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Vorobyovy Gory (Russian: Воробьёвы го́ры, lit. Sparrow Hills) is a Moscow Metro station. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, between Universitet and Sportivnaya stations. Its name originates from a nearby elevated area literally translated as Sparrow Hills.

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Vorobyovy Gory
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Gagarinsky District Ramenki District Khamovniki District Western Administrative Okrug Central Administrative Okrug South-Western Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7103°N 37.5592°E / 55.7103; 37.5592
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Sokolnicheskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Station code	016
History
Opened	1 December 1959; 62 years ago (1959-12-01)
Rebuilt	20 October 1983; 38 years ago (1983-10-20) to 14 December 2002; 19 years ago (2002-12-14)
Previous names	Leninskye Gory
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Universitet towards Kommunarka Sokolnicheskaya line Sportivnaya towards Bulvar Rokossovskogo
Route map Legend Bulvar Rokossovskogo Cherkizovo yard Cherkizovskaya Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Preobrazhensky Bridge  Yauza River Sokolniki () Krasnoselskaya Severnoye yard Komsomolskaya Krasnye Vorota Chistye Prudy Lubyanka Okhotny Ryad () Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Kropotkinskaya () Park Kultury Frunzenskaya () Sportivnaya Luzhniki Metro Bridge Vorobyovy Gory Moskva River Universitet Prospekt Vernadskogo Yugo-Zapadnaya Troparyovo Rumyantsevo Salaryevo Solntsevo–Butovo–Warsaw Highway Filatov Lug Prokshino Olkhovaya Kommunarka () Stolbovo yard Potapovo This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Vorobyovy Gory Location within Moscow Metro

History

The bridge, which is known as the Luzhniki Metro Bridge, or simply "Metromost", and spans the Moskva River, was originally built in 1958. The architects for the project were M. P. Bubnov, A. S. Markelov, M. F. Markovsky, A. K. Ryzhkov, and B. I. Tkhor. The bridge, hastily built, was plagued by corrosion and seeping water and fell into disrepair. It was deemed structurally unsound by 1984, so the station (at the time called Leninskiye Gory) was "temporarily" closed for repairs and trains were rerouted to temporary bridges alongside. Eighteen years later on December 14, 2002, the newly renovated and renamed station was opened to the public once again.

Design

Built into the lower level of a bridge, it is unique in the city. At 282 metres (925 ft) in length, the platform is the longest in the system as the station needed to be accessible from both sides of the river.[1] It is also the highest station above ground level at 15 metres (50 ft), though this is less remarkable since all but a handful of Metro stations are underground. Apart from its dimensions, Vorobyovy Gory is also notable in being the only Moscow Metro station with windows.

References

External links

• Media related to Vorobyovy Gory at Wikimedia Commons

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