Medvedkovo (Moscow Metro)

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.

Medvedkovo Медведково
Moscow Metro station
Location	Severnoye Medvedkovo District North-Eastern Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.8872°N 37.6613°E
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	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
Passengers
2009	27,646,925
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Babushkinskaya toward Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Terminus
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 (Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line) Profsoyuznaya Novye Cheryomushki Kaluzhskaya (closed) Kaluzhskoye yard Kaluzhskaya Belyayevo Konkovo Tyoply Stan Yasenevo Novoyasenevskaya
Location
Medvedkovo Location within Moscow Metro

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