Petrovsky Park (russian: Петровский парк) 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 ...
. It served the eastern terminus of the line until 30 December 2018, when the extension of
Bolshaya Koltsevaya to
Savyolovskaya Savyolovskaya may refer to:
* Moscow Savyolovsky railway station or Butyrskaya vokzal, a commuter station
* Savyolovskaya (Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line)
Savyolovskaya (russian: Савёловская), alternatively transliterated Savelovska ...
opened. It opened on 26 February 2018 as one of five initial stations on the new line.
Petrovsky Park allows transfers to
Dinamo 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 ...
since 29 December 2020.
Location
It is in the
Aeroport District
Aeroport District (russian: райо́н Аэропо́рт, ''rayon Aeroport'', "Airport District") is an administrative district (raion) of the Northern Administrative Okrug and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district ...
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 millio ...
near Petrovsky Park and
Petrovsky Palace
Petrovsky Palace or Petroff Palace, is a palace located in Moscow on Leningradsky Prospect. It was founded in 1780 under the orders of Catherine the Great.
History
Construction of the palace
In the 1770s Catherine the Great decided to bu ...
in northern Moscow. It is adjacent to
VTB Arena
The VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Moscow, Russia. It consists of an ice hockey and an association football venue. The football stadium is officially named Dynamo Central Stadium. The ice hockey venue is know ...
, which is the home stadium of
FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Foot ...
. The station is named for Petrovsky Park.
Design and Layout
There are entrances on both sides of Leningradsky Prospekt.
The interior of the station includes images of the 18th century palace as well as silouettes of trees to invoke images of the park. The flared columns are made of marble, while the floors consists of granit tiles.
References
{{Moscow Metro
Moscow Metro stations
Bolshaya Koltsevaya line
Railway stations in Russia opened in 2018
Railway stations located underground in Russia