Bittsevsky Park (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line)
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Bittsevsky Park (Russian: Би́тцевский парк) is the southern terminus of the Moscow Metro's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. It is named for the large park located nearby. The station was built to a pillar-trispan design and opened on January 17, 1990. The architects were N. Shumakov, G. Mun, and N. Shurygina. Bittsevsky Park has walls and pillars faced with deep pink marble; dark green metallic tile is also used on the walls.
Bittsevsky Park has two entrances, but only one is in operation due to the relatively low number of passengers handled by the station each day. The active entrance is the underground western vestibule, which is accessed via an underpass beneath Novoyasenevsky Avenue. The unused ground-level eastern vestibule sits further down the road, on the edge of the park. It is a round building, finished with grey marble and pinkish granite and topped with a disproportionately large weathervane. The exit stairs at the east end of the platform, which lead to this vestibule, are barricaded.
It is expected that in the near future a transfer will open when the northern extension of the Butovskaya Light Metro Line is finished.
