Semyonovskaya (Moscow Metro)

Semyonovskaya
Семёновская
Moscow Metro station
Location Semyonovskaya square
Sokolinaya Gora District
Eastern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates RU 55°47′00″N 37°43′15″E / 55.7833°N 37.7208°E / 55.7833; 37.7208Coordinates: RU 55°47′00″N 37°43′15″E / 55.7833°N 37.7208°E / 55.7833; 37.7208
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)  3  Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Connections Bus: 36, 83, 141, 254, 702, 730[1]
Trolleybus: 22, 87[2]
Tram: 2, 11, 32, 34, 36, 43, 46[3]
Construction
Structure type Deep tri-vault column-pylon
Depth 40 metres (130 ft)
Platform levels 1
Parking No
Other information
Station code 049
History
Opened 18 January 1944 (1944-01-18)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Location
Semyonovskaya
Location within Moscow Ring Road

Semyonovskaya (Russian: Семёновская) is a station of the Moscow Metro in the Sokolinaya Gora District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between Elektrozavodskaya and Partizanskaya stations. Semyonovskaya opened in 1944.

Design

Built concurrently with Partizanskaya, it too is war-themed, sporting plaques along the outer walls depicting a variety of Soviet weapons used in the war, including swords, sniper rifles, and machine guns. A much larger plaque at the end of the platform includes an image of the Order of Victory and the words "Our Red Army- Glory!". Originally called Stalinskaya, the station was renamed after 1961 when the cult of Joseph Stalin was denounced.

Semyonovskaya is an unusual design, with a double-width platform and four rows of pillars instead of the usual two. This was because the station was built as a pylon type, but was later changed in design and the pylons were transformed into pillars. The pillars are faced with red and white marble. The outer walls are grey marble. There is a row of square-pedestaled, green marble floor lamps along the center of the platform. The architects of the station were S. Kravets and V.Akhmetev.

The station was closed for escalator replacement and general renovation on the 70th anniversary of the first Metro line, May 15, 2005. It reopened on April 28, 2006, with new escalator machinery and new interior and exterior finishes of surface vestibule.

Station platform

References

  1. ↑ "Bus routes for Semyonovskaya".
  2. ↑ "Trolleybus routes for Semyonovskaya".
  3. ↑ "Tram routes for Semyonovskaya".


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