Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo I (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Alexander Nevsky Square -1 (Russian Площадь Александра Невского -1 ) is a eröffneter on November 3, 1967 Metro Station of the Metro St Petersburg on line 3

The name of Alexander Nevsky Square literally means " Alexander Nevsky Square " and refers to the location of the station in 54 meters depth below the Alexander Nevsky Square at the eastern end of the Nevsky Prospect and close to the Alexander Nevsky monastery was created. On line maps and signs the subway station is called at line 3 usually Alexander Nevsky Square -1 to distinguish it from the 1985 built and metro station of line 4, which is accordingly known as Alexander Nevsky Square -2. For this underground station, the under the Alexander Nevsky Square, is also, however, six meters deep, there is a direct transfer possibility. It can be reached from the line 3 to line 4, first via a staircase at the eastern end of the platform, then through a corridor to the right and down escalators running directly to the platform of Alexander Nevsky Square -2.

The private output of Alexander Nevsky Square -1 begins at the other end of the platform of the station and leads over long escalators to the ground floor banking hall on the north side of the Nevsky Prospect and the West side of Alexander Nevsky Square ( in contrast, is the entrance building of Alexander Nevsky Square -2 on the south side of the Nevsky Prospect ). The main hall is built into the building of the hotel Moskva. 2008, a direct transition was built between the porch and the built within the hotel Moskva shopping center. 2010, the entire vestibule of Alexander Nevsky Square -1 was the purpose of overhaul, including the replacement of the escalators closed. The re- opening is planned for 2011, until then the metro station can be reached only through Alexander Nevsky Square -2 and the transition tunnel.

As in all other 1967 opened Metro stations of Line 3 is Alexander Nevsky Square - 1 is a so-called station closed type, in which the platform and the track area are structurally separated. The niches in the two partitions are closed by opaque screen doors that automatically open to the arrival of the train and close before it departs again. The only architectural feature of the U -Bahn station is exported in copper relief composition with a stylized motif of the life of canonized Russian national hero Alexander Nevsky, after which the space above the underground station and the monastery are named in the vicinity. The Equestrian Portrait of the Prince is seen with four other riders from his entourage, wherein on the composition, curiously, only four horses have to guess (for a total of five riders ). The relief can now be seen on the wall of the transition tunnel to the line 4; before the construction of the selfsame in 1985 it adorned the wall at the eastern end of the platform.