Park Pobedy
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Park Pobedy is a Moscow Metro
station in the Dorogomilovo District
, Western Administrative Okrug
, Moscow
. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
, between Slavyansky Bulvar
and Kiyevskaya stations. At 84 metres underground, Park Pobedy is the deepest station in Moscow and the second deepest in the world by mean depth, after Kiev Metro
's Arsenalna, and the very deepest station by maximum depth, 97 m. It also contains the longest escalators in Europe, each one is 126 metres long and has 740 steps. The escalator ride to the surface takes approximately three minutes.
Park Pobedy is actually a cross-platform complex
with two separate, parallel platforms, though only the inner pair of tracks is presently used. When the construction was begun in 1986, plans called for this to be a transfer to the future Solntsevo-Mitischenskaya
and the Mitino-Butovskaya
Chordial lines http://www.metro.ru/map/1989/metro.ru-1989map-big3.gif. The former were to use the two halls as a transfer to the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya whilst the latter would have a third perpendicular station. However the 1990s financial crises ended the Chordial projects and instead the Strogino-Mitino extension
passed via Park Pobedy when opened in 2003 (2008). The second set of tracks will be used by the Solntsevskaya Line
when that is completed.
Trains arriving from Kievskaya
stop at the northern platform to drop off passengers before going into reversal sidings and coming back to the southern platform to pick up passengers for the trip back. This is the only Metro station where all passengers board and exit trains in different locations. A further complication: only the southern (inbound) platform has an entrance vestibule, so passengers arriving at the outbound platform must change platforms before exiting.
The two platforms work of architects Nataliya Shurygina and Nikolay Shumakov are of identical design but have opposite colour schemes, which creates a striking effect. The pylons of the outbound platform are faced with red marble on the transverse faces and pale grey marble on the longitudinal faces. The inbound platform is exactly the reverse. The station is adorned with two large enameled panels by Zurab Tsereteli
depicting the Patriotic War of 1812 (at the end of the inbound platform) and the Great Patriotic War (on the outbound platform).
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow and the neighbouring town of Krasnogorsk. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the Moscow Metro has 182 stations and its route length is . The system is...
station in the Dorogomilovo District
Dorogomilovo District
Dorogomilovo District is a district in Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. The district, adjacent to Presnensky, Arbat, and Khamovniki Districts of Central Administrative Okrug, contains a prestigious five-kilometer strip of land along Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Victory Park, and Kiyevsky...
, Western Administrative Okrug
Western Administrative Okrug
Western Administrative District, or Zapadny Administrative Okrug , is one of the ten administrative okrugs of Moscow. The district was founded in 1991 and has an area of...
, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
The Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the second to open, now it connects with the district of Mitino and town of Krasnogorsk to the northwest of Moscow with the east of the Russian capital passing through the city centre...
, between Slavyansky Bulvar
Slavyansky Bulvar
Slavyansky Bulvar is a Moscow Metro station in the Kuntsevo District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between Kuntsevskaya and Park Pobedy stations...
and Kiyevskaya stations. At 84 metres underground, Park Pobedy is the deepest station in Moscow and the second deepest in the world by mean depth, after Kiev Metro
Kiev Metro
The Kiev Metro is a metro system that is the mainstay of Kiev's public transport. It was the first rapid transit system in Ukraine and the third one built in the USSR . It now has three lines with a total length of 63.7 kilometres and 49 stations...
's Arsenalna, and the very deepest station by maximum depth, 97 m. It also contains the longest escalators in Europe, each one is 126 metres long and has 740 steps. The escalator ride to the surface takes approximately three minutes.
Park Pobedy is actually a cross-platform complex
Cross-platform interchange
A cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines in a metro system. The term originates with the London Underground; such layouts exist in other networks but are not commonly so named...
with two separate, parallel platforms, though only the inner pair of tracks is presently used. When the construction was begun in 1986, plans called for this to be a transfer to the future Solntsevo-Mitischenskaya
Solntsevskaya Line
Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line is a future Moscow Metro line that will see the expansion of the metro to the Solntsevo District in Moscow.-First project - radius:...
and the Mitino-Butovskaya
Strogino-Mitino extension
The Strogino Mitino extension also known as the Strogino-Mition Line is one of the largest projects that Moscow Metro is currently embarked upon in the lengthening of the system and to serve the North-western Moscow Districts of Strogino and Mitino....
Chordial lines http://www.metro.ru/map/1989/metro.ru-1989map-big3.gif. The former were to use the two halls as a transfer to the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya whilst the latter would have a third perpendicular station. However the 1990s financial crises ended the Chordial projects and instead the Strogino-Mitino extension
Strogino-Mitino extension
The Strogino Mitino extension also known as the Strogino-Mition Line is one of the largest projects that Moscow Metro is currently embarked upon in the lengthening of the system and to serve the North-western Moscow Districts of Strogino and Mitino....
passed via Park Pobedy when opened in 2003 (2008). The second set of tracks will be used by the Solntsevskaya Line
Solntsevskaya Line
Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line is a future Moscow Metro line that will see the expansion of the metro to the Solntsevo District in Moscow.-First project - radius:...
when that is completed.
Trains arriving from Kievskaya
Kievskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya)
Kiyevskaya , named for the nearby Kiyevsky Rail Terminal, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1953, it is lavishly decorated in the quasi-baroque style that predominated in the early 1950s...
stop at the northern platform to drop off passengers before going into reversal sidings and coming back to the southern platform to pick up passengers for the trip back. This is the only Metro station where all passengers board and exit trains in different locations. A further complication: only the southern (inbound) platform has an entrance vestibule, so passengers arriving at the outbound platform must change platforms before exiting.
The two platforms work of architects Nataliya Shurygina and Nikolay Shumakov are of identical design but have opposite colour schemes, which creates a striking effect. The pylons of the outbound platform are faced with red marble on the transverse faces and pale grey marble on the longitudinal faces. The inbound platform is exactly the reverse. The station is adorned with two large enameled panels by Zurab Tsereteli
Zurab Tsereteli
Zurab Konstantines dze Tsereteli is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect who holds the office of President of the Russian Academy of Arts.- Life :...
depicting the Patriotic War of 1812 (at the end of the inbound platform) and the Great Patriotic War (on the outbound platform).
External links
- metro.ru — Park Pobedy station
- KartaMetro.info — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)
- Park Pobedy: 165th station of the Moscow Metro