Dinamo (Moscow Metro)

Summary

Dinamo (Russian: Дина́мо) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line. It opened on 11 September 1938 as part of the second stage of the system.[1] It was named for the former Dinamo Stadium, the home stadium of FC Dynamo Moscow. Passengers may transfer directly to the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line via Petrovsky Park station.

Dinamo
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationAeroport District
Northern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°47′23″N 37°33′29″E / 55.7897°N 37.5580°E / 55.7897; 37.5580
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus: 84, 105, 105k, 110, 207, 692
Trolleybus: 12, 29, 42, 70, 82, 86
Construction
Depth39.6 metres (130 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code036
History
Opened11 September 1938; 85 years ago (1938-09-11)
Passengers
200221,808,750
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Aeroport
towards Khovrino
Zamoskvoretskaya line Belorusskaya
CSKA
anticlockwise / outer
Bolshaya Koltsevaya line
transfer at Petrovsky Park
Savyolovskaya
clockwise / inner
Location
Dinamo is located in Moscow Metro
Dinamo
Dinamo
Location within Moscow Metro

It was the deepest station in Moscow Metro from 1938 until 1944.

Location edit

Dinamo is under Leningradsky Avenue in the Aeroport District of Moscow near Petrovsky Park and the Petrovsky Palace. The VTB Arena was built on the same site and Dinamo Stadium adjacent to the station.

Design and layout edit

The station is situated at a depth of 39.6 metres (130 ft) and follows a tri-vaulted deep-level pylon design. Designed by Ya. Likhtenberg and Yury Revkovsky, the station features a sport-themed decoration with bas-reliefs designed by Ye. Yason-Manzer depicting sportsmen in various practices in the vestibules and the central hall.

The pylons, faced with red tagilian marble and onyx have porcelain medallions also showing sportsmen. The walls are faced with onyx, white and grey marble, neatly tiled together. The floor is revetted with black marble, although the platforms were initially covered with asphalt.

There are two identical vestibules, each on the northern side of the Leningradsky Avenue, and the architect for the vestibules was Dmitry Chechulin.

There is an underground walkway between Dinamo and Petrovsky Park stations that eased transfers between the stations. That walkway opened on 29 December 2020.[2]

Scientific use edit

In 1940, physicists Georgy Flyorov and Konstantin Petrzhak used the station for their observations of the decay of uranium. The depth of the station reduced the potential effect of cosmic rays in their work. Working at night, the pair discovered spontaneous fission.[1]

Gallery edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Станция метро "Динамо"" (in Russian). City of Moscow. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  2. ^ Информационная служба портала Стройкомплекса (2018-07-14). "Переход между станциями метро "Динамо" и "Петровский парк" откроют через полтора года". stroi.mos.ru. Комплекс градостроительной политики и строительства города Москвы. Retrieved 2018-07-14.