- Gorkovskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
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Gorkovskaya
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Station HallStation statistics Coordinates 59°57′22″N 30°19′08″E / 59.95611°N 30.31889°ECoordinates: 59°57′22″N 30°19′08″E / 59.95611°N 30.31889°E Lines 
Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya LineStructure Underground Platforms Island platform Tracks 2 Other information Opened 1963-07-01 Owned by Saint Petersburg Metro Services Preceding station StPetersburg Metro Following station Petrogradskayatoward ParnasMoskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line toward KupchinoMoskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line Legend
Depot 6 "Vyborgskoe" 
Parnas Prospekt Prosvescheniya Ozerki Udelnaya Pionerskaya 
Chornaya Rechka Chornaya Rechka Bolshaya Nevka Karpovka Petrogradskaya Gorkovskaya Neva River Moyka 
Nevsky Prospekt ↔ Gostiny Dvor 
Sennaya Ploshchad ↔ Sadovaya ↔ Spasskaya Fontanka River 
Tekhnologichesky Institut ↔ Tekhnologichesky Institut Obvodny Kanal Frunzenskaya Moskovskiye Vorota Elektrosila Park Pobedy Moskovskaya Zvyozdnaya Kupchino 
Depot 3 "Moskovskoye" "Gorkovskaya" redirects here. For other uses, see Gorkovskaya (disambiguation).Gorkovskaya (Russian: Го́рьковская) is a station on the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was designed by A.S. Getskin, V.P. Shuvalova, S.L.Mihaylov, H.I. Bashnin, S.I. Evdokimov, A.P. Izoitko and E.I. Travnikov. It opened on July 1, 1963. The station's name was derived from Maxim Gorky Avenue (later renamed Kronverskiy Avenue). The station was designed as a tribute to the writer.
Gorkovskaya subway station
The ground-level vestibule is located at the intersection between Kamennoovstovsky and Kronverksky Prospects. The vestibule is designed to withstand a direct impact during carpet bombing.
The station closed in October 2008 for a 14-month reconstruction and reopened in December 2009 as initially planned.
Notable landmarks
The station is located in close proximity to Peter and Paul Fortress, as well as the Saint Petersburg Mosque and Leningrad Zoo.
References
Pedestrian zones of Saint Petersburg by creation year Pedestrian
zones1996Malaya Konushennaya Street19981999Planernaya Street (Avenue to Liquidators Chernobyl Accidents)20002001Gospitalniy pereulok • 6-7 Liniya of Vasilievsky Island • Finskiy pereulok • Bulvar Novatorov • On ninth of January Prospekt • Tankistov Street • Volodarskogo Street • Quarter 5 (Rzhevka) • Quarter 11 • Svoboda Square • Rubakina Street • Alexandrovskaya Street • near Zvyozdnaya • near Lomonosovskaya, Matushenko Street • Nizhnaya Doroga • near Staraya Derevnya • Akademitheskiy Prodpekt • Arts Square2002near Shuvalovo • Quarter 18 - 18А • Burenin Street • Blagodatnaya Street (first stage) • Kommunarov Street • near Gorkovskaya, Alexander Park • Sadovaya Street, Tsarskoye Selo • Turku Street • Quarter 24 • Konushenniy Pereulok • Kuznechniy Pereulok • Palace Square2003Andreevskie Dvoriki: 27, 6 Liniya of Vasilievsky Island · 32, 7 Liniya of Vasilievsky Island • near Udelnaya • Rizhskaya Street • Quarter 5 (South-West) • Blagodatnaya Street (second stage) • Shlisselburgskiy Prospekt • near Petrogradskaya, Bezimyanniy Pereulok • Klenovaya Alleya • Millionnaya Street • Griboyedov Canal Quay • Bolshaya Konushennaya Street • Solyanoy Pereulok2009Blagoeva streetMemorials Alexander Column • Bronze Horseman • Hero-City Obelisk • Column of Glory • Cruiser Aurora • Peter I near St. Michael's Castle • Church of the Savior on Blood • Alexander Pushkin in Arts Square • Nikolai Gogol in Konushennaya Street • Chesme Column • Kagul Obelisk • Monument to Nicholas I • Mother Motherland • Moscow Triumphal Gate • Narva Triumphal Gate • Vasily Korchmin • Liquidators Chernobyl Accidens • Genio loci • Barometer clock • Saint Petersburgs policeman • Sphere fountain • Photographer • Reproduct
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