- Petrogradskaya
Petrogradskaya ( _ru. Петрогра́дская) is a station on the
Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line of theSaint Petersburg Metro .The station was opened on
July 1 ,1963 . The name was given by its location onPetrograskaya Storona , one of the historical districts ofSaint Petersburg .The ground vestibule is made by architectors Andreev, Moskalenko and is built into the building of "Dom mod" ("House of Fashions"), located on crossroad of Kamennoostrovsky prospect and Big prospect of Petrogradskaya Storona, near Leon Tolstoy square. There is underground slope to a pedestrian subway (originally with escalators, dismantled later).
Petrogradskaya is station of deep location with
platform screen doors . Its depth is 53 meters. Underground hall is constructed by project of Belov, Govorkovsky, Rivin, Tregubov, Shimakovsky architectors. Crimped surface of the walls is tiled with ceramics. Butt wall is decorated with panel against the blue grating background with profiles of worker andkolkhoz woman, which expose tht theme of revolutionary Petrograd.A transfer to circular line is planned.
External links
* [http://metro-spb.nwd.ru/Stations/2/l2_pg.htm Petrogradskaya at metro-spb.nwd.ru] ru icon
* [http://ometro.net/lines-2-12.php Petrogradskaya at ometro.net] ru icon
* [http://encyc.mir-x.ru/slovo.asp?id=185377 Saint Petersburg. Petrograd. Leningrad: Encyclopedic reference book. Petrogradskaya] ru iconLiterature
* Петербургский метрополитен: от идеи до воплощения. Альбом-каталог. — СПб.:ГМИСПб, 2005. ISBN 5-902671-21-3 ru icon
* Метрополитен Северной Столицы (Альбом) / Под ред. Гарюгина В. А. — СПб.: Издательство «Лики Росиии», 1995. ISBN 5-87417-020-0 ru icon
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