Prospekt Mira (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line) explained

Prospekt Mira
Native Name:Проспект Мира
Native Name Lang:ru
Type:Moscow Metro station
Borough:Moscow
Country:Russia
Coordinates:55.7812°N 37.6318°W
Other:Trolleybus

9, 48
Tram: 7

Structure:Pylon station
Platform:1 island platform
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Code:093
Owned:Moskovsky Metropoliten
Former:Botanichesky Sad (1958-1966)
Map Type:Central Moscow
Alternativemap:Central Moscow grayscale.png
Map Overlay:Central Moscow metro lines.svg
Map State:collapsed

Prospekt Mira (Russian: Проспект Мира) is a station on the Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line of the Moscow Metro. It was designed by V. Lebedev and P. Shteller and opened on 1 May 1958. The station features flared pylons faced with white marble and trimmed with sharp-edged metal cornices. The walls are faced with off-white ceramic tile with horizontal black stripes.

Between 1958 and until 1971 the station was the southern terminus of the Rizhskaya line.

The entrance to the station is located on the west side of Prospekt Mira (north of Protopopovsky Pereulok) in the ground floor of the Metro's central control building.

Transfers

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