“The army team has given the most Olympic awards and cups in the country - we have long deserved our metro station,” fans and representatives of CSKA noted the appearance of their favorite abbreviation on the capital’s metro map.
The new metro station is located approximately at the same distance from the main sports facilities of all CSKA teams. Nearby are the VEB Arena football stadium, the Megasport Palace and the CSKA Ice Sports Complex. Plus the army team's track and field arena.
The station is ready to serve 120 thousand people per day, during morning and evening rush hours - 12 thousand people per hour.
The final version is made in red and blue tones. The lobby features several statues depicting athletes from various sports.
The station was included in the first section of the Big Circle Line of the Moscow metro.
The presentation of the CSKA station was attended by representatives of the sports society, the general director of the football club Roman Babaev, and CSKA basketball players.
Sergei Ivanov also came to the opening together with Sergei Sobyanin.
Photo: Alexander Safonov, “Championship”
As stated by the Moscow City Hall, in addition to the construction of the station itself, the project provides for the improvement of the adjacent territory, which will be decorated with sculptures and life-size letters. The Studio of Military Artists named after. Grekova.
Photo: Alexander Safonov, “Championship”
The height of the sculptures in the lobby is about five meters. They will be installed on granite round pedestals-columns, each of which will be marked with the CSKA logo and the club’s abbreviation.
Photo: Alexander Safonov, “Championship”
They decided to name the station in honor of the “army” club at the request of the fans.
Photo: Alexander Safonov, “Championship”
The ceiling was decorated with paintings dedicated to various sports of the Army Central Sports Club. In addition to football players, passengers will see parachutists, equestrian athletes and sailboats descending from the sky.
Photo: Alexander Safonov, “Championship”
The images were applied to aluminum panels using computer color printing.
On February 26, the opening ceremony of the new Moscow metro station - CSKA - took place!
The station, located on Khodynskoye Pole near the VEB Arena, was opened along with four others that made up the first section of the Big Circle Line.
The ceremony was attended by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on environmental issues, ecology and transport Sergei Ivanov. PFC CSKA was represented at the ceremony by General Director Roman Babaev, Director of Public Relations and Information Policy Sergei Aksyonov, 3-time Russian champion and UEFA Cup winner Rolan Gusev and 1966 World Cup bronze medalist Vladimir Ponomarev.
Representatives of the CSKA sports society and the full basketball team also came to the opening of the metro.
“CSKA is the most recognizable and successful sports society in the country, army athletes brought a huge number of awards, including through the efforts of those who are present at the opening of the station today,” said Sergei Ivanov. - Historical justice has been restored, now, along with the Spartak and Dynamo stations, there is also a beautiful CSKA station in Moscow. And the fact that it is located next to the arenas of football, basketball and hockey clubs will only increase their attendance.”
Today, with the participation of our team, the CSKA metro station was inaugurated.
A new line of the Moscow metro connected Ramenki, Moscow City and Petrovsky Park. The long-awaited line, which crosses the popular blue, purple and green lines along the way, and even has a transition to the MCC (Shelepikha station) is simply obliged to help fans of army clubs. “We did the math: ten CSKA sports facilities are located in close proximity to the metro,” Sergei Ivanov noted at the ceremony. For our club, the main thing is that you can leisurely walk from the station exit to the entrances to Megasport and USC CSKA in five minutes. It’s a pity that winter is coming to an end; basketball fans would probably appreciate this convenience even this season, and would reward it with an increase in attendance.
The event, deep underground, brought together a large number of metro construction workers, representatives of army sports and journalists. Everyone was waiting for Sergei Sobyanin, who arrived exactly on schedule by train from Ramenki. The mayor's main task was to thank the metro construction workers - and many of the construction managers received honorary titles from the city authorities. Therefore, Sergei Ivanov spoke more about the importance of the station with this name, who, with the participation of army clubs, did a lot to ensure that our abbreviation appeared in the metro.
Representatives of all clubs came to the opening, but the basketball delegation was not only the largest, but also the most noticeable - for obvious anthropometric reasons. In fact, almost the entire team went underground (except for those who were absent for good reasons), led by the head coach, the entire club management and with the participation of the illustrious veteran, Olympic champion Alzhan Zharmukhamedov. And Viktor Khryapa received the most attention from journalists - after all, it was the captain who became the prototype for the statue of the CSKA basketball player, located in the center of the platform.
