Oktyabrskaya (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line)

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Oktyabrskaya
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Moscow Metro station
Station statistics
Address Kaluzhskaya Square
Yakimanka District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Coordinates 55°43′49″N 37°36′43″E / 55.73028°N 37.61194°E / 55.73028; 37.61194
Line(s) !B9982082405307  6  Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
Connections Trolleybus: 4, 33, 62
Structure type Deep pylon tri-span
Depth 50 metres (160 ft)
Levels 1
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened 13 October 1962
Station code 098
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Traffic
Passengers (2002)9,307,500
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
Shabolovskaya
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
toward Medvedkovo
One-way operation
Koltsevaya Line
Transfer at: Oktyabrskaya
One-way operation

Oktyabrskaya (Russian: Октябрьская, English: October Station) is a Moscow Metro station in the Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between Shabolovskaya and Tretyakovskaya stations. Oktyabrskaya opened on 13 October 1962 and was originally the northern terminus of the Kaluzhskaya Line before the latter extended northwards in 1970.

Design

Platform of Oktyabrskaya

The architects were A. Strelkov, N. Aleshina, Yu. Vdovin. Oktyabrskaya has blocky white marble pylons and walls faced with white ceramic tile.

The station's freestanding entrance vestibule is located on Ulitsa Bolshaya Yakimanka about half a block north of Kaluzhskaya Square.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Oktyabrskaya on the Koltsevaya Line.


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