Shelepikha (Bolshaya Koltsevaya line) explained

Shelepikha
Native Name:Шелепиха
Type:Moscow Metro station
Address:Presnensky District, Central Administrative Okrug
Borough:Moscow
Country:Russia
Coordinates:55.7574°N 37.524°W
Structure:Shallow column station[1]
Platform:1 island platform
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Opened:26 February 2018[2]
Closed:22 June 2024[3]
Owned:Moskovsky Metropoliten
Map Type:Moscow Metro
Route Map:
Map State:collapsed

Shelepikha (Russian: Шелепиха) 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.[4]

Shelepikha is not part of the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line's circular path, but is on a spur that runs to . A future line, the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line, which the city plans to develop after 2020, will ultimately incorporate this station.[5]

Location

Shelepikha is in the Presnensky District of Moscow’s Central Administrative Okrug. It is about 1.5 kilometers north of the Moscow International Business Center. There are entrances on Shelepikhinskoye Shosse and Shmitovsky Proyezd. The station takes its name from the former settlement of Shelepikha, which was absorbed into Moscow in the early 1900s and Shelepikhinskoye Shosse.

The station is part of a transit hub that allows access to Shelepikha station on the Moscow Central Circle. The hub will include bus routes as well as access to Testovskaya, a station on the Moscow Railway.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Шелепиха . Суриков А. . Метрострой . 2017-10-16 . ru.
  2. Web site: С.Собянин открыл первый участок Большой кольцевой линии метро.
  3. Web site: 2024-05-29 . С 22 июня временно закроют участок «Деловой центр — Шелепиха — Хорошёвская» БКЛ . 2024-06-20 . Московский метрополитен.
  4. News: Большая кольцевая линия Московского метрополитена. Досье . ru . TASS . 2018-02-26.
  5. Web site: Рублево-Архангельская линия метро может появиться в Москве . Moscow Urban Development And Construction Complex . 2016-10-07.
  6. Web site: Shelepikha . Moscow Complex for Construction and Urban Development . 2018-02-26.