Prospekt Mira (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line)

Prospekt Mira (Russian: Проспект Мира) is a station on the Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line of the Moscow Metro. It was designed by V. Lebedev and P. Shteller and opened on 1 May 1958. The station features flared pylons faced with white marble and trimmed with sharp-edged metal cornices. The walls are faced with off-white ceramic tile with horizontal black stripes.

Prospekt Mira Проспект Мира
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Meshchansky District, Central Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7812°N 37.6318°E / 55.7812; 37.6318
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Trolleybus: 9, 48 Tram: 7
Construction
Structure type	Pylon station
Depth	50 metres (160 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	093
History
Opened	1 May 1958 (1958-05-01)
Previous names	Botanichesky Sad (1958-1966)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Sukharevskaya towards Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Rizhskaya towards Medvedkovo Suvorovskaya anticlockwise / outer Koltsevaya line transfer at Prospekt Mira Komsomolskaya clockwise / inner
Route map Medvedkovo Yauza River Babushkinskaya Sviblovo yard Sviblovo Botanichesky Sad VDNKh Alekseyevskaya Rizhskaya Prospekt Mira Sukharevskaya Turgenevskaya Kitay-gorod Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Tretyakovskaya Oktyabrskaya Shabolovskaya () Leninsky Prospekt Akademicheskaya () Profsoyuznaya Novye Cheryomushki Kaluzhskaya (closed) Kaluzhskoye yard Kaluzhskaya Belyayevo Konkovo Tyoply Stan Yasenevo Novoyasenevskaya
Location Prospekt Mira Location within Central Moscow

Between 1958 and until 1971 the station was the southern terminus of the Rizhskaya line.

The entrance to the station is located on the west side of Prospekt Mira (north of Protopopovsky Pereulok) in the ground floor of the Metro's central control building.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Prospekt Mira on the Koltsevaya line.

Platform of the station