Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo (russian: Бульвар Дмитрия Донского) is a
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first ...
station in the
Severnoye Butovo District,
South-Western Administrative Okrug
South-Western Administrative Okrug (russian: Ю́го-За́падный администрати́вный о́круг, ), or Yugo-Zapadny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the ...
,
Moscow
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,
Russia
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. It is the southern terminus of the
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line.
Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo, which opened in December 2002, is the newest station of the line. It was named for the street on which it is situated, which, in turn, is named for
Dmitry Donskoy
Saint Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy ( rus, Дми́трий Ива́нович Донско́й, Dmítriy Ivanovich Donskóy, also known as Dimitrii or Demetrius), or Dmitry of the Don, sometimes referred to simply as Dmitry (12 October 1350 – 1 ...
. It is also the first station of the system built outside the
MKAD
The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (russian: link=no, Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога, Moskovskaja koltsevaya avtomobilnaya doroga), or MKAD (), is a ring road running predominantly on the city borde ...
beltway encircling most of the city.
The station offers transfers to
Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya station of the
Butovskaya line leading further south.
Design
There are two vestibules for station access. The second floor of the station is flanked with black and white marble. It features thick black columns with light grey ceiling tiles. A strip of green marble encases the outside of the second-level balconies, as viewed from the lower level of the station. Black, grey, and red granite adorn the floors. There are stairs connecting the platform and the upper level of the station.
References
Moscow Metro stations
Railway stations in Russia opened in 2002
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
Railway stations located underground in Russia
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