Tekhnologichesky Institut

Saint Petersburg Metro station

Old station

Coordinates

59°54′59″N 30°19′07″E / 59.91639°N 30.31861°ECoordinates: 59°54′59″N 30°19′07″E / 59.91639°N 30.31861°E

Owned by

Saint Petersburg Metro

Line(s)

Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line

Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line

Platforms

Island platform

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

Underground

History

Opened

November 15, 1955

Services

Preceding station		St Petersburg Metro		Following station
Pushkinskaya toward Devyatkino		Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line		Baltiyskaya toward Prospekt Veteranov
Sennaya Ploshchad toward Parnas		Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line		Frunzenskaya toward Kupchino

Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line

Tekhnologichesky Institut (Russian: Технологи́ческий институ́т; IPA: [tʲɪxnəlɐˈɡʲitɕɪskʲɪj ɪnstʲɪˈtut]) (English: Technology Institute) is a cross-platform interchange station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. The stations consists of two halls, both serving the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line and Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line trains. The first hall serves the southbound trains, while the second hall serves the northbound ones.

The first hall was opened on November 15, 1955, as part of the first metro line between Avtovo and Ploshchad Vosstaniya. The name comes from the fact that the surface vestibule is located immediately next to Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology. The architects were A. M. Sokolov and A. K. Andreyev (surface vestibule and underground hall). The basic theme of the station is the achievements of Russian and Soviet science. The basic material for decorating the underground hall is Ural marble. On the columns are 24 bas reliefs with portraits of well-known Soviet scientists. On the platform walls are placed decorative grilles.

This deep column station existed for several years as an ordinary station of the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line, with trains traveling in both directions. But on April 29, 1961, the second hall was opened, as a part of the second line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. This became the first cross-platform facility in the USSR, coming into full operation on November 1, 1963.

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