Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station (Saint Petersburg)

Russia / Sankt Petersburg / Saint Petersburg
 invisible, metro station, listed building / architectural heritage, 1955_construction, civil defense facility, Stalinist (architecture), underground facility
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 its name to the station. Another exit (opened in 1960) opens directly into the Moskovsky Rail Terminal. Ploshchad Vosstaniya is connected to the station Mayakovskaya of the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line via a transfer corridor and a set of escalators.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploshchad_Vosstaniya_(Saint_Petersburg_Metro)
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Coordinates:   59°55'50"N   30°21'33"E
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