Kitay-gorod, Metro and railway station in central Moscow, Russia
Kitay-gorod is a metro station in central Moscow with two separate underground halls connected by a transfer corridor. It serves both the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya and Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya lines, making it one of the busiest transfer points in the city's network.
The station opened in 1971 under the name Ploshchad Nogina, after the Bolshevik figure Viktor Nogin. It was renamed Kitay-gorod when Moscow began restoring older place names that had been replaced during the Soviet period.
The two halls feature different marble finishes that passengers notice depending on which entrance they use. Commuters who switch between the two lines every day move through these carefully designed spaces without always stopping to look at the details.
The station has two underground entrances, one near Slavyanskaya Square and the other close to Maroseika Street. Signage inside is clear and helps you move between the two halls, which is useful when transferring during busy times of day.
A bust of Viktor Nogin stands in the transfer corridor between the two halls, recalling the station's former name. Most passengers walk past it every day without noticing it, yet it remains one of the few traces of the original Soviet-era designation still visible on site.
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