Aeroport (Moscow Metro)

Aeroport
Aeroport
	Moscow Metro station
Location	Aeroport District; Khoroshyovsky District; Northern Administrative Okrug; Moscow; Russia
Coordinates	55.8003°N 37.5329°E
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 905, 904, m1; Trolleybus: 6, 12, 43, 65, 70, 82, 86
Construction
Depth	8.6 metres (28 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	037
History
Opened	11 September 1938
Passengers
2002	23,980,500
Services
Route map
Location
	Aeroport Location within Moscow Metro

Aeroport (Russian: Аэропо́рт, Airport, 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. Now, there is a bus terminal (Goraerovokzal, Гораэровокзал) which has regular service to Moscow's principal airports. Opened as part of the second stage in 1938, 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.

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