Location Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tracks 2 Opened 8 December 1984 | Platforms island platform Previous names Kosmonavtlar Prospekti Platform Island platform | |
Address Afrosiab Street, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Similar Mashinasozlar, Alisher Navoiy, Mustaqilliq Maidoni, Amir Temur Xiyoboni, Chorsu | ||
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.