OREANDA-NEWS. On 08 August 2008 the commencement of metro station Myakinino tunneling construction works in the Crocus City territory was officially announced.

Dmitry Gaev, the Head of the Moscow Metropolitan, participated in the ceremony.

In spite of the fact that metro constructors had built protection barriers and started preparatory works even in the early spring of this year, the erection of the tunnel complex began only in the end of July. The tunnel which has received the sonorous name "Claudia" in 4,5 months should reach the metro station Strogino.

The new metro station with the exit to the Crocus City territory will be named Myakinino and will become the extension of Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow metropolitan. Though the name Crocus City has already become habitual for the Muscovites and visitors of the capital, nevertheless, it was decided to give the new station the historical name Myakinino. It has been reasoned by the fact that the complex territory is located in the geographical zone which since olden days has been called “Myakinino Valley”.

The metro station Myakinino will become the first Moscow suburbs situated station. It is remarkable also, that for the first time in the Russian Metropolitan history it will be the station constructed with a private capital investments: the customer and со-investor of the project is ZAO CROCUS international.

Dmitry Gaev has assured that "the new station will be commissioned in December, 2008 quite probably even earlier".

The commissioning of the metro station Myakinino will eliminate accessibility problem for the majority of the Crocus Expo fairgrounds' visitors.