Turgenevskaya

Turgenevskaya (Russian: Турге́невская) is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro.

Turgenevskaya

Тургеневская
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationKrasnoselsky District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55.7661°N 37.6374°E / 55.7661; 37.6374
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
Platforms1
Tracks2
ConnectionsTrolleybus: 9, 48
Tram: A, 3, 39
Construction
Depth49 metres (161 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code095
History
Opened5 January 1972 (1972-01-05)
Passengers
200218,104,000
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Kitay-gorod Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Sukharevskaya
towards Medvedkovo
Lubyanka
towards Kommunarka
Sokolnicheskaya line
transfer at Chistye Prudy
Krasnye Vorota
Trubnaya
towards Fiztekh
Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line
transfer at Sretensky Bulvar
Chkalovskaya
towards Zyablikovo
Location
Turgenevskaya is located in Central Moscow
Turgenevskaya
Turgenevskaya
Location within Central Moscow

Name

It was named after Turgenevskaya Square, to which the entrances to the station lead; the square itself was named after a Russian novelist and playwright Ivan Turgenev.

Design

The station was designed by Ivan Taranov, Yu. Vdovin, and I. Petukhova and opened on 5 January 1972. Turgenevskaya has simple white marble pylons which follow the curve of the station tube and a ceiling composed of reinforced plastic panels. Metal cornices run the length of the station along the base of the ceiling. The walls, which are faced with white and black marble, are decorated with chased brass panels by Kh. Rysin and D. Bodniek.

Transfers

From this station, passengers can transfer to Sokolnicheskaya Line at Chistye Prudy station and to Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line at Sretensky Bulvar station.

Departing train on the platform


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