Timiryazevskaya (Moscow Metro)

For other uses, see Timiryazevsky (disambiguation).
Timiryazevskaya
Тимирязевская
Moscow Metro station
Coordinates 55°49′03″N 37°34′35″E / 55.8176°N 37.5765°E / 55.8176; 37.5765Coordinates: 55°49′03″N 37°34′35″E / 55.8176°N 37.5765°E / 55.8176; 37.5765
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)  9  Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type deep level single-vault
Depth 63.5 metres (208 ft)
Platform levels 1
Parking No
Other information
Station code 134
History
Opened 1 March 1991 (1991-03-01)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
toward  Altufyevo
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
Location
Timiryazevskaya
Location within Moscow Ring Road

Timiryazevskaya (Russian: Тимиря́зевская) is a station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It is named after the neighboring Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. Its depth is 63.5 m; it is the only deep level single-vault type station and the second deepest in the Moscow Metro. It was opened on March 7, 1991 as a part of a major northern extension of the line.

Timiryazevskaya has exits to Dmitrovskoye Highway and the Timiryazevskaya station of the Savyolovo railway. The station provides transfer to commuter trains serving destinations to the north of Moscow. The western terminus of the Moscow Monorail line is located near the entrance to the station. Daily passenger flow is about 60,000.


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