Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line
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Saint Petersburg Metro
The Saint Petersburg Metro is the underground railway system in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It has been open since November 15, 1955.Formerly known as the V.I...
, opened in 1955. The original stations are very beautiful and elaborately decorated, especially Avtovo
Avtovo (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Avtovo is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was designed by architect Ye.A. Levinson and opened as part of the first Metro line on November 15, 1955....
and Narvskaya
Narvskaya
Narvskaya is a subway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia.It is on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line between the stations Baltiyskaya and Kirovsky Zavod....
. The line connects four out of five Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
's main railway stations. In 1995, a flooding occurred in a tunnel between Lesnaya and Ploshchad Muzhestva stations and, for nine years, the line was separated into two independent segments (the gap was connected by a shuttle bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
route). The line is also the only one to feature shallow stations.
The line cuts Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
centre on a northeast-southwest axis. In the south its alignment follows the shore of the Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Finland
The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland and Estonia all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn...
. In the north it extends outside the city limits into the Leningrad oblast
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...
(it is the only line to stretch beyond the city boundary). The Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line generally coloured red
Red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
on Metro maps.
Timeline
| Segment | Date opened | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Ploshchad Vosstaniya Ploshchad Vosstaniya Ploshchad Vosstaniya is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro. It is one of the system's original stations, opening on November 15, 1955. It is a deep underground pylon station at 58 m depth. The main surface vestibule is situated on Vosstaniya Square, which gives... -Avtovo Avtovo (Saint Petersburg Metro) Avtovo is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was designed by architect Ye.A. Levinson and opened as part of the first Metro line on November 15, 1955.... |
November 15, 1955 | 9.4 km |
| Pushkinskaya Pushkinskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro) Pushkinskaya is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. Opened on 30 April 1956.... |
December 30, 1956 | N/A |
| Ploshchad Vosstaniya Ploshchad Vosstaniya Ploshchad Vosstaniya is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro. It is one of the system's original stations, opening on November 15, 1955. It is a deep underground pylon station at 58 m depth. The main surface vestibule is situated on Vosstaniya Square, which gives... -Ploshchad Lenina |
June 1, 1958 | 3.0 km |
| Avtovo Avtovo (Saint Petersburg Metro) Avtovo is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was designed by architect Ye.A. Levinson and opened as part of the first Metro line on November 15, 1955.... -Dachnoye Dachnoye Dachnoye was a temporary station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was designed by architect Kseniya Afonskaya and opened on June 1, 1966. The station was created to serve the translation needs of nearby neighborhoods until the Leninisky Prospekt-Prospekt Veteranov... (temporary) |
June 1, 1966 | 1.5 km |
| Ploshchad Lenina-Akademicheskaya Akademicheskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro) Akademicheskaya is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. Opened on 31 December 1975.... |
April 22, 1975 | 8.8 km |
| Politekhnicheskaya Politekhnicheskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro) Politekhnicheskaya is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. Opened on 31 December 1975.... |
December 29, 1975 | N/A |
| Avtovo Avtovo (Saint Petersburg Metro) Avtovo is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was designed by architect Ye.A. Levinson and opened as part of the first Metro line on November 15, 1955.... -Prospekt Veteranov |
September 29, 1977 | 3.5 - 1.5 km* |
| Akademicheskaya Akademicheskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro) Akademicheskaya is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. Opened on 31 December 1975.... -Devyatkino Devyatkino Devyatkino is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro and St. Petersburg-Kuznechnoye railway. It is the only Metro station located outside the city limits, in Leningrad Oblast.... |
December 29, 1978 | 4.9 km |
| Total: | 19 Stations | 29.6 km |
Dachnoye
Dachnoye was a temporary station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was designed by architect Kseniya Afonskaya and opened on June 1, 1966. The station was created to serve the translation needs of nearby neighborhoods until the Leninisky Prospekt-Prospekt Veteranov...
(which had been the terminus since 1966) and its track were terminated.
Name changes
| Station | Previous name(s) | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Devyatkino Devyatkino Devyatkino is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro and St. Petersburg-Kuznechnoye railway. It is the only Metro station located outside the city limits, in Leningrad Oblast.... |
Komsomolskaya | 1978–1991 |
Transfers
| # | Transfer to | At |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line The Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line , is the second oldest line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, opened in 1961. It featured the first cross-platform transfer in the USSR... |
Tekhnologichesky Institut Tekhnologichesky Institut Tekhnologichesky Institut is a cross-platform interchange station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. The stations consists of two halls, with both serving located on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line and Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line trains... |
| 3 | Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line The Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line , is a line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, opened in 1967. Since 1994, it has been officially designated as Line 3. It stands out among St. Petersburg metro lines for two reasons — its stations are almost exclusively of "Horizontal Lift" type and it has the... |
Ploshchad Vosstaniya Ploshchad Vosstaniya Ploshchad Vosstaniya is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro. It is one of the system's original stations, opening on November 15, 1955. It is a deep underground pylon station at 58 m depth. The main surface vestibule is situated on Vosstaniya Square, which gives... |
| 4 | Pravoberezhnaya Line Pravoberezhnaya Line Pravoberezhnaya Line , is a line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. Opened in 1985, it is the shortest line in the system with the stations featuring a modern design... |
Vladimirskaya |
| 5 | Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line | Pushkinskaya Pushkinskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro) Pushkinskaya is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. Opened on 30 April 1956.... |
The transfer on Tekhnologichesky Institut is a cross-platform one. Last transfer to the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line has opened via Pushkinskaya in 2008.
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. Most of them are E, Em, Ema, and Emx trains built in the 1960s and 1970s.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 NarvskayaNarvskaya
Narvskaya is a subway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia.It is on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line between the stations Baltiyskaya and Kirovsky Zavod....
were closed for reconstruction from autumn 2006 until 2008. The controversial mosaic of Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
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.