Kutuzovskaya (Moscow Metro)

Kutuzovskaya
Кутузовская
Moscow Metro station
Coordinates 55°44′24″N 37°32′04″E / 55.7399°N 37.5344°E / 55.7399; 37.5344Coordinates: 55°44′24″N 37°32′04″E / 55.7399°N 37.5344°E / 55.7399; 37.5344
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)  4  Filyovskaya Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Ground-level, open
Platform levels 1
Parking No
Other information
Station code 059
History
Opened 7 November 1958 (1958-11-07)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
toward  Kuntsevskaya
Filyovskaya Line
Location
Kutuzovskaya
Location within Moscow Ring Road

Kutuzovskaya (Russian: Кутузовская) is a Moscow Metro station. It was completed in 1958 as the first westward extension of the newly created Filyovskaya Line, which also included the reopening of four older stations which had been closed since 1953. Kutuzovskaya was the first permanent grade-level Metro station, part of a cost-cutting experiment which was ultimately doomed by Moscow's harsh climate. Kutuzovskaya's side platforms and curving layout are both unusual features. A large percentage of both platforms is covered by Kutuzovskiy Prospekt, an avenue which crosses over the station midway along its length. Entrance vestibules on either side of the overpass allow passengers to change platforms.

Kutuzovskaya was designed by Yuriy Zenkevich and Robert Pogrebnoi.

Kutuzovskaya
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