The station is already operating today, and it will be tested by our favorite sport in early spring. It all starts with the Euroleague – on March 9, the army team will host Unicaja, and on the 21st – Olympiacos. Let's go to basketball! © PBC CSKA
“Let's go along the Big Ring” - now this phrase will be used by passengers of the Moscow Metro. The first section, 10.5 km long, from the Petrovsky Park station to the Business Center was launched on February 26. Five new stations are located in the north-west of Moscow.
The first days of operation of the Big Circle Line: Fans attacked the CSKA station, and passengers got confused in navigation
Is this a continuation of the yellow line from the “Business Center”? – some passengers still don’t understand.
No, this is a new metro line - only 31 stations. Today, the first 5 stations were opened, employees of the Moscow Metro explain.
What color is the line?
Fragment of a turquoise line. The designations have already appeared on maps in carriages and on navigation at Moscow metro stations.
This is the same line that was called the Third Transfer Circuit. But Muscovites did not like this name, and before the opening of the first stations in the Active Citizen application, they voted for the new name “Big Circle Line” (BKL). And it really fits better - if you look at the map, the shape of the line resembles a ring. It is 69 km, 31 stations and 21 transfers to other subway stations and the MCC. It will be possible to complete all stations and completely close the ring in 2022-2023.
Let's go faster
Which stations can passengers already use? The first section consists of five stations: Petrovsky Park, CSKA, Khoroshevskaya, Shelipikha, and Delovoy Tsentr.
Today is a big historical event for Moscow. The first section of the Big Circle Metro Line is being introduced. This is one of the largest metro lines in the world, it will cover the middle parts of Moscow and make the districts much closer, and transport accessibility will be better. The overloaded Circle Line will be unloaded, radial directions. I wanted to thank the builders for the complex, hard work. There are even more tasks ahead; within 4-5 years we must build the entire ring line, make Moscow’s transport more modern and comfortable,” said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and presented letters of gratitude to the builders.
Thank you for restoring historical justice and, along with the Dynamo and Spartak stations, we also now have a CSKA station,” thanked the city mayor Sergei Ivanov, the President’s special representative for environmental and transport issues.
It is worth noting that building a metro in the center of Moscow is not an easy task. The work is complicated by groundwater, dense buildings, residential buildings and shopping centers. However, the Big Circle Line will radically increase the speed and comfort of metro travel. Previously, to change from one metro line to another, you had to go to the center to the Circle Line. Now travel time will be reduced by 20-30 minutes.
The new stations will reduce the load on existing metro lines, including the Circle Line. The expected passenger traffic will be more than 1 million per day.
Sports and office restraint
You need to go to the new stations (even if you don't need to go there) to see the modern design. The interior of each station is matched to the color of the line to which passengers will be able to transfer. At the Petrovsky Park station you get the impression that you are in a park - the columns are decorated with green marble in the shape of torches. From such “trees” it is easy to guess that the transition to the “green” (Zamoskvoretskaya) line, namely to the “Dynamo” station.
A stadium will be opened nearby and one Dynamo metro station would not be enough. And so the fans will come out after the football, and everyone will go to their own station. It should be convenient,” says passenger Andrey.
There is a truly sporting mood at the CSKA station - there are so many attributes, bronze sculptures of a basketball player, a hockey player, a skier and a football player. Even the letters “CSKA” on the platform are in the blue and red colors of the football club of the same name. Also attracting attention are paratroopers, sailboats and equestrian athletes descending from the sky.
What stylish metal columns, I admire.
It's not for the sake of design. They are capable of removing smoke from the platform in case of an emergency. The same ones will be at all new stations of the Big Ring, says Irina, an employee of the CSKA station.
By the way, at the Petrovsky Park station there are also special curtains on the “balconies” that will be pulled out in the event of a fire and will be able to urgently cut off the Petrovsky Park from the transition to Dynamo. The curtains themselves are made of special fabric that is resistant to smoke, gas and fire.
The brightest station from the first section is Shelepikha. Passengers are already comparing it to the color of a bee. The platform is decorated in yellow, white and black marble, and the entrances to the station are in the same colors.
