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Oktyabrskaya (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line)

Oktyabrskaya

Октябрьская
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationKaluzhskaya Square
Yakimanka District
Central Administrative Okrug
Coordinates55°43′50″N 37°36′40″E / 55.7306°N 37.6112°E / 55.7306; 37.6112
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus: м1, e10, 297, н11
Construction
Structure typeDeep pylon tri-vault
Depth50 metres (160 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code098
History
Opened13 October 1962; 62 years ago (1962-10-13)
Passengers
20029,307,500
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Shabolovskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Tretyakovskaya
towards Medvedkovo
Dobryninskaya
anticlockwise / outer
Koltsevaya line
transfer at Oktyabrskaya
Park Kultury
clockwise / inner
Location
Oktyabrskaya is located in Central Moscow
Oktyabrskaya
Oktyabrskaya
Location within Central Moscow

Oktyabrskaya (Russian: Октя́брьская, lit.'October'pronunciation) is a Moscow Metro station in the Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line, between Shabolovskaya and Tretyakovskaya stations. Oktyabrskaya opened on 13 October 1962 and was originally the northern terminus of the Kaluzhskaya line before the latter extended northwards in 1970.

Design

The architects were A. Strelkov, Nina Aleshina, Yu. Vdovin. Oktyabrskaya has block white marble pylons and walls faced with white ceramic tile.

The station's freestanding entrance vestibule is located on Big Yakimanka street about half a block north of Kaluzhskaya Square (in 1962 - October square, hence the name), nearby the Garden ring.

Platform of Oktyabrskaya

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Oktyabrskaya on the Koltsevaya line.