Tsaritsyno (Moscow Metro) Explained

Tsaritsyno
Type:Moscow Metro station
Address:Tsaritsyno District,
Borough:Moscow
Country:Russia
Coordinates:55.6214°N 37.6694°W
Other:Bus

м82, м87, м88, м89, 814, с823, 844, с854, с869, 921, н13 (night bus).

Structure:Shallow column tri-vault
Platform:1 island platform
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Code:023
Owned:Moskovsky Metropoliten
Former:Lenino (1984–1990)
Passengers:32,704,000
Pass Year:2002
Map Type:Moscow Metro
Map State:collapsed

Tsaritsyno (Russian: Царицыно) is a Moscow Metro station in Tsaritsyno District, Southern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Zamoskvoretskaya line, between Kantemirovskaya and Orekhovo stations. The entrance is located at the intersection of, and ('Luhansk', 'Caspian', and 'Tovarishch' streets).

Tsaritsyno opened on 30 December 1984 as part of an extension but was closed the very next day because of flooding. It reopened on 9 February 1985.

From its opening until November 1990, the station was named Lenino for the Lenino-Dachnoye region. The city renamed the station Tsaritsyno for Tsaritsyno Park, which houses a palace once owned by Catherine the Great.[1]

The stations has been closed since 12 November 2022 due to the reconstruction works.[2]

Design

The station was designed by architects V. Cheremin and A. Vigdorov. It has white marble pillars, walls inlaid with patterns of red, brown, grey and yellow marble and mosaics depicting the achievements of the Soviet science. A mosaic by A. Kuznetsov above the entrance stairs depicts the Moscow skyline.

Notes and References

  1. News: Какие станции московского метро были переименованы и почему? . Russian . Argumenty i Fakty . 2014-10-04.
  2. Web site: From November 12, the section between Avtozavodskaya and Orekhovo… . m.vk.com . . 30 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230214212042/https://m.vk.com/wall-70228347_203559 . 2023-02-14 . en . Nov 2, 2022 . live.