The airy effect is created by the purple columns at the Khoroshevskaya station. By the way, this is the second station after Troparevo, where the letter “ё” is used in the name. The station's feature is also in its creative design - the eastern lobby is decorated with compositions in the spirit of Malevich's works. There will be a parking lot next to the station where you can leave your car.
It's so convenient. You can immediately get into the area of the Afimall shopping and entertainment complex and make purchases,” rejoices passenger Inna at the Delovoy Tsentr station.
The design of the Delovoy Tsentr station is reminiscent of an office - metal panels, glass railings for pedestrian balconies, light niches, and blue panels to match the color of the Filevskaya Line. It is worth understanding that this design was not chosen by chance - the Moscow City complex is nearby.
From the station you can transfer to the Delovoy Tsentr station of the same name on the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line, as well as to the Vystavochnaya station on the Filevskaya line.
First section of the BKL:
- “Business Center” (transfer to the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line, as well as the “Vystavochnaya” Filevskaya line);
- “Shelepikha” (transfer to the Shelepikha MCC platform);
- “Khoroshevskaya” (transfer to “Polezhaevskaya” Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line and MCC Khoroshevo station);
- “Petrovsky Park” (transfer to “Dynamo” Zamoskvoretskaya line).
BY THE WAY
"Rzhevskaya" began to be built
The construction of the Rzhevskaya station on the Big Circle Line of the metro began recently. The site for the lobby is already ready, which will be located in the park of Rizhskaya Square. Rzhevskaya will become one of three deep stations on the Big Circle Line. The other two are Nizhnyaya Maslovka and Sheremetyevskaya.
PLANS
2019 – commissioning of the section from Petrovsky Park station to Nizhnyaya Maslovka;
2020-2021 - trains will travel from the Aviamotornaya station to Rubtsovskaya and from the Khoroshevskaya station to Mnevniki;
2022 – trains will run from Rubtsovskaya to Nizhnyaya Maslovka, from Mnevniki to Nizhegorodskaya. The ring will close completely.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
What is your favorite metro station and why?
Petr SHKUMATOV, public figure:
I have “Tula”. There are still places nearby where you can park a car.
Georgy GORODETSKY, member of the Russian Civil Society:
I’m looking forward to the opening of the Rasskazovka station, the interior of which will resemble a library reading room.
Egor KHOLMOGOROV, philosopher, publicist:
- "Komsomolskaya" - there is an icon of Russian history on the panel - and the "Salaryevo" station - made it easier for me to leave the region.
Vladimir MAMONTOV, general director of the radio station “Moscow Speaks”:
Once, a friend and I sat at the VTO restaurant, and then went to Lenkom to see a performance that seemed funny to us. Pushed out by the usherettes during intermission for this, for some reason they ended up on Revolution Square, where they fell asleep on the old benches. We were not taken anywhere or robbed. We rode up the escalator at night and sang: “Everything in the world can be good.”
Vyacheslav DANILOV, political scientist:
- “Marxist” and “Ilyich Square” - for remaining faithful to the revolution! "Mayakovskaya" - for Deineka.
I love the Vykhino metro station. It was called “Zhdanovskaya”, they began to build it in a field where cows grazed. Oh, how many dates took place on these windswept platforms!
Maria METLITSKAYA, writer:
My favorites were “Novoslobodskaya” with stained glass windows, “Mayakovskaya” with stunning frescoes on the ceiling and “Revolution Square”.
In Moscow, the first section of the Big Circle Line of the metro, a new line that was previously called the Third Interchange Circuit, has opened its doors. Five new stations have been opened - Petrovsky Park, CSKA, Khoroshevskaya, Shelepikha and Delovoy Tsentr. The Nizhnyaya Maslovka station is being completed and will also be put into operation this year. The authorities promise to complete all other sections of the new ring line within four to five years. Around the same time, the first lines of the Moscow Central Diameters system will be launched.
- "Petrovsky Park"
Where is it located: Airport district, near the Dynamo stadium.
From the Dynamo station of the Zamoskvoretskaya line, through the passage along the street (an underground passage is expected in 2019).
Where are the exits: to Leningradsky Prospekt, to Petrovsky Park and Dynamo Stadium.
- "CSKA"
Where is it located: Khodynskoye Field, near the VEB Arena stadium.
