Prospekt Vernadskogo (Sokolnicheskaya line)

Prospekt Vernadskogo (Russian: Проспе́кт Верна́дского, English: Vernadsky Avenue) is a Moscow Metro station in the Prospekt Vernadskogo District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya line, between Yugo-Zapadnaya and Universitet stations. Built in 1963, it conforms to the standard pillar-trispan design which was used for virtually all Metro stations in the 1960s. The station has pillars faced in yellowish Ural marble and walls tiled with stripes of yellow and blue. The vestibule on the north-east end of the platform contains a bust of the station's namesake, Vladimir Vernadsky. The architects were Ivan Taranov and Nadezhda Bykova.

Platform of Prospekt Vernadslkogo

Prospekt Vernadskogo
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Prospekt Vernadskogo District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.6771°N 37.5060°E / 55.6771; 37.5060
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Sokolnicheskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 42, 47, 120, 153, 224, 246, 616, 661, 715, 788, 793, 810, 810с, 830, 830с Trolleybus: 34
Construction
Structure type	Shallow column triple-vault
Depth	8 metres (26 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Station code	018
History
Opened	30 December 1963 (30 December 1963)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Yugo-Zapadnaya toward Kommunarka Sokolnicheskaya line Universitet toward Bulvar Rokossovskogo Michurinsky Prospekt toward Kakhovskaya Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Transfer at: Prospekt Vernadskogo Novatorskaya toward Savyolovskaya
Route map Bulvar Rokossovskogo Cherkizovo yard Cherkizovskaya Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Preobrazhensky Bridge  Yauza River Sokolniki () Krasnoselskaya Severnoye yard Komsomolskaya Krasnye Vorota Chistye Prudy Lubyanka Okhotny Ryad () Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Kropotkinskaya () Park Kultury Frunzenskaya () Sportivnaya Luzhniki Metro Bridge Vorobyovy Gory Moskva River Universitet Prospekt Vernadskogo Yugo-Zapadnaya Troparyovo Rumyantsevo Salaryevo Solntsevo–Butovo–Warsaw Highway Filatov Lug Prokshino Olkhovaya Kommunarka () Stolbovo yard Potapovo
Location
Prospekt Vernadskogo Location within Moscow Metro

Passengers can transfer to Prospekt Vernadskogo on the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line.