Likhobory (russian: Лихоборы) is a station on the

Moscow Central Circle The Moscow Central Circle or MCC (russian: Московское центральное кольцо, МЦК), designated Line 14 and marked in a strawberry red/white color is a orbital urban/metropolitan rail line that encircles historical M ...

of the

Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first und ...

that opened in September 2016.

Name

Likhobory station shares its name with a station on the Little Ring railway line and

Verkhniye Likhobory Verkhniye Likhobory (russian: Верхние Лихоборы, lit. ''Upper Likhobory'') is a station on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line of the Moscow Metro between Okruzhnaya and Seligerskaya stations. The extension of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovs ...

, a station on the

Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line The Lyublinsko–Dmitrovskaya line (russian: Любли́нско-Дми́тровская ли́ния, ) (Line 10) is a line of the Moscow Metro. It was known as "Lyublinskaya line" () before 2007. First opened in 1995 as a semi-chordial radius ...

. The name is derived from an area north of Moscow along the Likhoborka River. The station's name during construction was Nikolaevskaya, but was changed by the city prior to the opening of the line.

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