Shchyolkovskaya (russian: Щёлковская) is a
Moscow Metro station
There are 250 active stations of the Moscow Metro. Of these, 209 on Moscow Metro proper, and some additional ones that are marketed by Moscow Metro: 6 stations of Moscow Monorail and 31 stations of the Moscow Central Circle. Two stations have ...
on the
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line. It is an Eastern terminus of the line. It opened in 1963.
Name
Its name owes to the location near the
Shchyolkovo highway.
Building
It was built at below the ground to the standardized column tri-span design, which was commonly used from the 1960s till 1990s. The pillars are faced with dark green
marble. The walls were originally tiled by yellow and black ceramic tiles, but a modern metalloplastic cladding was applied in 2002, giving the station a cleaner look. The architects were Ivan Taranov and Nadezhda Bykova.
Traffic
The station is highly loaded due to nearby
Moscow Central Bus Terminal
Moscow Central Bus Terminal is a bus terminal in Moscow for long-range and intercity passenger buses with daily overturn of about 25 thousand passengers serving about 40% of long-range bus routes in Moscow. Situated near Shcholkovskaya Metro stati ...
.
References
Moscow Metro stations
Railway stations in Russia opened in 1963
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Railway stations located underground in Russia
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