Mezhdunarodnaya is a station on the
Filyovskaya LineFilyovskaya Line , a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the sixth to open, it connects the major eastern districts of Dorogomilovo and Fili along with the Moscow City with the city centre...
of the
Moscow MetroThe Moscow Metro , which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is the world's second most heavily used rapid-transit system. Opened in 1935, it is well known for the ornate design of many of its stations, which contain outstanding examples of socialist realist art.-Description of the Metro:In...
. The station was built as part of the second stage and completed the branch of the Filyovskaya Line into the Moscow-City business center. It opened on August 30, 2006 and thus became the newest station in the system, formally known as
Mini-Metro.
The station, designed by architects A.Orlov and A.Nekrasov, features a deep-level pylon-trivault design.
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Mezhdunarodnaya is a station on the
Filyovskaya LineFilyovskaya Line , a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the sixth to open, it connects the major eastern districts of Dorogomilovo and Fili along with the Moscow City with the city centre...
of the
Moscow MetroThe Moscow Metro , which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is the world's second most heavily used rapid-transit system. Opened in 1935, it is well known for the ornate design of many of its stations, which contain outstanding examples of socialist realist art.-Description of the Metro:In...
. The station was built as part of the second stage and completed the branch of the Filyovskaya Line into the Moscow-City business center. It opened on August 30, 2006 and thus became the newest station in the system, formally known as
Mini-Metro.
The station, designed by architects A.Orlov and A.Nekrasov, features a deep-level pylon-trivault design. However, unlike the standard Moscow sizes, the platform length is shortened from 162 to 118 meters, while the sizes of both the central and platform vaults have also been reduced from the standard 9 to 7.5 meters. As a result, the station has sizes similar to those on the
London UndergroundThe London Underground, Underground or Tube is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK. The first section opened in 1863, and was the first underground railway system in the world, and, starting in...
stations. Also, Mezhdunarodnaya is the only deep-level station that features a curved platform.
Decoratively the station has a modern "high-tech" design that blends with the skyscraper landscape of the future
Moscow-City. The design consists of white marble and plastic panels, a dark granite floor, and metallic interpylon slabs. The vestibule of the station is located under Moscow's internal motorway, the
Third RingThe Third Ring Road, or The Third Ring, is Moscow's newest beltway, located between the Garden Ring in the city centre and Moscow Ring Road, which until the 1980s defined the Moscow city limits....
. The lobby contains modernized turnstiles.
In the future, the station will become a transfer point to a high-speed rail system that would link the
City with the
Sheremetyevo International AirportSheremetyevo International Airport , is an international airport located 29km north-west of Moscow, Russia...
and the Leningradsky Rail Terminal, opening up possibilities of a rail link to St. Petersburg.
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