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station in the

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. It is on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line. The station opened on November 8, 1983. Serpukhovskaya is 43 metres (141 feet) underground. Its name originates from the namesake street, which in turn originates from the historic town of

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Station design

Serpukhovskaya station was designed by Nina Aleshina with and Lydia Y. Gonchar (russian: Лидия Юрьевна Гончар). The station features grey and white vaults. There is a three-vault span with white marble lines in the main hallway. The bottoms of the columns holding the ceiling are clad in marble carved so as to look like brick and stone. The shiny textures and surfaces cause intense light reflection. A string of lights hung in the main archway; it was dismantled on 2 March 2006.

Line transfers

Serpukhovskaya offers a transfer to the

Dobryninskaya Dobryninskaya (russian: Добры́нинская) is a station on the Koltsevaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Opened on 1 January 1950 it was part of the first segment of the fourth stage of the system. It was originally named Serpukhovskaya (r ...

station of the Koltsevaya Line.

References

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