Nevsky Prospekt (Saint Petersburg Metro) Explained

Nevsky Prospekt
Address:Tsentralny District
Borough:Saint Petersburg
Country:Russia
Coordinates:59.935°N 30.3283°W
Structure:Underground
Platform:1 (Island platform)
Tracks:2
Opened:1963-07-01
Electrified:Third rail
Owned:Saint Petersburg Metro
Map State:collapsed

Nevsky Prospekt (Russian: Не́вский проспе́кт) is a station on the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It serves the street of the same name, one of the largest in the city.

The station was opened on July 1, 1963. While the station itself was designed by Mayofis and Maximov, the interior was designed by Getskin, Shuvalova and Andreyev. The station has two sets of exits on Mikhailovskya Street.

The station is linked to Gostiny Dvor via a transfer corridor that descends to the middle of the platform and a set of escalators at the platform's northern end.

Nevsky Prospekt is considered one of the most congested stations in the entire Saint Petersburg Metro.[1] [2]

Nevsky Prospekt is one of the more exotic locations used in Mornington Crescent, a game played in the BBC Radio 4 show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20120909131646/http://www.podzemka.spb.ru/unreal/45/ Congestion levels among various sections of St. Petersburg subway as of 2004 (Morning Rush Hours)
  2. https://archive.today/20120906225420/http://www.podzemka.spb.ru/unreal/46/ Congestion levels among various sections of St. Petersburg subway as of 2004 (Evening Rush Hours)