Molodyozhnaya (Moscow Metro) Explained

Molodyozhnaya
Native Name:Молодёжная
Native Name Lang:ru
Type:Moscow Metro station
Address:Yelninskaya Street
Kuntsevo District
Borough:Moscow
Country:Russia
Coordinates:55.7408°N 37.4168°W
Other:Bus

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Structure:Shallow column tri-span
Platform:1 island platform
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Code:065
Owned:Moskovsky Metropoliten
Passengers:22,716,505
Pass Year:2009
Map Type:Moscow Metro
Map State:collapsed

Molodyozhnaya (Russian: Молодёжная) is a Moscow Metro station in the Kuntsevo District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between and stations. Molodyozhnaya was opened in 1965 as a part of the Filyovskaya Line. On 7 January 2008 the station was detached from the line on which it had been for 42 years.

Building

The station was designed by architect Rimidalv Pogrebnoy. It has the standard pillar-trispan design. The pillars are white marble with bands of pink marble at the top and bottom. The walls are tiled.