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Oktyabrskaya (Russian: Октябрьская. English: October [station]) is a Moscow Metro station in the Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line, between Shabolovskaya and Tretyakovskaya stations. Oktyabrskaya opened on 13 October 1962 and was originally the northern terminus of the Kaluzhskaya line before the latter extended northwards in 1970.

Oktyabrskaya Октябрьская
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Kaluzhskaya Square Yakimanka District Central Administrative Okrug
Coordinates	55.7306°N 37.6112°E / 55.7306; 37.6112
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: м1, e10, 297, н11
Construction
Structure type	Deep pylon tri-vault
Depth	50 metres (160 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	098
History
Opened	13 October 1962; 59 years ago (1962-10-13)
Passengers
2002	9,307,500
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Shabolovskaya towards Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line Tretyakovskaya towards Medvedkovo Dobryninskaya anticlockwise / outer Koltsevaya line transfer at Oktyabrskaya Park Kultury clockwise / inner
Route map Legend 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 This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Oktyabrskaya Location within Central Moscow

Design

The architects were A. Strelkov, Nina Aleshina, Yu. Vdovin. Oktyabrskaya has block white marble pylons and walls faced with white ceramic tile.

The station's freestanding entrance vestibule is located on Big Yakimanka street about half a block north of Kaluzhskaya Square (in 1962 - October square, hence the name), nearby the Garden ring.

Transfers

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

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