Babushkinskaya

Babushkinskaya (Russian: Бабушкинская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Babushkinsky District, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It was opened on September 29, 1978 as a part of the VDNKh – Medvedkovo sector. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between Sviblovo and Medvedkovo stations after the commissioning of which there were 107 stations in the Moscow Metro.

For other uses, see Babushkinsky.
Babushkinskaya

Бабушкинская
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationBabushkinsky District
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55.8694°N 37.6644°E / 55.8694; 37.6644
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s) Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeShallow single-vault
Depth10 metres (33 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code087
History
Opened29 September 1978 (1978-09-29)
Passengers
200926,963,645
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Sviblovo
towards Novoyasenevskaya
 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Medvedkovo
Terminus
Location
Babushkinskaya
Location within Moscow Metro

Name

Babsuhkinskaya was named after Babushkinsky District where the station is located, which in turn was named after Mikhail Babushkin, a polar aviator.

On March 29, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic in Russia, the management of the Moscow Metro temporarily renamed the station to "DomaBabushkinskaya" (Russian: Домабабушкинская), meaning "Grandmother at home", to remind the citizens of Moscow to keep their elderly parents at home.[1]

Design

Babushkinskaya is a single vault-type station, elliptical in cross-section with slightly canted, grey marble side walls. All of the signs and light fixtures are attached to the ceiling, so the platform is completely open except for a few minimalist benches located along the central axis. At the end of the platform, above the exit stairs, is a sculpture by A. M. Mosichuk commemorating Babushkin's Arctic flight.

Entrances

The entrances to the station are located at the intersection of Yeniseyskaya and Menzhinskogo Streets.

References
  1. Новости, Р.И.А. (March 29, 2022). "Московское метро "переименовало" две станции из-за коронавируса". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-01-11.
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