Tushinskaya (russian: Тушинская) is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya 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 was designed by I.G. Petukhova and V.P. Kachurinets and opened on 30 December 1975. The station was built to a modified standard design, with grey-blue

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and white marble walls with inlaid zigzag

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s. Tushinskaya is one of the Metro's busiest stations, serving about 111,000 passengers per day according to a 1999 study. Tushinskaya is located adjacent to Tushinskaya railway station on the

Rizhsky suburban railway line The Rizhsky suburban railway line (russian: Рижское направление Московской железной дороги) is one of eleven suburban railway lines used for connections between Moscow, Russia, and surrounding areas, mostl ...

and Line D2 of Moscow Central Diameters. Tushinskaya rightwall

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