Narvskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Narvskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Narvskaya
Spb metro logo.svg Saint Petersburg Metro station
Metro SPB Line1 Narvskaya.jpg
Station Hall
Station statistics
Coordinates 59°54′04.35″N 30°16′29.65″E / 59.9012083°N 30.2749028°E / 59.9012083; 30.2749028Coordinates: 59°54′04.35″N 30°16′29.65″E / 59.9012083°N 30.2749028°E / 59.9012083; 30.2749028
Lines Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line
Structure Underground
Depth 52 m (171 ft)
Platforms Island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened November 15, 1955
Owned by Saint Petersburg Metro
Services
Preceding station   StPetersburg Metro   Following station
Baltiyskaya
toward Devyatkino
Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line
Kirovsky Zavod
toward Prospekt Veteranov
[v · d · e]Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line
Legend
Unknown BSicon "Spb metro line1"
Non-passenger head station
Depot 4 "Severnoye"
Station on track
Devyatkino
Station on track
Grazhdansky Prospekt
Underwater tunnel
Murinskiy Ruchei
Station on track
Akademicheskaya
Station on track
Politekhnicheskaya
Station on track
Ploschad Muzhestva
Station on track
Lesnaya
Station on track
Vyborgskaya
Station on track
Ploshchad Lenina
Underwater tunnel
Neva River
Station on track
Chernyshevskaya
Station on track + Hub
Unknown BSicon "BHF_green" + Hub
Ploshchad Vosstaniya  ↔  Mayakovskaya







Station on track + Hub
Unknown BSicon "BHF orange" + Hub
Vladimirskaya  ↔  Dostoevskaya







Station on track + Hub
Unknown BSicon "BHF violet" + Hub
Pushkinskaya  ↔  Zvenigorodskaya







Right side of cross-platform interchange Left side of urban cross-platform interchange
Tekhnologichesky Institut  ↔  Tekhnologichesky Institut
Underwater tunnel
Obvodny Kanal
Station on track
Baltiyskaya
Station on track
Narvskaya
Station on track
Kirovsky Zavod
Station on track
Avtovo
Underwater tunnel
Krasnenkaya River
Junction to left Track turning from right
Straight track Non-passenger station/depot on track
Depot 1 "Avtovo"
Straight track Unknown BSicon "KDSTxe"
Depot 2 "Dachnoye"
Straight track Unknown BSicon "exKBHFe"
Dachnoye
Station on track
Leninsky Prospekt
End station
Prospekt Veteranov
Unknown BSicon "Spb metro line1"

Narvskaya (Russian: Нарвская) is a subway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line between the stations Baltiyskaya and Kirovsky Zavod. The station opened on November, 15th, 1955 as part of the first stage of Saint Petersburg Metro from Avtovo to Ploschad Vosstania.

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Overview

While the station was being built, the station was called Ploshchad Stachek (Translated "Square of Strikes"); several years before its opening the station's name was "Stalinskaya". Shortly before the station opened in March 1953 Joseph Stalin died and the political structure had changed. The station is named Narvskaya in honour of the Narva Triumphal Gate, located opposite from the entrance to the station; this toponym is related to the road to Narva.[1]

The station is issued by white marble, and has many inserts of yellow metal under bronze. The walls of the vestibule are painted in red, historically blind escalator balustrades are decorated by plastic under a red colour. In the underground hall on top of the walls there is a decorative strip of red stone, the center of the station platform is red granite.

Connections to public transport
Bus commercial routes K-1, K-2, K-6, K-20, K-66, K-154, K-169, K-177, K-195, K-306, K-404
Bus routes 2, 6, 35, 35A, 66, 66A, 73
Trolleybus route 20
Vestibule of Narvskaya

Concourse

The station has one сoncourse, located on Strikes Square, at the corner of Staro-Peterhofskiy prospekt and Ivan Chernyh street. The vestibule of station was designed by architects I. V. Vasilyev, D. S. Goldgor, S. B. Speransky and engineer O. V. Ivanova.

The irregular-shaped pavilion is built in the neoclassical style with a done at one end. The station contains the greatest number of details related to Stalin.

