Alexandrovsky Sad
Alexandrowski Sad ( Russian Александровский сад ; literally translated: Alexander Garden ) is a subway station of the Moscow Metro . It was opened on May 15, 1935, making it one of the oldest stations on the Moscow metro system. Today it is one of the three terminal stations of the ("light blue") Filjowskaja line .
Location and dates
The Alexandrowski Sad metro station is one of the most centrally located Moscow metro stations: its eastern entrance is located in the Alexander Garden , after which it was named, only a few dozen meters from the wall of the Moscow Kremlin . The main entrance, a little further to the west, is integrated into the building of the Russian State Library . Due to the location of the station right in the heart of Moscow, a number of other sights are within walking distance: in addition to the Kremlin and Alexander Gardens, Red Square , the old building of Lomonosov University , Tverskaya Street and others.
The station itself is seven meters below the surface and is one of the flattest underground metro stations in Moscow. It is also part of the only four-station interchange on the Moscow Metro: From here, you can change to Biblioteka imeni Lenina on line 1 , Arbatskaya on line 3 and Borovitskaya on line 9 . The latter, however, has not yet been reached via a direct crossing, but only via the Arbatskaja or Biblioteka imeni Lenina stations.
In contrast to its original use as a through station, Alexandrowski Sad is now the terminus of the Filjovskaya line. The trains turn around directly on the platform, as the tracks east of the station do not offer any turning options.
Architecture and special features
The most striking stand-alone feature of Alexandrovsky Sad is the fact that it is the only underground Moscow metro station with two side platforms instead of one wide central platform. Alexandrowski Sad owes this peculiarity above all to its location in the immediate vicinity of the Kremlin and in the midst of a multitude of underground lines and corridors that did not allow the construction of a normal central platform in this area. This is also the reason why the station is in a curve, which can be seen from the slight curvature of the two platforms. Otherwise, the station is designed relatively simply by Moscow standards; Its most noticeable architectural feature is the slightly curved bridge in the central area that connects the two platforms. In addition, you can get from one platform to the other through an underpass at the eastern end of the platform hall. The exits and crossings to other stations can also be reached from there and from the central area of the station. The two staircases at the western end of the platforms were built as an advance payment for a possible additional station exit, but have not yet been used.
While the southern platform, which is closest to the exit and crossings, is generally served by trains that use the main line of the Filjovskaya line ( i.e. to Kunzewskaya ), the “more remote” and therefore less used northern platform is primarily used for trains who drive the much less busy junction from Kievskaya to Meschdunarodnaja every 15 minutes. At times of heavy traffic, however, occasional trains to Kunzewskaja stop on the northern platform, while the northern platform is completely closed at times with particularly low passenger traffic. Before 2005, when the branch to Mezhdunarodnaya was put into operation, the northern platform of Alexandrovsky Sad was only served on weekdays at peak times.
The tunnel section east of Alexandrowski Sad is only used for business trips outside the opening times of the metro. There are rail connections to the Sokolnitscheskaja and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaja lines.
history
The station opened on May 15, 1935 as part of the first construction phase of the Moscow Metro. Originally the station was called Ulitsa Kominterna (literally " Comintern Street ", as the official name of Vozdvishka Street, under which the station is located, was at that time). When the first construction phase was opened, trains ran on part of today's Sokolnitscheskaya line from Sokolniki to Park Kultury , and also a branch of this line from Okhotny Ryad to Smolenskaya (later to Kievskaya ). Today's Alexandrowski Sad station was the first after Okhotny Ryad, which was on this branch line.
In 1938, the route of the metro in the center of Moscow was modified: with the opening of the first section of today's Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line , trains arriving in Alexandrovsky Sad from the west no longer continued to Okhotny Ryad, but instead via the new connecting track (the today only exists as a service connection to the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line) to Ploshchad Revolyuzii and from there to the Kursk train station . In the same year, a direct crossing was set up from Alexandrowski Sad to the Biblioteka imeni Lenina station, which was not needed as a branch while the line was in operation.
In 1946, Alexandrowski Sad received a new entrance vestibule, which is integrated into the building of the Russian State Library and which still exists today. In the same year the station in Kalininskaya was renamed in honor of the recently deceased statesman Mikhail Kalinin .
On April 5, 1953, with the commissioning of the section of today's Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line from Ploshchad Revoljuzii to Kievskaya , which essentially duplicated the route from Alexandrowsky Sad via Smolenskaya to Kievskaya, the former line 1 branch and thus also the Kalininskaja station decommissioned and only used technically for the next five years. It was not until November 7, 1958, when the line was reactivated and, now as the Filjowskaya line , extended to Kutuzovskaya , that Kalininskaya was reopened and has since been the eastern terminus of this line.
The Alexandrowski Sad station has had its current name since November 5, 1990, when a large number of the Moscow metro stations, which had previously had ideologically motivated names, were renamed at the same time.
Expansion planning
In the long term, the establishment of a direct transition from Alexandrowski Sad to Borovitskaya is planned. The now unused staircase at the western end of the platform could be used for this.
See also
Web links
- Alexandrowski Sad on the official website of the Moscow Metro. Archived from the original ; Retrieved September 28, 2018 (Russian).
- Description on metro.ru . Retrieved September 28, 2018 (Russian).
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Coordinates: 55 ° 45 ′ 8.3 " N , 37 ° 36 ′ 38" E