Chkalovskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Chkalovskaya
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Station Hall
Coordinates	59°57′40″N 30°17′31″E / 59.961056°N 30.292028°E / 59.961056; 30.292028Coordinates: 59°57′40″N 30°17′31″E / 59.961056°N 30.292028°E / 59.961056; 30.292028
Owned by	Saint Petersburg Metro
Line(s)	Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	≈60 m (197 ft)
History
Opened	September 15, 1997
Services
Preceding station   St Petersburg Metro   Following station Krestovsky Ostrov toward Komendantsky Prospekt Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line Sportivnaya toward Mezhdunarodnaya

Chkalovskaya (Russian: Чка́ловская) is a station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. The station was designed by Alexander Konstantinov, Alexander Bystrov and Andrey Larionov. It opened on September 15, 1997 as a Pravoberezhnaya Line station, but it was transferred to Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line on March 7, 2009. The station was named after Valery Chkalov, a famous Russian aviator. A sculpture of him, which was created by V. Sveshnikov, was erected by the station's entrance. The station's decoration features an aviation theme. The floor design invokes airport landing strips, while the lights look like components of the ANT-6 aircraft. The escalator lamps were designed to resemble propellers.