Universitet (Moscow Metro)

Universitet
Moscow Metro station
Coordinates	55°41′33″N 37°32′00″E / 55.6926°N 37.5333°E / 55.6926; 37.5333Coordinates: 55°41′33″N 37°32′00″E / 55.6926°N 37.5333°E / 55.6926; 37.5333
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	1  Sokolnicheskaya Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 1, 47, 67, 67к, 103, 113, 119, 130, 187, 260, 661 Trolleybus: 4, 34, 34к, 49 Tram: 14, 26, 39
Construction
Structure type	deep pylon triple-vault station
Depth	26.5 metres (87 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Station code	017
History
Opened	1 December 1959 (1 December 1959)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Prospekt Vernadskogo toward  Salaryevo Sokolnicheskaya Line Vorobyovy Gory toward  Bulvar Rokossovskogo
Route map Bulvar Rokossovskogo  14  (OSI) Cherkizovo yard Cherkizovskaya  14  (OSI) Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Preobrazhensky Bridge  Yauza River Sokolniki Krasnoselskaya Severnoye yard Komsomolskaya  5  Krasnye Vorota Chistye Prudy  6   10  Lubyanka  7  Okhotny Ryad  2  ( 3 ) Biblioteka Imeni Lenina  3   4   9  Kropotkinskaya Park Kultury  5  Frunzenskaya ( closed until March 2017 ) Sportivnaya  14  (OSI) Luzhniki Metro Bridge Vorobyovy Gory Moskva River Universitet Prospekt Vernadskogo Yugo-Zapadnaya Troparyovo Rumyantsevo Salaryevo Salaryevo yard
Location
Universitet Location within Moscow Ring Road

Universitet (Russian: Университе́т), named after nearby Moscow State University, is a station on the Moscow Metro's Sokolnicheskaya Line. It opened in 1959 and features rectangular white marble pylons and tiled walls. The architects were V. Litvinov, M. Markovsky, L. Lile, and V. Dobrakovsky. The station's two round entrance vestibules (architect Ivan Taranov) are located on either side of Prospekt Vernadskogo at Lomonosovsky Prospekt.

Platform view of the station