Ulitsa Akademika Korolyova (russian: Улица Академика Королёва, en, Akademika Koroleva Street) is a station of the
Moscow Monorail
The Moscow Monorail (russian: Московский монорельс) is a monorail line located in the North-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. It runs from the Timiryazevskaya via Fonvisinskaya and VDNHa metro stations to Serge ...
. It is located in the
Ostankino District of the
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug (russian: Се́веро-Восто́чный администрати́вный о́круг - ''Severo-Vostochny administrativny okrug''), or Severo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-lev ...
of
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
.
History
The station was opened on 20 November 2004 along with other 4 stations of the monorail line (All but the southern terminus Timiryazevskaya which was opened 9 days later). It began operation in "excursion mode". Only two trains were operating at the line, the interval between trains was as long as 30 minutes and station hours were from 10:00 to 16:00. The passengers could only board the trains at Ulitsa Sergeya Eisensteina station.
On 10 January 2008 the line began regular operation serving passengers and allowing them board trains at any station of the line.
Features
This station have some features in contrast to the other Moscow monorail stations:
*Station has two platforms.
*Height of .
*Closed type.
References
Moscow Monorail
Railway stations opened in 2004
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