INSTALLATION OF THE “STARRY SKY” IS BEING COMPLETED IN THE SECOND CONCOURSE OF THE OKRUZHNAYA STATION ON THE LIGHT GREEN LINE

“The installation of architectural lighting in the second, northern concourse of the Okruzhnaya station on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line is being completed”, said Andrey Bochkarev, Deputy Mayor of Moscow on Urban Planning and Construction.

Mosinzhproekt Group of Companies is a general designer and general contractor to build the new lines and stations of the Moscow Metro.

“The installation of the utilities is almost complete: cables are being laid and the architectural lighting is being mounted. The design is a mesh suspended ceiling with LED lights, which resembles a starry sky”, said Andrey Bochkarev.

According to the Deputy Mayor, finishing of the interior technical premises is being completed in the north concourse.

Yuri Kravtsov, General Director of Mosinzhproekt JSC, specified that all seven escalators had already been installed: four 16-metre escalators and three 108-metre escalators.

“The concourse is almost finished with granite flooring, the walls are being marbled, and stained-glass windows are being installed in the ticket hall. The facade is made of white green colour metal panels”, added Yuri Kravtsov.

The head of the engineering holding recalled that the new concourse of the Okruzhnaya station was part of the transport interchange hub (TIH) which would bring together the same name stations on the MCC and the first route of the Moscow Central Diameter (MCD 1).

The Okruzhnaya station is built as part of the extension of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line from the Maryina Roshcha station to the northern part of the city.