Belorusskaya (russian: Белору́сская) is a

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 ...

station on the

Zamoskvoretskaya line The Zamoskvoretskaya line (russian: link=no, Замоскворе́цкая ли́ния, ), formerly Gorkovsko–Zamoskvoretskaya () (Line 2), is a line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1938, chronologically it became the third line. There are 24 ...

. Designed by architects Ivan Taranov and Nadezhda Bykova, it was opened in 1938 as part of the second stage of the Moscow Metro.

Name

The station is named after the nearby Belorussky Rail Terminal, from which westward trains towards

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and western

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depart.

Design

The station is decorated with national Belarusian motives, which include the facing of rectangular pylons faced with pink marble from

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on the exterior and with black davalu marble in the passageway to the platforms. Bronze floor-lamps decorate the pylon niches, in the end of the central hall is a bust of

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. The station underwent several modernisations which slightly altered its original design. The floor, initially being based on Belarusian national ornaments, was replaced with square tiles of black and grey marble. The walls also initially covered with indigo ceramic tiles were replaced by indigo marble in 2004. In 1952, a series of staircases was added to the southern side of the central hall, and a transfer to Belorusskaya station on the Koltsevaya line was opened. In 1958 the first cruise control system in the Moscow Metro was tested on Belorusskaya, with a photoelement installed on a train.

Traffic

The station receives 139,700 passengers per day from the Koltsevaya line and 45,950 from its vestibule, built into the Belorussky Rail Terminal.

Gallery

File:MosMetro BelorusskayaZL img4 asv2018-01.jpg, Pylon niches File:Belorusskaya-Radialnaya passage.JPG, Station platform. Note the upper pass is the connection to the Koltsevaya line. File:MosMetro BelorusskayaZL img2 asv2018-01.jpg, Escalators

References

{{Moscow Metro Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1938 Zamoskvoretskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia