CSKA (Moscow Metro) explained

CSKA
Native Name:ЦСКА
Type:Moscow Metro station
Address:Khoroshyovsky District, Northern Administrative Okrug
Borough:Moscow
Country:Russia
Coordinates:55.7866°N 37.5333°W
Structure:Shallow column station[1]
Platform:1 island platform
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Opened:26 February 2018[2]
Owned:Moskovsky Metropoliten
Map Type:Moscow Metro
Route Map:
Map State:collapsed

CSKA (Russian: ЦСКА) is a station on the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line of the Moscow Metro. It opened on 26 February 2018 as one of five initial stations on the new line.[3]

Passengers can make out-of-station transfers to Zorge on the Moscow Central Circle Line. The Metro plans to build a walkway between the stations which would make the connection time about 20 minutes.[4]

Name

The original name of the station was slated to be Khodynskoe Pole, after the open area where the station is located; however, fans of CSKA Moscow requested that the station be renamed “CSKA” after the sports clubs whose facilities are nearby.[5] In April 2016, the Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin issued a decree to rename the station.[6] To further recognize CSKA, the station lobby includes sculptures of well-known CSKA athletes across the club's three major sports: Vsevolod Bobrov, Denis Denisov, and Victor Khryapa.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ЦСКА (Ходынское Поле) . Суриков А. . Метрострой . 2017-10-16 . ru.
  2. Web site: С.Собянин открыл первый участок Большой кольцевой линии метро.
  3. News: Большая кольцевая линия Московского метрополитена. Досье . ru . TASS . 2018-02-26.
  4. Web site: Станция метро "ЦСКА" примет первых пассажиров в этом году . ru . Moscow Complex for Construction and Urban Development . 2017-07-21 . 2018-02-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190623150550/https://stroi.mos.ru/photo_lines/stantsiia-mietro-tsska-primiet-piervykh-passazhirov-osien-iu . 2019-06-23 . dead .
  5. News: Болельщики просят Собянина назвать станцию метро "ЦСКА" . ru . Спорт-Экспресс . 2016-02-16.
  6. Web site: Постановление правительства Москвы. ru . Правительство Москвы. 564-ПП. 2016-04-05. Правительство Москвы.
  7. News: Скульптуры выдающихся спортсменов установлены на станции метро "ЦСКА" в Москве . TASS . 2017-11-18.