Oktyabrskaya (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line) explained

Oktyabrskaya
Native Name:Октябрьская
Native Name Lang:ru
Type:Moscow Metro station
Address:Kaluzhskaya Square
Yakimanka District
Coordinates:55.7306°N 37.6112°W
Other:Bus: м1, e10, 297, н11
Structure:Deep pylon tri-vault
Platform:1 island platform
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Code:098
Owned:Moskovsky Metropoliten
Passengers:9,307,500
Pass Year:2002
Map Type:Central Moscow
Alternativemap:Central Moscow grayscale.png
Map Overlay:Central Moscow metro lines.svg
Map State:collapsed

Oktyabrskaya (Russian: Октябрьская. English: October [station]) is a Moscow Metro station in the Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line, between and stations. Oktyabrskaya opened on 13 October 1962 and was originally the northern terminus of the Kaluzhskaya line before the latter extended northwards in 1970.

Design

The architects were A. Strelkov, Nina Aleshina, Yu. Vdovin. Oktyabrskaya has block white marble pylons and walls faced with white ceramic tile.

The station's freestanding entrance vestibule is located on Big Yakimanka street about half a block north of Kaluzhskaya Square (in 1962 - October square, hence the name), nearby the Garden ring.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Oktyabrskaya on the Koltsevaya line.