Chkalovskaya (Moscow Metro)

Chkalovskaya (Russian Чкаловская (debate? / I ), scientific transliteration Čkalovskaja ) is a metro station Ljublinsko - Dmitrovskaya - line of the Moscow Metro. He was taken as part of the first phase of the line in operation on 28 December 1995 and presented to their northern extension on 30 August 2007 its northern terminus dar.

Description

The metro station is located in the east of Moscow center, 51 meters below the highway Semljanoi whale (Russian Земляной вал, literally " earth wall "), which is a section of the garden Around the historical center of Moscow. 1939-1992 was this road Ulitsa Tschkalowa in honor of the Soviet test pilot Valery Chkalov early, which then also - despite the back naming the street - decisive for the name of the subway station was. Very close access to the subway station is the reception building of the Kursk railway station and the subway station Kurskaja the Arbatsko - Pokrowskaja line and the same station on the circle line. From Chkalovskaya also consist of direct interchanges for these two stations. Access to Arbatsko - Pokrowskaja line is located at the northern end of the platform, access to the ticket hall and from there to the ring line or the output can be reached from the south end of the platform.

Architecture

The architectural features of the station Chkalovskaya, which was carried out under the direction of well-known underground architect Nina Aljoschina, one tied essentially to the traditions of the 1980s, which in comparison to stations of the 1960s and early 1970s again much more emphasis was placed on individuality and artistic component. Specifically, the platform hall of Chkalovskaya was held entirely in gray- blue tones that are not rare for Moscow Metro stations arcade -like pylon series show a panel from white to blue marble and the floor is made of black and gray granite slabs. Some style elements of the station were modeled according to its name, on the theme of aviation: the arched vault of the hall is capable of interacting with the also arcuate arrangement of lights to remember the interior of an aircraft fuselage or a hangar, and in addition the marble cladding above was two platform outputs patterned with stylized motifs that allude to, among other things Tschkalows North Pole overflight.