Borovitskaya (Moscow Metro)

Borovitskaya

Боровицкая
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationArbat District,
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°45′04″N 37°36′26″E / 55.7511°N 37.6072°E / 55.7511; 37.6072
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typepylon tri-vault
Depth46.5 metres (153 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code140
History
Opened23 January 1986; 38 years ago (1986-01-23)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Chekhovskaya
towards Altufyevo
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line Polyanka
Smolenskaya Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
transfer at Arbatskaya
Ploshchad Revolyutsii
Kropotkinskaya
towards Potapovo
Sokolnicheskaya line Okhotny Ryad
Location
Borovitskaya is located in Central Moscow
Borovitskaya
Borovitskaya
Location within Central Moscow

Borovitskaya (Russian: Боровицкая) is a station of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was opened in January 1986. It is geographically located in the very centre of Moscow, although it is mainly used as a transfer station.

Transfers

The station provides transfers to the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina station of the Sokolnicheskaya Line, and the Arbatskaya station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line. It shares its ground vestibule and exit to Mokhovaya Street and Borovitskaya Square with the station Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. There is no direct transfer to the Aleksandrovsky Sad station which is a part of the same interchange point; it's accessible via each of the above two stations only.

Station platform