Aviamotornaya (Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line)

Aviamotornaya (Russian: Авиамото́рная, lit.'Aircraft engines'pronunciation) is a Moscow Metro station in the Lefortovo District, South-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. It is on the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line. The station was opened on 30 December 1979.

Aviamotornaya

Авиамоторная
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationAviamotornaya Street
Lefortovo District
South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55.7524°N 37.7191°E / 55.7524; 37.7191
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s) Kalininskaya line
ConnectionsBus: 59, 59k, 125, 730, 759, 805
Trolleybus: 24, 45, 53
Tram: 8, 12, 24, 32, 37, 46, 50
Construction
Depth53 metres (174 ft)
ParkingNo
History
Opened30 December 1979 (1979-12-30)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Ploshchad Ilyicha
towards Tretyakovskaya
Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line
(Kalininsky radius)
Shosse Entuziastov
towards Novokosino
Lefortovo
anticlockwise / outer
Bolshaya Koltsevaya line
transfer at Aviamotornaya
Nizhegorodskaya
clockwise / inner
Location
Aviamotornaya
Location within Moscow Metro

The station is built in a three-vault configuration 53 metres (173 feet) underground. The central hallway contains a sculpture made out of anodised gold pyramids and tetrahedra. The architects of the station are A.F. Strelkov, V.I. Klokov, N.I. Demchinsky, J.A. Kolesnikov, and E.S. Barsky. The theme of Aviamotornaya is aviation and flying. The columns holding up the ceiling are glazed in a light marble tone. The floor is made up of granite plates coloured in different shades of grey. The wall at the end of the central hallway is faced in a metal sculpture depicting Icarus. There are decorations mentioning and detailing the main constellations.

A transfer to Aviamotornaya is planned to open in 2023.

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