Oktyabrskoe Pole
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Oktyabrskoye Pole is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
of the Moscow Metro
. The station was opened on December 30, 1972 as part of the Krasnopresnenskiy radius, and for exactly three years it was the original terminus of the Krasnopresnenskaya Line. The station received its name from Khodynka Field, a nearby locality which was known as October Field during Soviet Rule.
Designed by Nina Aleshina and Zaitseva, the station features a typical pillar-trispan "Novaya Sorokonozhka" design, with polygonal aluminium coated pillars and walls with bright-grey coloured marble decorated with anodized aluminium artworks (artists Bodniek and Rysin). The floor is coated white marble except for the area around the pillars where it gives way to black granite. The two vestibules are interlinked with subways that allow access to Narodnogo Opolcheniya Street and Marshala Biryuzova Street .
The station has a daily passenger flow of 75910 people.
Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya is the busiest line of the Moscow Metro...
of the Moscow Metro
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow and the neighbouring town of Krasnogorsk. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the Moscow Metro has 182 stations and its route length is . The system is...
. The station was opened on December 30, 1972 as part of the Krasnopresnenskiy radius, and for exactly three years it was the original terminus of the Krasnopresnenskaya Line. The station received its name from Khodynka Field, a nearby locality which was known as October Field during Soviet Rule.
Designed by Nina Aleshina and Zaitseva, the station features a typical pillar-trispan "Novaya Sorokonozhka" design, with polygonal aluminium coated pillars and walls with bright-grey coloured marble decorated with anodized aluminium artworks (artists Bodniek and Rysin). The floor is coated white marble except for the area around the pillars where it gives way to black granite. The two vestibules are interlinked with subways that allow access to Narodnogo Opolcheniya Street and Marshala Biryuzova Street .
The station has a daily passenger flow of 75910 people.
External links
- Yuri Gridchin's Site.
- KartaMetro.info — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)