Shelepikha (russian: Шелепиха) is a station on the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line of the

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 unde ...

. It opened on 26 February 2018 as one of five initial stations on the new line. Shelepikha is not part of the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line's circular path, but is on a spur that runs to . A future line, the

Rublyovo–Arkhangelskaya line Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line (russian: Рублёво-Архангельская линия) or Line 17 of the Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Kras ...

, which the city plans to develop after 2020, will ultimately incorporate this station.

Location

Shelepikha is in the

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’s

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. It is about 1.5 kilometers north of the

Moscow International Business Center The Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), also known as Moscow-City, is an under-construction commercial development in Moscow, the capital of Russia. The project occupies an area of 60 hectares, and is located just east of the Third ...

. There are entrances on Shelepikhinskoye Shosse and Shmitovsky Proyezd. The station takes its name from the former settlement of Shelepikha, which was absorbed into

in the early 1900s and Shelepikhinskoye Shosse. The station is part of a transit hub that allows access to Shelepikha station on the

Moscow Central Circle The Moscow Central Circle or MCC (russian: Московское центральное кольцо, МЦК), designated Line 14 and marked in a strawberry red/white color is a orbital urban/metropolitan rail line that encircles historical M ...

. The hub will include bus routes as well as access to Testovskaya, a station on the

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. Moscow Shelepikha metro entrance asv2019-06.jpg, One of the entrance pavilions Shelepikha MCC ticket barriers.jpg, Interchange point between Shelepikha MCC station and Shelepikha metro station

References

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