Baumanskaya (Moscow Metro)

Baumanskaya (Russian: Бауманскаяpronunciation) is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, named after the revolutionary Nikolai Bauman. It was designed by Boris Iofan and Yury Zenkevich and opened in 1944. The Art Deco design features white marble pylons with rounded corners, projecting, fluted piers faced with red ceramic tile, and decorative ventilation grilles. In the bays between each set of piers are bronze sculptures by V.A. Andreev depicting Russian soldiers and workers of the home front during World War II. At the end of the platform is a mosaic portrait of Vladimir Lenin. This station is very busy, as one of the biggest Moscow institutes (Moscow State Technical University) is located not far away.

Baumanskaya

Бауманская
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationBasmanny District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55.7730°N 37.6806°E / 55.7730; 37.6806
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s) Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Depth32.5 metres (107 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code047
History
Opened18 January 1944 (1944-01-18)
24 December 2015 (2015-12-24) (reopening)
Closed8 February 2015 (2015-02-08) (reconstruction)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Kurskaya
towards Pyatnitskoye Shosse
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Elektrozavodskaya
towards Shchyolkovskaya
Location
Baumanskaya
Location within Moscow Metro

The station was closed in 2015 for repairs, maintenance and escalator shaft replacement. The escalators at Baumanskaya were the oldest on the network, having operated non-stop since 1944. They were the last H-series escalators in operation on the whole network.

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