The wall of the vestibule was planned to be decorated with an engraving of the text:

Russian: Не исключена возможность, что именно Россия явится страной пролагающей путь к социализму… Надо откинуть отжившее представление о том, что только Европа может указывать нам путь
Translated: It is not at all impossible that Russia will be the country to lead the way to socialism... One must discard the interpretation that only Europe can guide us on our way.[1]

Concourse, behind it is Narvsky prospekt

Over the escalator run is a relief reading "Glory to Work!", built by the sculptors G. V. Kosov, A. G. Ovsyannikov, V. G. Stamov, and A. P. Timchenko. Gathered on Lenin square, a group of workers looks at the centre of the relief, where nobody is standing; most likely, an engraving of Stalin was originally planned to be located there. (see the image)

In recent years, the station has struggled with large volumes of passenger traffic. The three escalators have not been enough to carry passengers during the morning and afternoon rush hours. As the escalators were built in the 1950s, it is necessary to repair them periodically. In peak hours, the station works only in one direction: as an entrance or an exit.

Escalator "crown" lights

In 2012, the station will be closed for a 14-month reconstruction, which will include removing the three outdated escalators and replacting them with four new ones.

Architectural appearance of underground hall

Down escalator hall of Narvskaya

Tree lines of escalator run delivers passengers in underground hall which is on depth 52 metres. Blind escalator balustrades are decorated by plastic under a tree colour, the premise is shined with highly artistic fixtures - the columns topped with a metal crown. The most part of decorative metal parts is executed from yellow metal is most likely bronze (is parts of fixtures, ventilating lattices, lattices of loudspeakers). Power elements, such as protections the escalator machines, directing escalators are executed from a steel and aluminium.

Below escalator run it is located small down escalator hall, it is separated from underground station by a closing mechanism. It is shined by graceful which are located on walls by groups on three pieces.

Enamoured under a ventilating lattice with a hammer and sickle

The underground hall of pylon deep station is built under the project of architects Alexander Vasilev, David Goldgor, Sergey Speransky and engineer O. V. Ivanova. The subjects of registration of station reflect "labour valour of the Soviet people", In architectural appearance many elements of station the soviet symbolics - a hammer and sickles, a red stars, images of red banners is used. On walls opposite to platforms decorative lattices with an inscription «1955» on a year of opening of station are established. Illumination of the central hall is executed by the fluorescent lamps located consecutive arches on an arch of a ceiling, merging in the long term, they make impression of a continuous shone surface.[2]

"Stalin on a tribune" mosaic

On a face wall of the central underground hall originally there was a big mosaic panel "Stalin on a tribune", works of president Soviet Union Academy of Arts Alexander Gerasimov. Originally on a colourful background should establish Stalin's bust. In 1961 after XXII congress of CPSU, the panel is closed by a marble falsh-wall, but the panel image has been already placed in the book devoted to opening first stage.

In the fenced off space the boardroom which has occupied not only appendix, but also space to extreme steam of columns in underground hall took places. Later this premise was used as linear point of machinists of depot "Avtovo" which is there till now. The wall with a mosaic has been disassembled, and staff only premises have been expanded to the following pair of columns. At the organisation of a museum of underground of this mosaic there it has not been exposed, its site and a condition is not known.

On those corners of pilons which leave in the central underground hall the high reliefs representing people of different trades are established. 48 panels with 12 repeating plots are established.

Underground hall's overview. High relief "Plant selection breeders" at the pilon's corner
High reliefs of Narvskaya
Professions Sculptor In Russian
Peoples of art Maria Litovchenko Мария Тимофеевна Литовченко
Collective farmers Mikhail Anikushin Михаил Константинович Аникушин
Naval architects Mikhail Gabe Михаил Руфимович Габе
Scholars Elena Chelpanova Елена Георгиевна Челпанова
Plant selection breeders Valentina Rybalko Валентина Лаврентьевна Рыбалко
Tube builders Alexander Ignatiev Александр Михайлович Игнатьев
Textilemen Lubov Hohlina Любовь Михайловна Холина
Founders P. Kulikov П. А. Куликов
Seamen V. Sichev В. И. Сычёв
Doctors N. Slobodinskiy Н. К. Слободинский
Red soldiers V. Pirozhkov В. О. Пирожков
Builders Alexander Chernitsky Александр Николаевич Черницкий

Facts and prospects

Stage between stations Narvskaya and the Kirovsky zavod is the longest on the first stage of Saint Petersburg Metro is 2.5 kilometres long.[1]

At opening the first stage of Saint Petersburg Metro as much as possible fast terms of building have been established. There could be a situation at which the first locomotive depot should be built on a working branch. For service of trains tunnels behind station have been constructed. For informing of passengers on platforms of stations information displays have been established: under a phrase "the train follows to station" one of two variants was highlighted: Avtovo or Narvskaya. Photos of such indexes have been printed in books about the underground.

