Tekhnologichesky Institut (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Tekhnologichesky Institut
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Old Station
Coordinates	59°54′59″N 30°19′07″E / 59.91639°N 30.31861°E / 59.91639; 30.31861Coordinates: 59°54′59″N 30°19′07″E / 59.91639°N 30.31861°E / 59.91639; 30.31861
Owned by	Saint Petersburg Metro
Line(s)	Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	2
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) is a cross-platform interchange station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. The stations consists of two halls, with both serving located on 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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