Universitet (Moscow Metro)

Universitet Moscow Metro station
Station statistics
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
Line(s)	!C  1  Sokolnicheskaya Line
Connections	Bus: 1, 47, 67, 103, 113, 119, 130, 187, 260, 661 Trolleybus: 34, 4, 49 Tram: 14, 22, 26,39
Structure type	deep pylon triple-vault station
Depth	26.5 metres (87 ft)
Levels	1
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Baggage check	No
Other information
Opened	1 December 1959
Station code	017
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Prospekt Vernadskogo toward Yugo-Zapadnaya Sokolnicheskaya Line Vorobyovy Gory toward Ulitsa Podbelskogo
Location
Location within Moscow Ring Road
Route map Legend Ulitsa Podbelskogo Cherkizovo yard Cherkizovskaya Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Preobrazhensky Bridge across Yauza River Sokolniki Krasnoselskaya Severnoye yard Komsomolskaya !B9983905620875  5  Krasnye Vorota Chistye Prudy !B9982082405307  6  !B9976974149070  10  Lubyanka !B9980540898509  7  Okhotny Ryad !B9993068528194  2  Biblioteka Imeni Lenina !B9989013877113  3  !B9986137056388  4  !B9978027754226  9  Kropotkinskaya Park Kultury !B9983905620875  5  Frunzenskaya Sportivnaya Luzhniki Metro Bridge Vorobyovy Gory Moskva River Universitet Prospekt Vernadskogo Yugo-Zapadnaya

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