Novoyasenevskaya (), formerly Bittsevsky Park () is a Moscow Metro station in the

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. The station is southern terminus on the

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Name

The station was originally named Bittsevsky Park for the nearby

Bitsa Park Bitsevski Park (), or Bitsa Park, is one of the largest natural parks (forests) in Moscow, Russia. The park, traversed by the Chertanovka River and the Bitsa River, sprawls for some from north to south and covers an area of . The park is el ...

. On 3 June 2008, the city government issued a decree to rename the station to Novoyasenevskaya on 1 June 2009.

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was granted a one-year transition period to effect the change. The new name reflects the station's location in the Yasenevo District along Novoyasenovo Ulitsa. The reason for the change was the city wanted to transfer the Bittsevsky Park name to the

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on the Butovskaya line.

Building

The station was designed by architects N. Shumakov, G. Mun, and N. Shurygina and has a tri-vault column structure. Novoyasenevskaya station walls and pillars are faced with deep pink

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

and dark green metallic. Novoyasenevskaya has two entrances, but only one is in operation due to the relatively low number of passengers handled by the station each day. The active entrance is a part of a subway beneath Novoyasenevsky Avenue. The unused ground-level eastern vestibule sits further down the road, on the edge of the park. It is a round building, finished with grey marble and pinkish

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and topped with a disproportionately large

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. The exit stairs at the east end of the platform, which lead to this vestibule, are barricaded.

Transfer

Bittsevsky Park station of the Butovskaya Line opened on 27 February 2014, providing a transfer between the two lines.

Gallery

References

{{Moscow Metro Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1990 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia