Chornaya Rechka (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Chernaya Retschka (Russian: Чёрная речка, German Black River ) is a metro station in the Moskowsko - Petrogradskaja - line metro Saint Petersburg. Geographically, the station is located in the southeast of Rajon Primorsky on a peninsula between Great River Neva in the south and the eponymous river Chernaya Retschka the north and east. The entrance to the station is located in the northeast corner of a small park at the Ulitsa Akademika Krylova.

The applied at a depth of around 62 meters station was taken on November 6, 1982 as part of the northern extension of Line 2 together with the stations Pionerskaya and Udelnaya in operation.

Architecture

The aboveground portion of the U -Bahn station Chernaya Retschka is kept very functional. The entrance hall is out of a two storey flat roof building with a large glass facade on the north side, where followed by a small forecourt to the slightly higher -lying buildings. 2009, until then discreetly outwardly curved glass front has been replaced by a polygonal, far superior pavilion to create more space for business premises in the aerial hall.

The architects of the surface structure were WG Chiltschenko, IJ and Sergeeva NA Vinogradov.

The well located in the underground concourse of the station is run as a white barrel vault with eight centered over the platform placed chandeliers. Laterally the vault is limited by an approximately zughohe, dark tile wall made of labradorite. At the transition between the crown and side wall is a golden trim with contrasting bright shelves of ceramic tiles and white marble, on which the station name is repeatedly attached at regular intervals. The track troughs are located on the sides, so that the station over a wide central platform has. Centered beneath the chandeliers panels are installed for passenger information. Access is created at the south end of the hall between the two tunnel entrances. From the platform level is reached by a short flight of stairs, the three escalators to the surface.

Responsible for the design of the underground facility were the architects GN Buldakow, WN Scherbin and AP Volkov.

Pushkin monument

At the northern end of the platform hall, a monument was erected in the form of a bronze statue in honor of the Russian poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin to 145th anniversary of his death. The comments from the artist Mikhail Anikuschin made ​​about man-sized figure stands high on a pedestal in front of a wall of bright tiles that creates the necessary contrast to the dark statue.

Pushkin died in 1837 as a result of a duel that was far from the spot, held at the of the metro station today.

Transition to other modes of transportation

On the surface, there is transition to the following public transport routes:

  • Urban bus lines 1, 2М, 2Мб, 5М, 5Ма, 25, 25а, 32, 33, 46, 79, 94, 98, 122, 137, 211
  • Commercial bus lines К -17, К -46, К -50, К -76, К -127, К -132, К -133, К -206, К -210, К -252, К -298, К -321, К -346, К -373, К -405, К -417, К -425, К - 690th
  • Trolley bus lines 6, 34
  • Tram lines 21, 40, 48
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