Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line is the seventh branch of the Moscow Metro. On the maps of the metropolitan subway, it is indicated by the lucky number 7 and is graphically represented in purple. This line is amazing. In addition to being one of the busiest lines of the Moscow metro, and despite the fact that almost all of its stations are unique and have no other underground counterparts, this is the only line of the Moscow metro that is located entirely on one side of the Moscow River and does not never crossing it (not taking into account the short Kakhovskaya line, consisting of only three stations). About each of the stopping points on it, you can tell many interesting stories to an inquisitive traveler. And one of them is Polezhaevskaya metro station.
Origin
The metropolitan subway was built in stages, in parts. The same applies to the purple branch (Zhdanovsko-Krasnopresnenskaya at that time). On December 30, 1972, when the Polezhaevskaya metro station first opened, this line did not yet exist, but there were only two separate radii:"Taganskaya-Zhdanovskaya" (the former name of the station "Vykhino") and "Barrikadnaya-Oktyabrskoye Pole", which included a new stopping point. The name of the station was given in honor of Vasily Dementievich Polezhaev, Hero of Socialist Labor, foreman of sinkers and later head of the Moscow metro construction. This is evidenced by a memorial plaque in one of the vestibules of the station.
Station name
Without exaggeration, we can say that "Polezhaevskaya" is a unique metro station and the only one of its kind in the Moscow subway. It has two platforms and as many as three railway tracks for the supply of passenger trains. The station lobby is one of the widest in the metropolitan metro and is second only to the Partizanskaya station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line in transverse size. The station was put into operation at a time when the city was actively developing, sleeping areas grew like mushrooms after rain, Moscow was growing and expanding.
Metro "Polezhaevskaya" is one of those stations that was named not for its urban or geographical location. There are few such stations in Moscow, but they do exist. For example, the station "Kropotkinskaya" or the same "Partizanskaya". Although the project names of the station "Khoroshevskaya" and "Ulitsa Kuusinen" could be, and in 1992 the metro station "Polezhaevskaya" was practically renamed into"Khoroshevskaya" (there are even diagrams where it is so designated), she managed to keep her original historical name.
Transfer station
Station vestibules lead to the same Kuusinen street and Khoroshevskoye highway. From here, proposals appeared for linking it to the city plan. Moreover, the convenient territorial location of the station was noticed by the leaders back in the days of the Union republics. According to the project of the architects of that time, the station was supposed to become a transfer hub, and a special third track was intended for a promising branch, which was supposed to go to Serebryany Bor. And although the plans of the leaders of the proletariat were not destined to come true, since the project was rejected by the highest authority, the Polezhaevskaya metro station will nevertheless become a transfer hub, and the third way will be reactivated for passengers, putting it into operation for its intended purpose and plan of the designers. Since 2017, it is planned to launch a branch of the third interchange circuit through Polezhaevskaya, linking it with the already designed Khoroshevskaya station.
A screen test
Currently, the third track of the station is not used for its intended purpose. Almost all the filming of films and TV shows, the moments of which take place in the subway, take place here. This fully applies to commercials as well. The idle platform and the railway track are very famous among directors and stage directors. After all, for filming in the Moscow subwayyou always have to coordinate a huge number of documents and get mountains of permits. In the case of Polezhaevskaya, everything is much simpler. The third track is being leased to filmmakers under a specially designed standard contract.
Design and architecture
The Polezhaevskaya metro station on the map of Moscow is located between the stops Begovaya and Oktyabrskoye Pole. It is shallow with a depth of only 10 meters from the surface. The station is columned, three-span with an increased step between the bearing columns, 25 pieces in one row. The exit to the famous third way goes from the second way by a turnout, and its length is 340 meters. The third path is a dead end. The modern look of the station was designed by architects L. N. Popov, A. F. Fokina, as well as design engineer N. M. Silina.
Columns in the shape of a regular octahedron in cross section are finished with white and yellow marble of different shades and are located in the center of each platform. The walls of the tracks are lined with glazed white ceramic tiles, and the floor is made of non-staining gray granite. Passage halls and ticket sales halls are finished with gray granite. "Polezhaevskaya" is a metro station that was mentioned in the world-famous novel by D. Glukhovsky "Metro 2033".
