Profsoyuznaya (Moscow Metro)

Coordinates: 55°40′41″N 37°33′46″E / 55.6780°N 37.5627°E / 55.6780; 37.5627
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Profsoyuznaya

Профсоюзная
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationAkademichesky District
Cheryomushki District
South-Western Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°40′41″N 37°33′46″E / 55.6780°N 37.5627°E / 55.6780; 37.5627
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
Platforms1
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus: 41, 44, 57, 67, 113, 121, 130, 153, 168, 196, 219, 684
Trolleybus: 49, 52, 85
Construction
Depth7 metres (23 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code102
History
Opened13 October 1962; 61 years ago (1962-10-13)
Passengers
200226,389,500
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Novye Cheryomushki Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Akademicheskaya
towards Medvedkovo
Location
Profsoyuznaya is located in Moscow Metro
Profsoyuznaya
Profsoyuznaya
Location within Moscow Metro

Profsoyuznaya (

Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro
. Opened in 1962.

Name

It is named after

Profsoyuznaya Street
(Trade Union street).

Design

Profsoyuznaya is built to a standard column tri-span and features pillars faced (except for very thin unfinished strips at the top and bottom) with gray marble. The walls are finished with a diamond pattern made up of 4×4 squares of white ceramic tile (similar to argyle patterns, albeit simplified with use of single color). The architects responsible for the station were Nina Aleshina and N. Demchinsky.

The two underground

Nakhimovsky Avenue known as Josip Broz Tito
Square.

Platform view. The ad references Voronin's Family TV show.