Where can you transfer from: from the Sorge MCC station (located within walking distance).
Where are the exits: to the Megasport Sports Palace, to the new park on Khodynskoye Field.
- "Khoroshevskaya"
Where is it located: on Khoroshevskoye Highway, between Kuusinen and 4th Magistralnaya streets.
Where can you transfer from: from the Polezhaevskaya station of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line and from the Khoroshevo station of the MCC.
Where are the exits: on both sides of Khoroshevskoye Highway, to Kuusinen Street.
- "Shelepikha"
Where is it located: at the intersection of Shmitovsky Proezd and Shelepikhinskoe Highway.
Where can you transfer from: from the Shelepikha station of the MCC and from the Testovskaya platform of the Smolensk direction of the Moscow Railway.
Where are the exits: on Shmitovsky proezd and Shelepikhinskoe highway.
- "Business center"
Where is it located: Moscow City Center
Where can you transfer from: from the stations “Vystavochnaya” of the Filevskaya line, “Delovoy Tsentr” of the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line, from the station “Delovoy Tsentr” of the MCC.
Where are the exits: to the Afimall shopping center, to the Expocentre, to Krasnopresnenskaya embankment.
The new stations became part of the first section of the new Big Circle Line (BCL). At the design stage, this line was called the Third Interchange Circuit; the name was changed during the voting in the “Active Citizen”. In 2018 The mayor's office promises to open the Nizhnyaya Maslovka station; it is now in the final stages of construction. For 2019 As part of the BCL, it is planned to open the Aviamotornaya-Lefortovo-Rubtsovskaya section (located in the east). In 2020 The ring should be launched in its entirety, a total of 31 new stations will be available to passengers, reports the Moscow construction portal. It is curious that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said at the opening of the BCL that the entire ring line would be built “within four to five years,” that is, in 2022–2023.
The launch of the new line, judging by social networks, raised many questions among residents. The fact is that on the new section of the BCL, trains run along two routes - “Petrovsky Park” - “Business Center” and “Petrovsky Park” - “Ramenki” (in the latter case, the BCL is, as it were, part of the yellow, Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line) .
Passengers, in turn, must pay attention to where the train is going according to the display on the head car. The metro has already promised to install monitors with information at stations, but so far there are none.
In addition, the Delovoy Tsentr station as part of the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line is temporarily closed, but its “backup” station as part of the BKL is open. This means, for example, that previously it was possible to travel in a straight line from Victory Park to the Business Center, but now you need to change trains at Shelepikha. “Such a scheme will confuse not just visitors, but many locals,” writes user Sergio Gaudi on the Moscow Transport page in
Yesterday in Moscow the grand opening of the first five stations of the Big Circle Metro Line (officially) and the second five stations of the Big Circle Line (really) took place. The history of this entire construction is so complicated that even I, with my knowledge of metro construction, managed to stir up confusion among LiveJournal users with a recent entry about the Delovoy Tsentr station.
Five stations were opened on the new metro line, four of which were interchange stations and only one made it possible to reach new passengers and increase the walking distance of the capital’s subway. CSKA fans in various sports and visitors to the Aviapark shopping center were lucky. It is this station that we will talk about today.
1. The CSKA station opened on the territory of the Khodynskoye Pole park, near Khodynsky Boulevard, 1st and 2nd Khodynskoye Proezds. The project was called Khodynskoye Field. At some point in time, this metro line could even have received the name Khodynskaya, but plans and the name changed. 
2. It received its current name at the request of the CSKA sports society, whose facilities are located in the area. The desire to name this station in honor of the “army” club arose among officials, the owner of FC CSKA and a number of fans after the opening in the capital of the Spartak stations on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line and Lokomotiv on the Moscow Central Circle. Officially, a letter was even sent with a request to assign a name, but the numbers in it were funny: 8 thousand 72 people. 
3. First of all, we are talking about the CSKA football club. The VEB Arena stadium, which is home to the red-blues, recently opened. At the official opening of the metro station, the club's management expressed the hope that the opening of the station would increase the attendance of the football club. Convenience is out of the question. From the exit from the metro station to the nearest point of the stadium is 18 minutes on foot (Yandex data). From Sokol metro station 20 minutes, from MCC Sorge station only 8 minutes. But, as we all know, a metro station is many times more prestigious than a city train station. Toponymy suffers, but it is no longer used to it. 
