- Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line
Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line ( _ru. Кировско-Вы́боргская ли́ния) is the oldest line of the
Saint Petersburg Metro , opened in1955 . The original stations are very beautiful and elaborately decorated, especially Avtovo andNarvskaya . The line connects four out of fiveSaint Petersburg 's mainrailway station s. In1995 , a flooding occurred in a tunnel betweenLesnaya andPloshchad Muzhestva stations and, for nine years, the line was separated into two independent segments (the gap was connected by a shuttlebus route). The line is also the only one to feature shallow stations.The line cuts
Saint Petersburg centre on a northeast-southwest axis. In the south its alignment follows the shore of theGulf of Finland . In the north it extends outside the city limits into theLeningrad oblast (it is the only line to stretch beyond the city boundary). The Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line generally colouredred on Metro maps.Timeline
The transfer on Tekhnologichesky Institut is a cross-platform one. Future transfer to the
Kupchinsko-Primorskaya Line is planned via Pushkinskaya.Rolling stock
Two depots serve the line, Avtovo (№ 1) and Severnoe (№ 4), although when the lines separated in 1995 the Severnoe served the northern section whilst the Avtovo, along with other depots took over the southern section. As there was a large surplus in the north, conventional railway was used to transfer many of the trains to other depots. Upon the reunification of the two sections, the Severnoe depot's park was restored and the line became the first to start using eight-carriage trains, of which currently 34 and 20 trains are assigned respectively to the metro.
Recent developments and future plans
As most of the stations on this line are very old, constant renovations are taking place restoring them. The stations Vladimirskaya and
Narvskaya will be closed for reconstruction from autumn2006 until2008 .Fact|date=April 2008 The controversial mosaic of Stalin located on Narvskaya station behind the service room is still subject to debate on whether to open it to the public. Plans to expand the line southward are currently being discussed.
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