Sportivnaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Sportivnaya
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Upper level
General information
Location20 corp.1, Prospect of Dobrolyubov, Petrogradsky District (old entrance)
58, Vasileostrovsky District (new entrance)
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Coordinates59°57′07″N 30°17′26″E / 59.952083°N 30.290611°E / 59.952083; 30.290611
Operated bySaint Petersburg Metro
Line(s)number 5 Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4 (At the moment only 2 are working)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth≈64 metres (210 ft)[citation needed]
Platform levels2
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
History
Opened15 September 1997[citation needed]
Electrified825 V DC low third rail
Services
Preceding station Saint Petersburg Metro Following station
Chkalovskaya Line 5 Admiralteyskaya
towards Shushary

Sportivnaya (Russian: Спорти́вная) (literally - Sportage) is a station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. The station was designed by Alexander Konstantinov, Alexander Bystrov and Andrey Larionov. It opened on 15 September 1997 as part of the Pravoberezhnaya Line. Sportivnaya is the only two-level single-vault transfer metro station outside Washington D.C. The floors are connected by two groups of escalators, one of which is closed as of 2007. The lower floor serves the southbound trains while the upper floor serves the northbound ones. The upper floor is linked to the station's exit to south-eastern side of Petrogradsky island. Since 27 May 2015 the lower floor house an entrance to a transfer corridor equipped with moving walkway which link the station to the exit on the north-eastern side of Vasilyevsky island.[1]

  1. ^ «Спортивная-2» откроется после полудня ["Sportivnaya-2" will open after midday] (in Russian). May 27, 2015.