Taganskaya (Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line)

Taganskaya (Russian: Таганская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Tagansky District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Tagansko–Krasnopresnenskaya line, between Kitay-gorod and Proletarskaya stations.

Taganskaya Таганская
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Tagansky District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7402°N 37.6522°E / 55.7402; 37.6522
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 156
Construction
Structure type	Pylon station
Depth	36 metres (118 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	116
History
Opened	31 December 1966 (1966-12-31)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Kitay-gorod towards Planernaya Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line Proletarskaya towards Kotelniki Tretyakovskaya Terminus Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line (Kalininsky radius) transfer at Marksistskaya Ploshchad Ilyicha towards Novokosino Kurskaya anticlockwise / outer Koltsevaya line transfer at Taganskaya Paveletskaya clockwise / inner
Route map Planernoye yard Planernaya Skhodnenskaya Tushinskaya Spartak Moscow Canal Shchukinskaya Oktyabrskoye Pole Polezhayevskaya Begovaya to Krasnaya Presnya yard Ulitsa 1905 Goda Barrikadnaya Pushkinskaya Kuznetsky Most Kitay-gorod connection to Line 5 Taganskaya Proletarskaya Volgogradsky Prospekt  3502  Shosseynaya Street Tekstilshchiki Kuzminki Ryazansky Prospekt Vykhino Vykhino yard MKAD Moscow Ring Road connection to Line 15 Lermontovsky Prospekt Zhulebino Kotelniki
Location Taganskaya Location within Central Moscow

Taganskaya opened in 1966 as part of the start of the Zhdanovsky (now Tagansky) radius. The station's decoration is sparse yet stylish for the 1960s functional designs. Because the deep pylon trivault offers more potential for decorations, architects Nina Alyoshina and Yury Vdovin exploited this. Decorating the white marbled pylons with brown marble stripes. Likewise the white and black ceramic tiles and are decorated with metallic artworks with a space theme. The floor is covered with red and grey granite. The underground vestibule of the station is interlinked with the subway under the Bolshaya Kammenka street. The surface staircases of which are protected from the weather with glazed concrete pavilions (the first in Moscow). When the station was opened it was the terminus of the Zhdanovskaya line until 1970. Behind the station is a junction link allowing the train to reverse, also it leads onto a service link branch to the Koltsevaya line.

From the start the station was designed as a transfer point with the western escalators leading on to the Taganskaya station of the Koltsevaya line. In 1979, with the construction of the Marksistskaya station of the Kalininskaya line, three staircases were built into the northern wall.

Station platform

External links

• Mymetro
• KartaMetro.info – Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)