Medvedkovo (Moscow Metro)

Medvedkovo (Moscow Metro): Medvedkovo

Moscow Metro station

Station statistics

Address Northern Medvedkovo District
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Moscow

Coordinates 55°53′14″N 37°39′41″E / 55.88722°N 37.66139°E / 55.88722; 37.66139

Lines Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line

Structure Shallow pillar tri-vault

Depth 10 metres (33 ft)

Levels 1

Platforms 1

Tracks 2

Parking No

Bicycle facilities No

Baggage check No

Other information

Opened September 29, 1978

Code 086

Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten

Traffic

Passengers (2009) 27,646,925

Services

Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station

Babushkinskaya

toward Novoyasenevskaya
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line Terminus

Medvedkovo (Russian: Медведково) is a Moscow Metro station in Northern Medvedkovo District, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line serving as its northeastern terminus. The station opened on 29 September 1978.

Design

Medvedkovo was designed by architects Nina Aleshina and Natalya Samoilova. The station features flared pillars faced with pinkish marble and strips of stainless steel. The outer walls of the station are coated with red marble and interlocking triangles of anodized aluminum punctuated with plaques by M. Alekseev depicting northern wildlife.

Entrances to the station are located on either side of Shirokaya street just west of Grekova Street.

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