Belorusskaya (Zamoskvoretskaya line)

Belorusskaya (Russian: Белору́сская) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line. Designed by architects Ivan Taranov and Nadezhda Bykova, it was opened in 1938 as part of the second stage of the Moscow Metro.

For other uses, see Belorussky (disambiguation).
Belorusskaya

Белорусская
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationTverskoy District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55.7767°N 37.5835°E / 55.7767; 37.5835
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus: м1, м32, е30, е30к, 27, 82, 116, 345, с356, 366, 382, с484, с532, 905, т18, т54, т56, т70, т78; night routes: н1, н12;
Tram: 7, 9
Construction
Depth33.1 metres (109 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code035
History
Opened11 September 1938 (1938-09-11)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Dinamo
towards Khovrino
 Zamoskvoretskaya line Mayakovskaya
towards Alma-Atinskaya
Krasnopresnenskaya
anticlockwise / outer
 Koltsevaya line
transfer at Belorusskaya
 Novoslobodskaya
clockwise / inner
Location
Belorusskaya is located in Central Moscow
Belorusskaya
Belorusskaya
Location within Central Moscow

Name

The station is named after the nearby Belorussky Rail Terminal, from which westward trains towards Belarus and western Europe depart.[1]

Design

The station is decorated with national Belarusian motives, which include the facing of rectangular pylons faced with pink marble from Birobidzhan on the exterior and with black davalu marble in the passageway to the platforms. Bronze floor-lamps decorate the pylon niches, in the end of the central hall is a bust of Vladimir Lenin.

The station underwent several modernisations which slightly altered its original design. The floor, initially being based on Belarusian national ornaments, was replaced with square tiles of black and grey marble. The walls also initially covered with indigo ceramic tiles were replaced by indigo marble in 2004.

In 1952, a series of staircases was added to the southern side of the central hall, and a transfer to Belorusskaya station on the Koltsevaya line was opened. In 1958 the first cruise control system in the Moscow Metro was tested on Belorusskaya, with a photoelement installed on a train.

Traffic

The station receives 139,700 passengers per day from the Koltsevaya line and 45,950 from its vestibule, built into the Belorussky Rail Terminal.

  • Pylon niches
    Pylon niches
  • Station platform. Note the upper pass is the connection to the Koltsevaya line.
    Station platform. Note the upper pass is the connection to the Koltsevaya line.
  • Escalators
    Escalators

References
  1. Белорусская (in Russian). Moscow Metro. Archived from the original on 23 April 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
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