Kastrychnitskaya (Minsk Metro) Explained

Kastrychnitskaya
Native Name Lang:be
Type: Minsk Metro station
Style:Minsk Metro
Style2:1
Coordinates:53.9019°N 27.5614°W
Structure:Underground
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections: (Kuplawskaya)
Code:116
Owned:Minsk Metro
Map Type:Belarus

Kastrychnitskaya (Belarusian: Кастрычніцкая||October; Russian: Октябрьская) or previously Oktyabrskaya, is a Minsk Metro station. It opened on June 30, 1984.

The station is one of three on the Minsk Metro to have been built with an entrance in an existing building, the other two being Kupalawskaya and Ploshcha Lyenina.[1]

2011 bombing

See main article: 2011 Minsk Metro bombing. Kastrychnitskaya station was the site of the Minsk Metro bombing on April 11, 2011.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schwandl . Robert . Minsk . UrbanRail.net . 2004 . 11 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110417003147/http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/min/minsk.htm . 17 April 2011 .