Turgenevskaya

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

Turgenevskaya Тургеневская
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Krasnoselsky District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7661°N 37.6374°E / 55.7661; 37.6374
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Connections	Trolleybus: 9, 48 Tram: A, 3, 39
Construction
Depth	49 metres (161 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	095
History
Opened	5 January 1972 (1972-01-05)
Passengers
2002	18,104,000
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Kitay-gorod towards Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Sukharevskaya towards Medvedkovo Lubyanka towards Potapovo 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 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
Location Turgenevskaya Location within Central Moscow

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.

Departing train on the platform