Turgenevskaya

55°45′58″N 37°38′15″E / 55.7661°N 37.6374°E / 55.7661; 37.6374Owned byMoskovsky MetropolitenLine(s) Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya linePlatforms1Tracks2ConnectionsTrolleybus: 9, 48
Tram: A, 3, 39ConstructionDepth49 metres (161 ft)Platform levels1ParkingNoOther informationStation code095HistoryOpened5 January 1972; 52 years ago (1972-01-05)Passengers200218,104,000 Services

Preceding station	Moscow Metro			Following station
Kitay-gorod towards Novoyasenevskaya		Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line		Sukharevskaya towards Medvedkovo
Lubyanka towards Kommunarka		Sokolnicheskaya line transfer at Chistye Prudy		Krasnye Vorota towards Bulvar Rokossovskogo
Trubnaya towards Fiztekh		Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line transfer at Sretensky Bulvar		Chkalovskaya towards Zyablikovo

Route map

Legend Medvedkovo Yauza River Babushkinskaya Sviblovo yard Sviblovo Botanichesky Sad VDNKh Alekseyevskaya Rizhskaya Prospekt Mira Sukharevskaya Turgenevskaya Kitay-gorod Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Tretyakovskaya Oktyabrskaya Shabolovskaya () Leninsky Prospekt Akademicheskaya () Profsoyuznaya Novye Cheryomushki Kaluzhskaya (closed) Kaluzhskoye yard Kaluzhskaya Belyayevo Konkovo Tyoply Stan Yasenevo Novoyasenevskaya This diagram: view talk edit

Location

Turgenevskaya (Russian: Турге́невская) is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro.

Name

It was named after Turgenevskaya Square, to which the entrances to the station lead; the square itself was named after a Russian novelist and playwright Ivan Turgenev.

Design

The station was designed by Ivan Taranov, Yu. Vdovin, and I. Petukhova and opened on 5 January 1972. Turgenevskaya has simple white marble pylons which follow the curve of the station tube and a ceiling composed of reinforced plastic panels. Metal cornices run the length of the station along the base of the ceiling. The walls, which are faced with white and black marble, are decorated with chased brass panels by Kh. Rysin and D. Bodniek.

Transfers

From this station, passengers can transfer to Sokolnicheskaya Line at Chistye Prudy station and to Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line at Sretensky Bulvar station.