Informal look at Moscow
A part of the blue line from “Kievskaya” to “Kurskaya” was closed today. Three station were not operating: “Ploshad Revolutsii”, “Arbatskaya” and “Smolenskaya”, due to the total repair of the rails.
1. Not only the rails were being repaired: everything was cleaned and scrubbed.
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Leave a CommentAviamotornaya is a beautiful metro station. It is located not in the center, but in the east, outside the Third Ring Road. However, the metro is raising, so it will be possible to refer it to the central stations soon.
The station was opened by the 1980 at the Kalininskaya line. Aviamotors, mentioned in the station’s name became the main theme of its design.
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Leave a CommentThe 200th station of Moscow metro opened yesterday.
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Leave a Comment“Rumyantsevo”, the 199th station of Moscow metro, opened recently.
This station’s first plans appeared in 1970s. It was one of the projects that have never been implemented, such as Yuzhny railway station, which was going to relieve Kursky station. After the station’s “return” to the Sokolnicheskaya line, the opening was planned to 2025. However, due to Moscow expansion in 2011-2012, the need of this station appeared a bit earlier. Construction started in 2013 and finished 18th of January 2016.
1. “Rumyantsevo” is the first metro station in “New Moscow” (territory, added to Moscow in 2011-2012). It is located outside Moscow Ring Road near Kievskoe highway and “Rumyantsevo” business-park. The station is named after nearby village.
Entrance halls look good.
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Leave a Comment“Technopark” metro station has become a ghost station for me long time ago. It was more exciting than other legends like the old “Volokolamskaya” on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line: I’ve heard about it, knew It’s future location, but the opening always seemed to be at a distant date. So it was a big surprise when the station just opened 
I didn’t know the date on Sunday afternoon, but came to the place in 14:10, thanks to my dear friend Pasha, who told me about it on time. The impression of the station was twofold: on the one hand, design looks a bit ascetic, or even poor, from the other hand, “Technopark” is certainly more beautiful than “Myakinino” station, which opening in December 2009 was quite a shame.
Let’s have a look at a new station, which is, by the way, the 198th station in the Moscow Metro history and find out, that it actually has it’s own features.
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