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Lefortovo (Moscow Metro)

Coordinates: 55°45′52″N 37°42′10″E / 55.764444°N 37.702777°E / 55.764444; 37.702777
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Lefortovo

Лефортово
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationLefortovo District, South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°45′52″N 37°42′10″E / 55.764444°N 37.702777°E / 55.764444; 37.702777
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Bolshaya Koltsevaya line
Platforms2 side platforms
Construction
Structure typeTwo-span shallow-column station[1]
Depth23 meters (75 ft)[2]
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
History
Opened27 March 2020
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Elektrozavodskaya
anticlockwise / outer
Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Aviamotornaya
clockwise / inner
Location
Lefortovo is located in Moscow Metro
Lefortovo
Lefortovo
Location within Moscow Metro

Lefortovo (Russian: Лефортово) is a station on the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line of the Moscow Metro. The station was opened on 27 March 2020 as part of Nekrasovskaya line extension.[3]

Name

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The Station is named for the Lefortovo District of Moscow.[4] The district's name comes from Franz Lefort, a Russian military officer and confidant of Peter the Great.

Construction

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Vestibule of Lefortovo station (2020)

Construction on the tunnels began in August 2016. The tunneling equipment reached Lefortovo in August 2017.[2] The second tunnel reached the station in October 2017.

References

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  1. ^ Суриков А. "Лефортово" (in Russian). Метрострой. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  2. ^ a b "Третий пересадочный контур метро: тоннель до станции "Лефортово" построен". Moscow Complex for Construction and Urban Development. 2017-08-21.
  3. ^ "В Москве заработал второй участок Некрасовской линии метро". Интерфакс (in Russian). 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. ^ "Лефортово" (in Russian). Moscow Complex for Construction and Urban Development. Retrieved 2017-11-27.