On August 30, a new Novokosino station was opened on the Kalininskaya line of the Moscow metro. Its construction began in 2008. Novokosino is a new terminal station of the Kalininskaya line, it has exits to Gorodetskaya, Yuzhnaya, Suzdalskaya streets, as well as to Nosovikhinskoe highway.
It is curious that from one exit of the Novokosino station one can get to the capital of Russia, and from the other to the town of Reutov near Moscow: the station is located practically on their border. The length of the Kalininskaya line has increased by 3.4 km.
A group of architects headed by Leonid Borzenkov worked on the project of the new station. Novokosino is a single-vaulted, shallow station. The basis of its architectural appearance is a reinforced concrete plastered vault with illuminated caissons.
Muscovites are already accustomed to the fact that the new stations of the Moscow metro look quite simple and strict. Novokosino was no exception, its design features the features of modern hi-tech style. Clear straight lines and bright colors prevail, a lot of glass and metal.
The new station is made in black and gray colors with natural stone trim. Novokosino has two lobbies, which are equipped with lifts for the disabled. For ease of orientation, each lobby is painted in its own color: the east - in ocher-orange, and the west - in green-light green. The station exits are covered with asymmetric streamlined glass pavilions.
The severity of the lines and the simplicity of the finish leave a double impression. One can understand the desire of architects to use modern design solutions, and the cost of construction, which the Moscow authorities tried to reduce in every possible way, is of no small importance. At the same time, after the exquisite and truly artistic design of the old Moscow metro, the new ones look somewhat simplistic.
In addition to the usual ticket offices, where you can buy a travel ticket, Novokosino has been equipped with two vending machines that perform the function of selling tickets. The first sound signals in the Moscow metro will also operate here to notify the visually impaired about the arrival and departure of trains.
In 2012, it is planned to launch two more new metro stations in the capital: Alma-Atinskaya and Pyatnitskoe Shosse.
