Sportivnaya (Moscow Metro)

Sportivnaya

Moscow Metro station
Station statistics
Lines Sokolnicheskaya Line
Connections Bus: 5, 15, 64, 132
Trolleybus: 15
Structure Deep pylon triple-vault station
Depth 42 metres (138 ft)
Levels 1
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened May 1, 1957
Code 015
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Formerly Luzhniki
Traffic
Passengers (2002) 22,611,750
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
Sokolnicheskaya Line

Sportivnaya (Russian: Спорти́вная) is a Moscow Metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line in Moscow, Russia. Named for the nearby Luzhniki sports complex, it opened in 1957. The architects were Nadezhda Bykova, I. Gokhar-Kharmandaryan, Ivan Taranov, and B. Cherepanov. Sportivnaya has white marble pylons with green marble accents and a ceiling of embossed asbestos-cement tiles rather than the usual plaster. The upper two floors of the three-story vestibule are home to the Moscow Metro Museum, which displays 70 years of Metro memorabilia.