Kosmonavtlar (Tashkent Metro)

Kosmonavtlar
Tashkent Metro
Location Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Coordinates 41°18′18″N 69°15′55″E / 41.305022°N 69.265344°E / 41.305022; 69.265344Coordinates: 41°18′18″N 69°15′55″E / 41.305022°N 69.265344°E / 41.305022; 69.265344
Platforms island platform
Tracks 2
History
Opened 8 December 1984
Previous names Kosmonavtlar Prospekti
Services
Preceding station   Tashkent Metro   Following station
toward Beruniy
Oʻzbekiston Line
toward Chkalov

Kosmonavtlar is a space-programme-themed station of the Tashkent Metro on Oʻzbekiston Line which was opened on 8 December 1984 partly in honour of cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov. Column-type station with two underground vestibules. The architectural decoration of the station on the theme of space. The interior is decorated with blue ceramic medallions with images of Ulugbek, Icarus, Valentina Tereshkova, Yuri Gagarin, Vyacheslav Volkov and Vladimir Dzhanibekov. The ceiling resembles the Milky Way, which shone glass stars. Travel wall platform floor-to-ceiling windows throughout the length of the platform is gradually moving from azure to dark blue, recalling the atmosphere of the Earth. Round tower platform covered with glass, and metal, granite and marble-trimmed lobbies stations, lobbies finish is, as the station, on the theme of space exploration.[1]

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