Komsomolskaya (Sokolnicheskaya Line)
Komsomolskaja ( Russian Комсомольская ) is the name of a station on the Moscow Metro on the Sokolnicheskaya Line (also known as "Line 1" or "Red Line"). It was opened on May 15, 1935, making it one of the 13 oldest stations on the Moscow metro network.
location
The station is located below Komsomolskaya Square, which gives it its name, at the northeast end of central Moscow . The three long-distance train stations Yaroslavl , Kazan and Leningrad as well as the regional train station Kalantschowskaja are located directly at this place and thus near the metro station .
The Komsomolskaya station has two entrances and exits. The southern exit leads directly to the reception building of the Kazan train station, while the northern exit leads to the opposite side of the square, where the other three train stations are located. In the area of the northern exit there is also the option of changing to the station of the same name on the metro ring line . There is also a common entrance building with this station, which is located exactly between the reception buildings of the Yaroslavl and Leningrad train stations. This building was erected in 1952 when the Koltsevaya Line station was being built.
architecture
Even if the architecture of the Komsomolskaya cannot be compared with the extremely splendid train stations on the ring line (including the transfer station of the same name), it has some special features. Particularly noticeable about the 155-meter-long and 16.8-meter-wide platform hall are the two galleries that extend exactly above the tracks along them. Via these galleries, for example, you can get from the north to the south exit and vice versa, which has a significant effect on the platform of this station, which is potentially very busy.
As is typical for the Moscow Metro, the platform is a central platform . The walls above the two tracks with their ceramic cladding are kept in the very simple style of the stations of the first construction phase of the Moscow Metro. The ceiling is supported by square columns made of yellow-brown marble that divide the platform evenly into three rows.
Komsomolskaya the then relatively young architect Dmitri Chechulin, a graduate of the School of Art was designed Vkhutemas , posing as a student of the renowned architect Alexei Shchusev (u which the neighboring Komsomolskaya Kolzewaja. A. Built) understand. Overall, the construction of the station took almost two years to the day, with enormous geological difficulties at times. Unlike, for example, the Arbatskaya station, which was built at the same time , the Komsomolskaya was built using the cut-and-cover method, which was a particular logistical challenge in view of the high traffic load on Komsomolskaya Square (also known as the “Three Stations Square”).
In the transition area to Komsomolskaya-Kolzewaja, there are mosaics on the walls based on a design by the well-known painter Yevgeny Lansere . There you can see motifs for the construction of the metro station, whereby the heroic commitment of the volunteers involved is expressed above all. Like the entire first construction phase of the Moscow metro, the Komsomolskaya station was built mainly with the help of unskilled laborers, most of them young Komsomol members who were involved on a voluntary basis and who saw the work on the construction site of the metro as an extraordinary honor.
See also
Web links
- Komsomolskaya on the Moscow Metro Official Website (Russian)
- Detailed description on metro.molot.ru (Russian)
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Coordinates: 55 ° 46 ′ 34 ″ N , 37 ° 39 ′ 32 ″ E