Uralmash (Yekaterinburg Metro) Explained

Uralmash
Coordinates:56.8878°N 60.6136°W
Line:First line
Structure:island
Platform:1
Tracks:2
Opened:27 April 1991

Uralmash (Russian: Уралмаш) is a station of the Yekaterinburg Metro located on the 1st line between the stations Prospekt Kosmonavtov (Yekaterinburg Metro) and Mashinostroiteley. It opened on April 27, 1991 as part of the first launch section of the Yekaterinburg metro "Prospekt Kosmonavtov." It got its name from the nearby Uralmash plant.

The station is located at the intersection of Baumana/Mashinostroiteley streets and Kosmonavtov Avenue.

Construction History

Design

The monolithic vault of the station is cut with parallel edges along diagonal channels. As conceived by the authors, the ceiling should resemble the thread of a screw, or the shape of giant machines and give the station an industrial flavor. The design used cast iron: patterned metal plates, small parts and original fittings. The color scheme of the interior is calm, restrained, without much richness and variety of natural stone. The side walls are made of gray and gray-white Nizhny Tagil marble, the floor on the platform is paved with granite slabs. The bas-reliefs on the end walls, dedicated to the workers of Uralmash, were created by the sculptor Vladimir Yegorovich Egorov and the letters in the word "Uralmash" were done by Vyacheslav Butusov.[3]

Technical Characteristics

Lobbies and Transfers

The station has two underground lobbies. The southern lobby is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Kosmonavtov Avenue and Mashinostroiteley Street, but, in addition, it is connected by a long underground passage with the southwest corner of the same intersection and with the eastern side of Kosmonavtov Avenue. In 2001, this intersection was significantly reconstructed, now tram and trolleybus stops have been moved directly to the metro pavilions. The eastern exit of the underground passage is built into a residential building, which is the only such case in the city. In the inclined tunnels of the southern vestibule, there are short escalators for the ascent (2 belts with two lamps on the balustrade between them) and the usual stairs for the descent. The northern lobby is located next to residential buildings on Kosmonavtov Avenue, not far from the Lavrov Palace of Culture. This lobby, unlike the southern one, has no escalators: there is only a staircase.

Ground Public Transportation

The station has exits to four stops of all types of ground transport: buses, trolley buses, trams and minibus routes.

Table: public transport routes (data as of May 2020)

Buses
No.toward metro stationEnd Point 1End Point 2
36«Uralmash»Pekhotintsev streetUral Federal University
56«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash»UZTM (Uralmash factory)Dom Kul'tury (House of Culture)
59«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash»UZTM (Uralmash factory)Okruzhnoye kladbishche (District cemetery)
103«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash (Yekaterinburg Metro)», «Mashinostroiteley»PeduniversitetKedrovoye
104е«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash (Yekaterinburg Metro)»UZTM (Uralmash factory)Krasnyy-2
108«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash (Yekaterinburg Metro)», «Mashinostroiteley»PeduniversitetVerkhnyaya Pyshma
111«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash (Yekaterinburg Metro)», «Mashinostroiteley»PeduniversitetSredneuralsk
134«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash (Yekaterinburg Metro)», «Mashinostroiteley»PeduniversitetOlkhovka
142«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash (Yekaterinburg Metro)»UZTM (Uralmash factory)Zelenyy Bor
159«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash (Yekaterinburg Metro)»UZTM (Uralmash factory)Zh.D. (Railroad) Station «Krasnogvardeysky»
161«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash (Yekaterinburg Metro)», «Mashinostroiteley»PeduniversitetSanatornyy
223«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash (Yekaterinburg Metro)», «Mashinostroiteley»PeduniversitetMonastery at Ganina Yama
Trams
No.toward next stationEnd Point 1End Point 2
5«Uralmash», «Mashinostroiteley» («Peduniversitet» stop), «Uralskaya» («Zh.D. Vokzal» stop)UZTM (Uralmash factory)40 Let Vlksm
«Uralmash», «Mashinostroiteley» («Peduniversitet» stop)UZTM (Uralmash factory)Shartash
8«Uralmash», «Mashinostroiteley» («Peduniversitet» stop),Mashinostroiteley street40 Let Vlksm street
17«Uralmash», «Mashinostroiteley» («Peduniversitet» stop),Mashinostroiteley streetElmash
22«Uralmash» («Kuznetsova street» stop), «Mashinostroiteley»Mashinostroiteley streetMashinostroiteley street (circle)
24«Uralmash» («Kuznetsova street» stop)UZTM (Uralmash factory)7 Klyuchey Microdistrict
Trolleybuses
No.toward next stationEnd Point 1End Point 2
3«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash», «Mashinostroiteley» («Peduniversitet» stop), «Uralskaya» («Zh.D. Vokzal» stop), «Ploshchad 1905 Goda» ("Ploshchad Malysheva" and "Rubin" stops)Kommunisticheskaya streetTokarey street
5«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash», «Mashinostroiteley» («Peduniversitet» stop), «Uralskaya» («Zh.D. Vokzal» stop)Kommunisticheskaya streetMayakovsky Central Park of Culture and Leisure.
12«Prospekt Kosmonavtov», «Uralmash», «Mashinostroiteley» («Peduniversitet» stop)Kommunisticheskaya streetAkademicheskaya
17«Uralmash», «Mashinostroiteley» («Peduniversitet» stop), «Uralskaya» («Zh.D. Vokzal» stop)UZTM (Uralmash factory)UZTM (Uralmash factory) (circle)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Метро в Свердловске. — Свердловск: Средне-Уральское книжное издательство, 1989.
  2. Web site: История // "Метрострой-ПТС" . 2010-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090414135314/http://metropts.ru/metro/157 . 2009-04-14.
  3. http://berlogos.ru/interview/artur-i-spartak-ziganshiny-kak-rozhdalas-kontseptsiya-ekaterinburgskogo-metropolitena.php How the concept of the Yekaterinburg metro evolved. / Bergolos — magazine about design and architecture