| Taking place in Moscow Underground system |
'Prospekt Vernadskogo' is a station of Sokonicheskaya Line in Moscow Subway system situated between stations 'Universitet' and 'Yugo-Zapadnaya'.
| The date of station foundation and the name origin |
The station has been founded on December 30, 1963 as a part of the stage from 'Universitet' to 'Yugo-Zapadnaya' and has been called according to the avenue of the same name.
The station has two vestibules situated on Prospekt Vernadskogo. The first one, which is ground-based, is situated near the Park 50-letiya Oktyabrya (rus. Парк 50-летия Октября, eng. Park of the October Revoluthion 50th Anniversary), the second one, which is underground, is situated near "Zvyozdniy" (rus. "Звёздный", eng. "Star") cinema theater and big bus stop.
| Number of passengers using the station |
Number of retiring passengers per day is 71,2 thousand, number of entering passengers per day is 69,79 thousand.
| The station characterization |
'Prospekt Vernadskogo' is a column trispan shallow station (the depth is 8 meters). There are two lines of columns on the station. Each line has 40 columns. The step of the columns is 4 meters, the distance between the lines is 5,9 meters.
| Decoration theme and materials of decoration |
The columns are faced in yellowish Ural marble, and the track walls are 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 floor is faced with gray and black granite. The lamps illuminating the station are hidden in the ribbed ceiling.
| Other stations of Sokolnicheskaya Line |
