Kurskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line)

Coordinates: 55°45′27″N 37°39′28″E / 55.7576°N 37.6577°E / 55.7576; 37.6577
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Kurskaya

Курская
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationKursky railway station square
Basmanny District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°45′27″N 37°39′28″E / 55.7576°N 37.6577°E / 55.7576; 37.6577
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus: B, Bk, 40, 78
Tram: B, 20, 24
Construction
Structure typePylon station
Depth30.7 metres (101 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code046
History
Opened13 March 1938; 86 years ago (1938-03-13)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Ploshchad Revolyutsii Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Baumanskaya
Komsomolskaya
anticlockwise / outer
Koltsevaya line
transfer at Kurskaya
Taganskaya
clockwise / inner
Sretensky Bulvar
towards Fiztekh
Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line
transfer at Chkalovskaya
Rimskaya
towards Zyablikovo
Location
Kurskaya is located in Central Moscow
Kurskaya
Kurskaya
Location within Central Moscow

Kurskaya (Russian: Курская) is a station on the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow Metro.

Name[edit]

It is named for the Kursky railway station located nearby.

Building[edit]

Designed by L. M. Polyakov and completed in 1938, the station has tiled walls and gray marble pylons with sconce light fixtures and circular ventilation grilles.

Transfers[edit]

From this station it is possible to transfer to Kurskaya on the Koltsevaya line and Chkalovskaya on the Lyublinskaya line.

Station platform of Kurskaya