Petrovsky Park (Moscow Metro)
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Petrovsky Park () is a station on the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line of the
Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a rapid transit system in the Moscow Oblast of Russia. It serves the capital city of Moscow and the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy, and Kotelniki. Opened in 1935 with one l ...
. It served the eastern terminus of the line until 30 December 2018, when the extension of Bolshaya Koltsevaya to
Savyolovskaya Savyolovskaya may refer to: * Moscow Savyolovsky railway station Savyolovsky station (, ''Savyolovsky vokzal''), alternatively spelled ''Savyolovskiy'', ''Savelovsky'' or ''Savelovskiy'', is one of the ten main railway stations in the Maryina ...
opened. It opened on 26 February 2018 as one of five initial stations on the new line. Petrovsky Park allows transfers to Dinamo Station on the
Zamoskvoretskaya line The Zamoskvoretskaya line (, ), formerly Gorkovsko–Zamoskvoretskaya () (Line 2; Green Line), is a line of the Moscow Metro in the Moscow Oblast of Russia. Opened in 1938, chronologically it became the third line in the metro system despite bei ...
since 29 December 2020.


Location

It is in the
Aeroport District Aeroport District (, ''rayon Aeroport'', "Airport District") is an administrative district (raion) of the Northern Administrative Okrug and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is . The district is named for the Khod ...
of
Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
near Petrovsky Park and
Petrovsky Palace Petrovsky Palace or Petroff Palace, is a palace located in Moscow on Leningradsky Prospect. It was founded in 1780 under the orders of Catherine the Great. History Construction of the palace In the 1770s Catherine the Great decided to build ...
in northern Moscow. It is adjacent to
VTB Arena The VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium is a multi-purpose sports complex in Moscow, Russia. It consists of an ice hockey and an association football venue. The football stadium is officially named Dynamo Central Stadium "Lev Yashin". The ice ...
, which is the home stadium of
FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', , ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footba ...
. The station is named for Petrovsky Park.


Design and layout

There are entrances on both sides of Leningradsky Prospekt. The interior of the station includes images of the 18th century palace as well as silouettes of trees to invoke images of the park. The flared columns are made of marble, while the floors consists of granite tiles.


References

{{Moscow Metro Moscow Metro stations Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Railway stations in Russia opened in 2018 Railway stations located underground in Russia