One of the most interesting Moscow metro stations is Volokolamskaya. The name of this platform of the metropolitan subway is shrouded in a series of myths and legends, thanks to which it has long been considered a ghost station, some mysterious and mystical object on the underground map of Moscow. We will talk more about it below.
general information
The Arbat-Pokrov branch is the line on which the Volokolamskaya platform is located. The metro, as you know, differs in its directions by color. This line in the metro metro map is marked in blue. The name for the platform was given by the nearby Volokolamsk highway. The metro crosses this route from north to south, and the station of the same name is located between the Mitino and Myakinino stops. Thus, it goes beyond the boundaries of the Moscow Ring Road. If you exclude the neighbors on the branch, the metro station Tushinskaya will become the closest to Volokolamskaya.
Volokolamsk highway connects these two stations by ground. The platform lies at a depth of a little over fourteen meters. The total length of the station is one hundred sixty three meters.
Platform history
The Volokolamskaya metro station was opened in 2009, at the end of December. According to the account, it became the 179th platform of the Moscow manure. However, they began to build it long before that - back in the 1990s. At that time, the Mitino-Butovo line required a transfer station, the role of which Volokolamskaya was to play. At the same time, the metro was also built under Mitinskaya Street, that is, in addition to the station, the construction of additional tunnels was supposed. Some of them were built in an open way, part - in a closed. Nevertheless, the plans of urban planners changed, and by the end of the 1990s the project was frozen, and the Volokolamskaya metro station entered folklore as a ghost station. However, this is due to the glory of another station, which will be discussed below.
After about a decade and a half, the project became relevant again, and the construction of the platform was continued. But this did not happen so quickly and easily. First, sections of the excavated tunnels were dug back to extend Mitinskaya Street. Secondly, a new project was required that would meet the new requirements. Its development and approval took a lot of time. Therefore, full-fledged work on the construction of the platform began only in 2007.
In early February 2008, workers began to lay a distillation tunnel to the future bridge across the Moscow River from the Volokolamskaya station. At the same time, the metro was built in a closed way using special equipment.
An open tunneling method was used only at approaches to stops and during the construction of the station itself. Since the platform was executed using monolithic construction technology, the main work was related to concreting. Thus, solidity is what distinguishes the Volokolamskaya platform from most other stations.
The metro, built in the Soviet period, for example, has a completely different design. All work on the construction of the station was completed in nine months. This is not so much, given the volume and complexity of the work performed. In autumn 2008, work began on finishing the station with marble and granite. And in 2009, the opening of the Volokolamskaya platform took place. The metro, along with subway employees, was first visited by city officials and members of the press. A week later, on December 26, the station was inaugurated for public use.
Transport near the Volokolamskaya platform
Bus No. 837 runs near the Volokolamskaya metro station, and the Trikotazhnaya railway platform is located one kilometer from the station in the Riga direction. In the future, it is possible to build a new railway platform in the immediate vicinity of the metro.
Platform Lobbies and Transitions
This station is direct. This, by the way, distinguishes the modern platform from the design of the transfer point, which Volokolamskaya was originally intended to be. The metro on the blue line after the ring line intersects only with the blue line at Kuntsevo station.
The facility includes two vestibules - in the north and east. There are two outputs, respectively. Each of them is equipped with a three-belt escalator, and one has an elevator designed for people who find it difficult to use the escalator. Passengers at the entrance and exit are separated from each other in two disjoint flows.
Architecture and execution style
One of the sights Moscow is rightly proud of is the metro. Volokolamskaya is one of the most beautiful metro stations in the capital. The platform project was developed by a group of architects of Metrogiprotras OJSC. In 2011, he even won the Golden Section competition held by the Union of Moscow Architects.
The station is distinguished by rather high arches, exceeding a height of eight meters. The composition of the platform is made in the neo-Gothic style. An arched structure, a three-nave construction and an extended column pitch (nine meters) give the impression of lightness and spaciousness. Facing the station is made of dark marble and granite. There are luminaires around the perimeter that are tuned to create natural light. The floor is finished in light gray granite.
Legends of Volokolamsk Station
Among the diggers and lovers of mysticism, the Volokolamskaya metro station came to be known as a ghost station. However, in reality, the platform discussed in the article is not the same ghostly and mysterious Volokolamskaya that legends are talking about. Their common name is only.
The real ghost was on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line, just in front of the Tushinskaya station. This platform was built back in 1975 specifically for the residential complex, which was planned to be built on the site of the Tushino airfield. But since the development project was canceled, they did not open the metro station there either. It stood in its preserved form until the end of August 2014, when it was inaugurated with the name “Spartak” in honor of the stadium located above it. But among those who do not know this circumstance, the situation with the legendary Volokolamskaya is still confusing.