Sportivnaya
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Upper level
General information
Location	20 corp.1, Prospect of Dobrolyubov, Petrogradsky District (old entrance) 58, Vasileostrovsky District (new entrance) Saint Petersburg Russia
Coordinates	59°57′07″N 30°17′26″E / 59.952083°N 30.290611°E / 59.952083; 30.290611
Operated by	Saint Petersburg Metro
Line(s)	Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4 (At the moment only 2 are working)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	≈64 metres (210 ft)
Platform levels	2
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	15 September 1997
Electrified	825 V DC low third rail
Services
Preceding station Saint Petersburg Metro Following station Chkalovskaya towards Komendantsky Prospekt Line 5 Admiralteyskaya towards Shushary
Route map headshunt Komendantsky Prospekt headshunt Staraya Derevnya Great Nevka Yelagin island Middle Nevka Krestovsky Ostrov Little Nevka Chkalovskaya Sportivnaya Little Neva Admiralteyskaya Service siding to line 2 Sadovaya Service siding to line 4 Zvenigorodskaya Obvodny Kanal Volkovskaya headshunt Bukharestskaya Mezhdunarodnaya headshunt Prospekt Slavy Dunayskaya A 118 St. Petersburg Ring Road Shushary Depot 7 Yuzhnoye

Sportivnaya (Russian: Спорти́вная) (literally - Sportage) is a station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. The station was designed by Alexander Konstantinov, Alexander Bystrov and Andrey Larionov. It opened on 15 September 1997 as part of the Pravoberezhnaya Line. Sportivnaya is the only two-level single-vault transfer metro station outside Washington D.C. The floors are connected by two groups of escalators, one of which is closed as of 2007. The lower floor serves the southbound trains while the upper floor serves the northbound ones. The upper floor is linked to the station's exit to south-eastern side of Petrogradsky island. Since 27 May 2015 the lower floor house an entrance to a transfer corridor equipped with moving walkway which link the station to the exit on the north-eastern side of Vasilyevsky island.^[1]

Nearby landmarks

The station is located in close proximity to the Petrovsky Stadium, the former home stadium of the city's home football team and Yubileyny Sports Palace. The station closed during and immediately after the team's home games, mostly due to apprehension over riot damage. The station is also located within walking distance of Peter and Paul Fortress.

Transport

Buses: 1, 10, 47, 128, 191, 227, 230, 249, 275. Trolleybuses: 1, 7, 9, 31. Trams: 6, 40 T1.

Gallery

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  Lower level
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  An inclined travelator at Sportivnaya station on the Saint Petersburg Metro, Russia

References