The first stage of Saint Petersburg Metro was laid practically on an existing branch of a tram. To accustom passengers to use new transport, the tram line has been transferred on small streets, but at the metro station Narvskaya the tram ring has remained.[3]

After these tunnels have ceased to be used for needs Line 1, they were used for night parking of Line 2 trains. When in 1972 it has been constructed Depot 3 "Moskovskoye", all trains of Line 2 began to spend the night on the line. It is planned to construct on the basis of these tunnels connecting branch with new Line 6.

In the beginning 21st century the station constantly works with a maximum load: wishing to take advantage of underground more than the station can accept. In the mornings week-days the input on station is limited. Since 2007 administration of the underground declares plans of full closing of station for repair and replacement of escalators.[4] In July 2007 have been named the first terms is the end 2008 or the beginning 2009.[5] Terms of the beginning of works are constantly transferred, they are connected with station Gorkovskaya opening.

In 2008 the tender for manufacture and delivery of four escalators has won factory Universalmash. Escalators have height of lifting of 40.8 metres and at length of 81.6 metres, the contract sum has made 208 million roubles.[6]

The information that the design-budget documentation on object takes place state expert appraisal has appeared in the summer of 2009. Plans have been specified is date has been specified second half-year 2010.[7] After Narvskaya it is planned to close station Grazhdansky Prospekt, and then station Tekhnologichesky Institut.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Line 1 Russian: Линия 1" (in ru). Saint Petersburg internet newspaper. http://spb-gazeta.narod.ru/line1.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-23. 
  2. ^ "The first stafe of Saint Petersburg metro" (in ru). Narvskaya. 2005. http://www.leningrad.vpeterburge.ru/metro.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-09. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Transport officials have forgotten that at "Narvskaya" there are tram ring Russian: Транспортные чиновники забыли, что у "Нарвской" есть трамвайные пути" (in ru). City (fontanka.ru). 2009-08-30. http://www.fontanka.ru/2009/08/30/013/. Retrieved 2009-09-10. 
  4. ^ Shahova, Victoria (2007-06-14). ""Gorkovskaya", "Avtovo" and "Narvskaya" will actively repair Russian: "Горьковскую", "Автово" и "Нарвскую" будут активно ремонтировать" (in ru). dp.ru. http://www.dp.ru/a/2007/06/14/Gorkovskuju,_Avtovo_i. Retrieved 2009-09-09. [dead link]
  5. ^ "the shorthand report of performance of the head of the Petersburg underground of Vladimir Garjugin on radio Echo of Moscow" (in ru). Underground forum. 2007-07-18. 
  6. ^ "Factory "Universalmash" has won the tender for manufacture of escalators Russian: Завод «Универсалмаш» выиграл тендер на производство эскалаторов" (in ru). News (raise.ru). 2009-02-02. http://www.raise.ru/news/1758/. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  7. ^ ""Narvskaya" are going to close in a year Russian: "Нарвскую" собираются закрыть через год" (in ru). fontanka.ru. 2009-08-17. http://www.fontanka.ru/2009/08/17/075/. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  8. ^ "Afterwards for "Narvskaya" will close "Grazhdansky Prospekt" Russian: Следом за "Нарвской" закроют "Гражданский проспект"" (in ru). City (fontanka.ru). 2009-08-31. http://www.fontanka.ru/2009/08/31/016/. Retrieved 2009-09-10. 

External links

Media related to Narvskaya at Wikimedia Commons "Narvskaya" (in ru). metro.vpeterburge.ru. http://metro.vpeterburge.ru/stations/1/narvskaya/. Retrieved 2009-09-09. [dead link]

Closing of escalators of Saint Peterburg Metro on major repairs

Preceded by
Gostiny dvor (Aug 2008 - Aug 2009)
Gorkovskaya (Oct 2008 - end of 2009 /planned/)
Major repair with full closed
end of 2009-2011/planned/
Succeeded by
Grazhdansky Prospekt (2011-…/planned/)

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