaya Presnya depot, which used to serve the Krasnopresnenskaya Line from 1972 until 1975 when the Planernoe depot opened.

53,550 commuters use the station daily.

  • Video of the driver's view, traveling through the station

  • Begovaya platform

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