Novokuznetskaya

Novokuznetskaya
Moscow Metro station
File:Metro MSK Line2 Novokuznetskaya.jpg
Coordinates
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	2  Zamoskvoretskaya Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: A, 25 Trolleybus: 8 Tram: A, 3, 39
Construction
Depth	37.5 metres (123 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	031
History
Opened	20 November 1943
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Teatralnaya toward  Rechnoy Vokzal Zamoskvoretskaya Line Paveletskaya toward  Alma-Atinskaya Oktyabrskaya toward  Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line Transfer at: Tretyakovskaya Kitay-gorod toward  Medvedkovo Terminus Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line Transfer at: Tretyakovskaya Marksistskaya toward  Novokosino
Route map Khovrino (2016) Rechnoy Vokzal Vodny Stadion Voykovskaya Sokol yard Sokol Aeroport Dinamo Belorusskaya  5  Mayakovskaya Tverskaya  7   9  Teatralnaya  1   3  Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Novokuznetskaya  6   8  Paveletskaya  5  Moskva River Avtozavodskaya Tekhnopark Nagatinsky Bridge Moskva River Kolomenskaya Kashirskaya  11  to Zamoskvoretskoye yard Kantemirovskaya Tsaritsyno Orekhovo Domodedovskaya  (shuttle bus for ) Krasnogvardeyskaya  10  Brateyevo yard Alma-Atinskaya
Location
Novokuznetskaya Location within Central Moscow

Novokuznetskaya (Russian: Новокузнецкая) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. The station was opened on 20 November 1943.

History

Construction of the station began shortly after the launch of the second stage in 1938. Despite the World War II the station was opened on time. Later in 1978 the platform was lengthened. This part is in a more modern style than the rest of the station.

Design

The station honors the Soviet fighting men with its heavy ornamentation. The architects, I. Taranov and N. Bykova, won a USSR State Prize for their design.

The decorations include seven octagonal ceiling mosaics by V. Frolov on the theme of wartime industry and bas-reliefs running along the base of the ceiling (by artists N.V. Tomsky, A.E. Zelensky, S.M. Rabinovich, and N.M. Shtamm) depicting the soldiers of the Red Army in combat. The pink and white marble pylons are also decorated with cast-bronze portraits of Russian war heroes like Mikhail Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky. The ornate marble benches lining the platform were removed from the original Cathedral of Christ the Saviour before it was demolished. Floor lamps, long since replaced with more up-to-date lighting in other Metro stations, still give Novokuznetskaya an atmosphere of brooding shadow.

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Station platform wit incoming train. Note the upper pass connects with Tretyakovskaya station, served by the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line and the Kalininskaya Line

Exits

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Novokuznetskaya vestibule

Novokuznetskaya's round entrance vestibule is located off Pyatnitskaya Street, north of the intersection with Klimentovsky Street.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Tretyakovskaya, a cross-platform station serving both the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line and the Kalininskaya Line.

External links

• metro.ru
• mymetro.ru
• KartaMetro.info — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)