Strogino (Moscow Metro)

Strogino !B9989013877113  3  Moscow Metro station
Station statistics
Address	Stroginsky Boulevard Strogino District North-Western Administrative Okrug Moscow
Coordinates	55°48′14″N 37°24′10″E / 55.80389°N 37.40278°E / 55.80389; 37.40278
Line(s)	!B9989013877113  3  Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Connections	Bus: 654, 743, 736, 652 Tram: 10, 15, 21, 30
Structure type	Shallow single-vault
Levels	1
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Baggage check	No
Other information
Opened	January 7, 2008
Accessible
Station code	211
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	12,008,135
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Myakinino toward Pyatnitskoye Shosse Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line Krylatskoye toward Shchyolkovskaya

Strogino (Russian: Строгино́) is a Moscow Metro station in the Strogino District, North-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between Myakinino and Krylatskoye stations. The station opened on 7 January 2008 as a part of a massive Strogino-Mitino extension, and used to be the terminus of the line until its extension to Mitino on December 26, 2009.

Originally planned as part of a massive chordal line, construction began in the late 1980s, but after major delays in finances work has stalled and was restarted much later, in 2004. The overall design, adopted by architects A. Orlov and A. Nekrasov is a shallow depth single vault. Running along its snow-white colour, is a set of wedges which contain 16 triangle shaped caissons, each housing the lighting element, in shape of a giant droplet. The platform itself is covered in bright grey granite and contains a series of arrow-shaped benches made of wood with stainless steel markings.

The station contains two vestibules, both located under the Stroginsky Boulevard, although the opening of the Western one was postponed due to the delays of escalator contractor in Saint Petersburg. Both vestibules are connected to subways that lead to large glazed pavilions, located not far from the intersection with the Tallinskaya street (Eastern) and the Kulakova street (Western).

As the station was only the first stage of the extension, its terminus state was temporary, as the line continues Northwestward to Mitino since December 2009. However, in the distant future there are plans to make this station a cross-platform transfer with the Kalininskaya Line which would then take over the Mitino extension, and the terminus station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya would revert to Strogino.

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