Tverskaya (Moscow Metro)

Tverskaya
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Tverskoy District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7647°N 37.6065°E / 55.7647; 37.6065
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: м1, м5, м40, е30, с344, с511; night routes: н1, н12
Construction
Depth	42 metres (138 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	033
History
Opened	20 July 1979 (1979-07-20)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Mayakovskaya towards Khovrino Zamoskvoretskaya line Teatralnaya towards Alma-Atinskaya Barrikadnaya towards Planernaya Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line transfer at Pushkinskaya Kuznetsky Most towards Kotelniki Tsvetnoy Bulvar towards Altufyevo Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line transfer at Chekhovskaya Borovitskaya towards Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo
Route map Khovrino Belomorskaya Rechnoy Vokzal Vodny Stadion Voykovskaya Sokol yard Sokol Aeroport Dinamo Belorusskaya Mayakovskaya Tverskaya Teatralnaya Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Novokuznetskaya Paveletskaya Moskva River Avtozavodskaya Tekhnopark () Nagatinsky Bridge Moskva River Kolomenskaya Kashirskaya to Zamoskvoretskoye yard Kantemirovskaya Tsaritsyno Orekhovo Domodedovskaya  (shuttle bus for ) Krasnogvardeyskaya Brateyevo yard Alma-Atinskaya
Location Tverskaya Location within Central Moscow

Tverskaya (Russian: Тверская) is a station on Moscow Metro's Zamoskvoretskaya line. The station is along Tverskaya Street under Pushkin Square in Moscow. From its opening in 1979 until 1990, it was named Gorkovskaya, which was the name of Tverskaya Street during the Soviet times. After the government restored the Tverskaya name in 1990, the station's name was changed accordingly.

The station was originally planned to open in 1938 along with the rest of the Gorkovsky radius of the second stage of the Metro. However this was abandoned and a provision of a straight tunnel, with a reinforced structure was left. However upon the change in the Metro development plans in the early 1960s, the city included a transfer station on the line. As a result, in 1975, after the opening of Pushkinskaya station, construction on Tverskaya began. The design marked a real engineering achievement, as the central hall, and the passenger platforms were built without any disruption to the service.

Design

The decoration is dedicated to the works of the author Maxim Gorky, and architects R. Semerdzhiev, B. Thor, N. Shreter and V. Cheremin made best to simultaneously show the revolutionary constructivism shapes of flared pylons and plastered ceiling thus leaving the engineering achievement visible. White marble was used for pylons and walls and red granite for the floor. Originally the end of the station was decorated with a sculptural composition dedicated to the theme of his works. However, in 1987 after the opening of a transfer with Chekhovskaya, the composition was moved to the escalator lobby in the transfer. Transfer to Pushkinskaya is achieved through the two underplatform passageways, and via the vestibule under the Pushkin square which they share.

2000 Bomb Attack

In August 2000, a homemade bomb was detonated in the walkway leading to Pushkin Square. Seven victims were killed at the scene and six others died in hospitals. The explosion injured 118 others. The initial criminal investigation that followed blamed several criminal groups that were battling for the rights to operate retail kiosks in the walkway. Later, prosecutors looked at groups associated with Achemez Gochiyayev and Arbi Barayev. No one was brought to trial for the attack.

Station platform of Tverskaya station

See also

• Moscow Metro
• Zamoskvoretskaya line
• Tverskaya Street