Babushkinskaya

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Babushkinskaya

Бабушкинская
Babushkinskaya; Бабушкинская
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Babushkinsky District; North-Eastern Administrative Okrug; Moscow; Russia
Coordinates	55.8694°N 37.6644°E
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Shallow single-vault
Depth	10 metres (33 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	087
History
Opened	29 September 1978
Passengers
2009	26,963,645
Services
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Route map
	Kaluzhskaya (closed)
	Kaluzhskoye yard
Location
	Babushkinskaya Location within Moscow Metro

Babushkinskaya (Russian: Бабушкинская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Babushkinsky District, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It was opened on September 29, 1978 as a part of the VDNKh – Medvedkovo sector. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between Sviblovo and Medvedkovo stations after the commissioning of which there were 107 stations in the Moscow Metro.

Name

Babsuhkinskaya was named after Babushkinsky District where the station is located, which in turn was named after Mikhail Babushkin, a polar aviator.

On March 29, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic in Russia, the management of the Moscow Metro temporarily renamed the station to "DomaBabushkinskaya" (rus. Домабабушкинская) which refer to "Grandmother at home" to remind the citizen of Moscow to stay their elderly parents at home.[1]

Design

Babushkinskaya is a single vault-type station, elliptical in cross-section with slightly canted, grey marble side walls. All of the signs and light fixtures are attached to the ceiling, so the platform is completely open except for a few minimalist benches located along the central axis. At the end of the platform, above the exit stairs, is a sculpture by A. M. Mosichuk commemorating Babushkin's Arctic flight.

Entrances

The entrances to the station are located at the intersection of Yeniseyskaya and Menzhinskogo Streets.

References

Новости, Р.И.А. (March 29, 2022). "Московское метро "переименовало" две станции из-за коронавируса". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-01-11.

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[1] Новости, Р.И.А. (March 29, 2022). "Московское метро "переименовало" две станции из-за коронавируса". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-01-11.