Medvedkovo (Moscow Metro)

Medvedkovo Медведково
Moscow Metro station
Location	Severnoye Medvedkovo District North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Coordinates	55°53′14″N 37°39′41″E / 55.8872°N 37.6613°E / 55.8872; 37.6613Coordinates: 55°53′14″N 37°39′41″E / 55.8872°N 37.6613°E / 55.8872; 37.6613
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	6  Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Shallow pillar tri-span
Depth	10 metres (33 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	086
History
Opened	30 September 1978 (1978-09-30)
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	27,646,925
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Babushkinskaya toward  Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line Terminus
Route map Legend Medvedkovo Yauza River Babushkinskaya Sviblovo yard Sviblovo Botanichesky Sad  14  (OSI) VDNKh  13  (OSI) Alekseyevskaya Rizhskaya Prospekt Mira  5  Sukharevskaya Turgenevskaya  1   10  Kitay-gorod  7  Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Tretyakovskaya  2   8  Oktyabrskaya  5  Shabolovskaya Leninsky Prospekt  14  (OSI) Akademicheskaya Profsoyuznaya Novye Cheryomushki Kaluzhskaya (closed) Kaluzhskoye yard Kaluzhskaya Belyayevo Konkovo Tyoply Stan Yasenevo Novoyasenevskaya  12
Location
Medvedkovo Location within Moscow Ring Road

Medvedkovo (Russian: Медведково) is a Moscow Metro station in Severnoye 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.

Medvekovo platform