Babushkinskaya

Babushkinskaya (Russian: Бабушкинская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Babushkinsky District, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between Sviblovo and Medvedkovo stations.

Babushkinskaya Бабушкинская
Moscow Metro station
Location	Babushkinsky District North-Eastern Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.8694°N 37.6644°E / 55.8694; 37.6644
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Shallow single-vault
Depth	10 metres (33 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	087
History
Opened	30 September 1978 (1978-09-30)
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	26,963,645
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Sviblovo toward Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Medvedkovo Terminus
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
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.

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. Babushkinskaya opened in 1978; the architects were Klokov and Popov.

Entrances

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