Aeroport (Moscow Metro)

Aeroport
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationAeroport District
Khoroshyovsky District
Northern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°48′01″N 37°31′58″E / 55.8003°N 37.5329°E / 55.8003; 37.5329
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus: 905, 904, m1
Trolleybus: 6, 12, 43, 65, 70, 82, 86
Construction
Depth8.6 metres (28 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code037
History
Opened11 September 1938; 86 years ago (1938-09-11)
Passengers
200223,980,500
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Sokol
towards Khovrino
Zamoskvoretskaya line Dinamo
Location
Aeroport is located in Moscow Metro
Aeroport
Aeroport
Location within Moscow Metro

Aeroport (Russian: Аэропорт, IPA: [aɪrɐˈport]) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. Its name, literally meaning airport, owes to the nearby Khodynka Aerodrome, Moscow's first airport, no longer in operation.[1] Now, there is a bus terminal (Goraerovokzal, Гораэровокзал) which has regular service to Moscow's principal airports. Opened as part of the second stage on 11 September 1938,[2] the station features a single-vault design. It was built using a cut-and cover method. Concrete segments of the vault were pre-cast and then lowered into the station.

Architects B. Vilensky and V. Yershov applied the aviation theme to this big open station, in what is seen as some of the best examples of Soviet Art Deco architecture. The most noticeable design feature is the network of intersecting ribs that fan out across the vaulted ceiling. These ribs originate from fan-shaped limestone panels spaced at regular intervals along the walls, which are red marble with shell-shaped brown marble insets. The floor is revetted with grey granite. Lighting comes from pyramidal objects which house luminescent lamps, although originally the station had chandeliers with normal tungsten bulbs.

The vestibule to the station is located on the north side of Leningradsky Avenue near the Viktorenko Street, and receives a daily passenger traffic of 59,800.

  1. ^ "What happened with Moscow's FIRST airport? (PHOTOS)". www.rbth.com. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  2. ^ Moscow metro, 1935-2005. Moscow: Vokrug sveta. 2005. p. 65. ISBN 5-98652-032-7. OCLC 76903170.