Station "Pushkinskaya" ... Moscow metro at first glance may seem the most common. However, speaking specifically about the premises of the specified station, the stages of its construction, internal design, the project of entrances and exits, it turns out that all this is the result of a huge investment of energy, skill, talent and, of course, time.
It is on these points that we dwell in more detail.
"Pushkinskaya". Metro. General station information
In the very center of the Russian capital is a very popular metro station, named after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. Such a well-known name, consonant with the name of the classic of the Silver Age, causes increased interest of foreign tourists. And the location in the immediate vicinity of Pushkin Square gives a certain status.
Art. metro station "Pushkinskaya" refers to the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya branch. Passengers began using it in December 1975. At the same time, on the site "Kitay-Gorod" - "Barrikadnaya" the "neighbor" of "Pushkinskaya" - the station "Kuznetsk bridge" started working. This central section made it possible to combine the Krasnopresnensky and Zhdanovsky radii into one line.
"Pushkinskaya". Metro. Design Ideas and Specifications
In the whole design of the station, Pushkin’s theme is sharply felt. Against the background of the white gamut of walls are copper coinage. Most of the works are devoted to St. Petersburg, and only two directly relate to Moscow.
Here you can see the Tsar’s Lyceum, Mikhailovskoye, the monument to the Bronze Horseman, the Svyatogorsky monastery where the poet is buried, and even read lines from the immortal creations of Pushkin. Two more coinages contain information about the talents of Alexander Sergeyevich. Every passenger can get acquainted with it while waiting for a train or a friend who is late for a meeting.
"Pushkinskaya" among the other stations of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line is considered the deepest, the level of its laying is fifty-one meters underground. The distinctive features of a three-vaulted room with high columns include the presence of one island-type platform and a reverse arch of the central hall.
The station has not one, but two whole underground passages. Moving along the western lobby, you will certainly find yourself on Tverskaya. To the trains following the Zamoskvoretskaya line, there are two rectangular halls connected by short passages. You can exit to Tverskaya street and to the underpass under the square of the same name.
Through the eastern lobby, it is possible to proceed to the trains of the Serpukhov-Timiryazevskaya line. Passing through a wide corridor with a low ceiling, which is illuminated by xenon square lamps, passengers get to the platform of the Chekhovskaya station. You can exit through the underpass under Strastnoy Boulevard.
"Pushkinskaya". Metro. Key Features
For "Pushkinskaya" has long been assigned the status of an extremely busy station. More than four hundred passengers begin to descend in the subway after 5.35, and this stream does not dry out until 1.00 at night.
By the way, it should be noted that users of telephone services of MTS, Beeline, Megafon or Skylink, even being so deep underground at Pushkinskaya, always stay in touch.
Leaving the Pushkinskaya metro station (Moscow), you can quickly and easily get to several famous places at once. Fans of classical productions prefer theaters to them. Stanislavsky or Pushkin, as well as Lenkom. Parents with children usually attend the young actor’s musical theater. There are also museums and places where famous cultural figures once lived.