Oktyabrskaya (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line)

Oktyabrskaya
Октябрьская
Moscow Metro station
Location Kaluzhskaya Square
Yakimanka District
Central Administrative Okrug
Coordinates 55°43′50″N 37°36′40″E / 55.7306°N 37.6112°E / 55.7306; 37.6112Coordinates: 55°43′50″N 37°36′40″E / 55.7306°N 37.6112°E / 55.7306; 37.6112
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)  6  Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Trolleybus: 4, 33, 62
Construction
Structure type Deep pylon tri-vault
Depth 50 metres (160 ft)
Platform levels 1
Parking No
Other information
Station code 098
History
Opened 13 October 1962
Traffic
Passengers (2002) 9,307,500
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
toward  Medvedkovo
anticlockwise / outer
Koltsevaya Line
Transfer at: Oktyabrskaya
clockwise / inner
Location
Oktyabrskaya
Location within Moscow

Oktyabrskaya (Russian: Октябрьская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between Shabolovskaya and Tretyakovskaya stations. Oktyabrskaya opened on 13 October 1962 and was originally the northern terminus of the Kaluzhskaya Line before the latter extended northwards in 1970.

Design

The architects were A. Strelkov, N. Aleshina, Yu. Vdovin. Oktyabrskaya has blocky white marble pylons and walls faced with white ceramic tile.

The station's freestanding entrance vestibule is located on Ulitsa Bolshaya Yakimanka about half a block north of Kaluzhskaya Square.

Platform of Oktyabrskaya

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Oktyabrskaya on the Koltsevaya Line.


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