Ploshchad Gagarina (Russian: Площадь Гагарина, Gagarin's Square) is a station on the Moscow Central Circle of the Moscow Metro. The station offers a free direct transfer to Leninsky Prospekt of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Ploshchad Gagarina is the only underground station on the Moscow Central Circle line.[1]
Ploshchad Gagarina Площадь Гагарина | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 55°42′26″N 37°35′09″E / 55.7071°N 37.5858°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Moscow Central Circle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 September 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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After its first month of service, the station was the most used on the line with daily ridership of 25,800 passengers. The second most heavily used station was Vladykino with 18,300 passengers.[1] As of January 2017, the station remains the most heavily trafficked on the line.[2]
Gallery
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Underground interchange to Leninsky Prospekt station (Line 6) -
Standalone entrance to the station -
Park-like setup of benches near the entrance (the park is elevated above the surrounding streets)
References
edit- ^ a b "Станция "Площадь Гагарина" стала самой популярной на МЦК". MosGorTrans. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "Число поездок по МЦК превысило 32,5 млн с момента запуска магистрали". Moscow Government Information Center. 2017-10-27.
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