4. The history of this area will remember 3 main facts. Historians will first of all remember the massacre on Khodynka during the celebration of the coronation of Nicholas II. All aviation enthusiasts, airplane passengers and aerospace industry employees will recall that the first Moscow airport was located here, and the most famous airline enterprises bearing the names of Sergei Ilyushin and Pavel Sukhoi still operate around it. Sports fans will talk about the slave sports palace Megasport and the nearby USC CSKA and the Athletics Arena. I have already mentioned the football stadium. The entrance to the rest of the CSKA complex of buildings remains from the Airport metro station. It's much closer and more convenient there. 
5. The design of the station uses 4 bronze sculptures created by the studio of military artists named after M. B. Grekov. Each of them has its own prototype, but in life they will be remembered for their sports: football player, skier, basketball player and hockey player. 
6. All figures are installed on high pedestals, “elevating” athletes above ordinary people. And despite the very good figures, they are not striking and get lost at certain angles with a dark background. In any case, this is an interesting solution. 
7. The station has a three-span column structure. Laying depth is 28 meters. The design uses marble and granite, classic for the Moscow metro, complemented by aluminum panels. 
8. One exit leads to the Aviapark shopping center, the second exit is located near building 7 on Khodynsky Boulevard. 
9. It was this station that was chosen by the metro management for ceremonial procedures with the invitation of the federal media, so modern navigation was installed here on all elements except the track walls. There is a huge diagram in the center of the station. 
10. Another interesting element is the list of stations to which traffic is carried out on each of the tracks. For the first time, these circuits have backlighting on the column, making them stand out when entering the station. 
11. It is curious that there were some mistakes here too. Vystavochnaya station unexpectedly changed the color of the line, and the designation of transfers from Khoroshevskaya looks very controversial. 
12. I really wanted to make my report not only interesting, but also useful. However, there were no changes in public transport. Near the CSKA metro station, only bus 818 goes towards the Dynamo metro station. All other routes are located at a distance and are inconvenient to use. Changes in route traffic should be combined with the opening of travel along Khodynsky Boulevard. This street was built many years ago, but has not yet been fully opened. The area does not have many traffic difficulties. There were even rumors that residents of this area were against the opening of this street. Even so. nothing prevents you from using it exclusively for public transport. 
13. In addition to statues, the CSKA station also has an unusual design of the vestibules. To get to know her, we will go towards the Aviapark. Those who are attentive may notice that the escalators installed here do not have a wide distance between them. According to the old standards and with the old escalators, only 3 escalators would fit here, but there are four of them. 
14. For the first time in the Moscow metro, escalators are located similar to a shopping center on several levels. Previously, when transferring or leaving some deep stations, you could use two escalators and a corridor between them. Here, three escalators are located in a single glass. 
15. The intermediate platforms between them slightly stretch out the passenger flow, which will be important for sporting events. At first glance this is a little strange. I am more than sure that such a decision will not please some. 
16. However, there is one thing that can break their dissatisfaction with other discontent of other categories of passengers. 
17. I'm talking about the elevator! Do you remember how deep the station is? 28 meters! For comparison, the depth of stations in the city center ranges mainly from 30 to 40 meters. For comparison: Barrikadnaya - 30 meters, Kitay-Gorod - 29 meters, University - 27 meters. The solution with multi-tier escalators allows you to install an elevator in a single space. Who will be more numerous: supporters of comfortable elevators or opponents of multi-tiered escalators? 
18. It’s nice to see that the station’s lobby is above ground. 
19. Exit towards Aviapark and LCD Liner. 
20. The construction site and the park on the field are not yet finished, so it’s worth returning here in the summer. 
21. And it has already become a little more convenient for visitors to the Aviapark. No need for buses from metro stations anymore. The entrance to the shopping center from the metro is located near Auchan and is located on the 1st floor of the parking lot. 
22. That's all for today. The CSKA station turned out to be good and memorable. I understand that my words may contain a certain amount of irony and certain dissatisfaction, but that’s why we are all different, to have different opinions. 
Did you like this station? What's good? What's wrong? Maybe it’s worth adding some more explanations to the text?
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