Dubrovka (Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line)

Dubrovka (Russian: Дубровка) is a station on the Moscow Metro's Lyublinsko–Dmitrovskaya line. Originally the station was to open along with the first stage of the Lyublinsky radius in 1995. However, it could not be opened because of problems with building an escalator tunnel in tough hydrological conditions. However, as the station is in the middle of an industrial zone, due to the economic difficulties of the late 1990s that hit Russia, most of these recently privatised industries were very short of finances and their production output was likewise stalled. This was enough to prevent additional heating of the frozen earth and finally on 11 December 1999 the Moscow's mayor Yury Luzhkov opened the station. At a depth of 62.5 metres the station became the deepest in Moscow (until being beaten by Park Pobedy in 2003). The station in its design is identical to its neighbour Krestyanskaya Zastava where both are wall-columned with no underplatform service spaces.

Dubrovka Дубровка
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Yuzhnoportovy District South-Eastern Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7186°N 37.6760°E / 55.7186; 37.6760
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 9, 99, 186, 701 Trolleybus: 26 Tram: 12, 20, 40, 43
Construction
Depth	62 metres (203 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	161
History
Opened	11 December 1999 (1999-12-11)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Krestyanskaya Zastava towards Fiztekh Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line Kozhukhovskaya towards Zyablikovo Out-of-station interchange Ugreshskaya anticlockwise / outer Moscow Central Circle transfer at Dubrovka Avtozavodskaya clockwise / inner
Route map Fiztekh Lianozovo Yakhromskaya Seligerskaya Verkhniye Likhobory Likhobory yard Okruzhnaya Petrovsko-Razumovskaya () Fonvizinskaya Butyrskaya Maryina Roshcha Dostoevskaya () Trubnaya Sretensky Bulvar Chkalovskaya () Yauza River Rimskaya Krestyanskaya Zastava Dubrovka Kozhukhovskaya () Yuzhny Port Pechatniki yard Pechatniki Volzhskaya Lyublino Bratislavskaya Maryino Moskva River Borisovo Shipilovskaya Zyablikovo to Alma-Atinskaya and Brateyevo yard
Location
Dubrovka Location within Moscow Metro

With no solid theme, the station (work of architects Ye.Barsky, V.Fillipov and S.Belyakova) is decorated with bright monochromatic marble on the columns and walls. The floor is covered in red and black granite. The station is decorated by a bright mosaic in the end of the central hall (artist Zurab Tsereteli). The vestibule of the station is interlinked with a subway network under the Sharikopodshipnikovskaya street, with modern glazed metal and concrete pavilions. The average passenger traffic is 14,400 people per day. Behind the station there is a piston junction used for emergency reversals of trains.