Kosmonavtlar (Tashkent Metro)

Kosmonavtlar
Tashkent Metro
General information
LocationTashkent, Uzbekistan
Coordinates41°18′18″N 69°15′55″E / 41.305022°N 69.265344°E / 41.305022; 69.265344
Platformsisland platform
Tracks2
History
Opened8 December 1984
Previous namesKosmonavtlar Prospekti
Services
Preceding station Tashkent Metro Following station
Ozbekiston
towards Beruniy
Oʻzbekiston Line Oybek
towards Chkalov

Kosmonavtlar ("Cosmonauts", formerly known as Проспект Космонавтов, Prospekt Kosmonavtov) is a space-programme-themed station of the Tashkent Metro.[1] It honors Soviet cosmonauts such as Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first man and woman in space.[2] The station was opened on 8 December 1984 as part of the inaugural section of the line, between Alisher Navoiy and Toshkent.[3]

Until 2018 it was illegal to photograph the Tashkent metro, because it also worked as a nuclear bomb shelter.[4][5]

  1. ^ Herfort, Frank (September 2021). CCCP Underground Metro Stations of the Soviet Era. ISBN 978-3-7165-1863-2. OCLC 1164114012.
  2. ^ Villasana, Danielle; Hiltner, Stephen (2019-11-20). "Peer Inside Tashkent's Art-Filled (and Long-Shrouded) Subway". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  3. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Tashkent". urbanrail.
  4. ^ Chapple/RFE/RL, Amos (2018-08-24). "Uzbekistan's secret underground – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  5. ^ "See photos of beautiful underground train stations in Tashkent, Uzbekistan". Travel. 2018-10-02. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-18.