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Metro Stations

The first Metro station built outside Moscow, opened in 2009 on Line 3 in Krasnogorsk, beside the Crocus City complex, and owned…

Metro Stations

A shallow single-vault Metro station of 2008 on Line 3 in north-west Moscow, which was the terminus of the line until the…

Metro Stations

A shallow cross-platform complex of 1969 where Line 2 meets the Big Circle Line, rebuilt between 2019 and 2023, in the south…

Metro Stations

A shallow Metro station of 1984 on Line 2, once called Lenino, with a Moscow skyline panel above its entrance stairs, named…

Metro Stations

A shallow Metro station of 1969 on Line 2, with the 1960s centipede design of two rows of 40 marble columns, named…

Metro Stations

A surface Metro station of 2015 on Line 2 under a covered pavilion, with a 167-meter elevated walkway over Andropov Avenue to…

Metro Stations

A very deep Metro station of 1995 on Line 10, about 62 meters down, with bright marble, a mosaic by Zurab Tsereteli…

Metro Stations

A shallow Metro station of 1966 on Line 7 with entrances under glazed concrete pavilions at Krestyanskaya Zastava Square, and a footbridge…

Metro Stations

A deep column station of 1979 on Line 8, about 60 meters down, once the deepest in the Metro, with transfers to…

Metro Stations

A Metro station of 1995 on Line 10, named after the aviator Valery Chkalov, with an aviation theme and an underground vestibule…