The Kurskaya and Chkalovskaya metro stations in Moscow are located approximately 2.5 kilometers east of the city center (the Kremlin and Red Square), next to Kursky Railway Station. Kurskaya metro stations are located on two Moscow Metro lines: the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line (Line 3, blue line) and the Circle Line (Line 5, brown line). Chkalovskaya metro station is located on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line (Line 10, light green line) of the Moscow Metro. The stations are connected by passages, allowing transfers between the three metro lines.
Kurskaya Metro Station (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line)
Kurskaya metro station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro is located between Baumanskaya and Ploshchad Revolyutsii stations. The station opened on March 13, 1938. The station’s boarding hall is located under Zemlyanoy Val Street. The station exit (escalators) is located at the eastern end of the hall.
The station has transfers to the station of the same name on the Circle Line and to the Chkalovskaya station on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line. The transfer to the Circle Line is in the center of the hall. The transfer to the Lyublinskaya Line is at the western end of the hall.
The station exits through a round underground hall, next to which are the ticket counters. This same hall also provides access to the Circle Line station. From the station, you can exit into the Kursky Station waiting room, the above-ground concourse (located on the first floor of a residential building on Kursky Station Square), and through a pedestrian crossing under the railway tracks to Nizhny Susalny Lane.
Kurskaya Metro Station (Circle Line)
Kurskaya Station on the Moscow Metro’s Circle Line is located beneath Kursky Station Square between Komsomolskaya and Taganskaya stations.
The station opened on January 1, 1950.
The station has two vestibules. The northern vestibule is shared with the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line station. It is located in the northern part of Kursky Station Square and has exits into the station building and onto the square. The southern vestibule is located in the southern part of Kursky Station Square and is shared with Chkalovskaya Station.
The transfer to Kurskaya Station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line is located in the center of the station’s boarding hall (stairs above the platform, then along a corridor). Transfer to Chkalovskaya Station is through a vestibule shared by both stations.
Chkalovskaya Metro Station
Chkalovskaya Metro Station is located on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, between Sretensky Bulvar and Rimskaya stations. The station opened on December 28, 1995. From the station, you can transfer to Kurskaya Station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya and Koltsevaya Lines.
The transfer to Kurskaya Station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line is located at the northern end of the central hall. The transfer to Kurskaya Station on the Koltsevaya Line is at the southern end of the hall. Exit to the city and transfer to the Koltsevaya Line are via the above-ground vestibule. The vestibule is shared by both stations and is located in the southern part of Kursky Station Square.
The station’s design is dedicated to the famous pilot Valery Chkalov (1904-1938). When the station was designed, Zemlyanoy Val Street was named Chkalov Street. This explains the choice of the station’s name. In 1992, the street was reverted to its historical name.
Near the Kurskaya metro station and Kursky Railway Station in Moscow are:
Kursky Railway Station.
Atrium Shopping Center.