Metro "Sukharevskaya" - an important traffic intersection of a large city

Metro "Sukharevskaya", perhaps, is known to many, and both the Muscovites themselves and the guests of the capital. What is it exactly? For residents of the city - it is, first of all, a successful transport interchange, but for admirers of D. Glukhovsky's books - the opportunity at least for some time to feel like a hero of your favorite novel.

Today we will try to talk about this station in more detail.

The Sukharevskaya metro station. general description

Moscow station "Sukharevskaya" is located on the territory of the Central Administrative District of the capital and is a part of the Kaluga-Riga branch. The subway stop is located between the popular "Prospekt Mira" and the station "Turgenevskaya", the subway "Sukharevskaya" on the map of Moscow is well seen.

It has access to the city streets - Prospekt Mira, Bolshaya and Malaya Sukharevsky and Sretenka streets. The station belongs to the three-vaulted pylon constructions of deep laying, which has a peculiar shape resembling wheat sheaves. The depth of the deposit is 43 meters, and the diameter of the central platform of the hall is 8.5 meters.

The walls of the plantation hall are lined with light marble "Gazgan" and decorated with artistic chased works of artists S.F. Kolyupanova and S.T. Kolyupanov. The platform is covered with granite slabs of various shades of gray. The continuous long strips of fixtures installed above the pylons illuminate the hall and platform of the station. Strips of rolled aluminum were used for the ceiling part of the escalator tunnel.

The Sukharevskaya metro station. History of the metro station

At the end of 1971, the underground section from Mira Avenue to "Kitai-Gorod", which connected the Kaluga and Riga lines, was put into operation. Thus, the Kaluga-Riga branch was formed. Two stations - Turgenevskaya and Sukharevskaya - were built on this stretch of 3.2 km long, which until November 1990 was the Kolkhoznaya station.

The station was put into operation in early January 1972. It consists of one straight platform of the island type. Its new name "Sukharevskaya" station was received in connection with the renaming of Kolkhoznaya Square in Bolshaya and Malaya Sukharevsky areas. Its former name was even before the revolution. Here stood the famous Sukharev Tower, which was demolished in the 30s. The architect of the model project of the station was R.I. The funerary.

The Sukharevskaya metro station. Characteristics and ground infrastructure

On the "Sukharevskaya" there is no elevated lobby. The station has one underground lobby, which is connected to the landing hall by an inclined escalator tunnel. Entry to it can only be carried out through an underground passage located on Bolshaya and Malaya Sukharevsky squares. Passengers can use the subway transport at the station from 5.40 am to 1 am.

Near the metro station are the famous theaters - the name of Vladimir Mayakovsky and the Moscow State Theater "Variety." Nearby there are other sights of the capital: the House-Museum of the famous Russian artist A.M. Vasnetsova, the Museum of History of the Moscow ATS, the Museum of Folk Graphics.

In the area of Art. Subway station "Sukharevskaya" has a fairly well-developed infrastructure. Many schools and six active universities, a music school and a sports club, shopping centers and cafes, youth entertainment facilities.