Narvskaya

Station Hall

Coordinates

59°54′04.35″N 30°16′29.65″E / 59.9012083°N 30.2749028°ECoordinates: 59°54′04.35″N 30°16′29.65″E / 59.9012083°N 30.2749028°E

Owned by

Saint Petersburg Metro

Line(s)

Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line

Platforms

Island platform

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

Underground

Depth

≈52 m (171 ft)

History

Opened

November 15, 1955

Services

Preceding station		St Petersburg Metro		Following station
Baltiyskaya toward Devyatkino		Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line		Kirovsky Zavod toward Prospekt Veteranov

Narvskaya (Russian: На́рвская) is a subway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line between the stations Baltiyskaya and Kirovsky Zavod. The station opened on November 15, 1955, as part of the first stage of Saint Petersburg Metro from Avtovo to Ploschad Vosstania.

When the construction of the station first began, it was named Ploshchad Stachek (Translated "Square of the Strikes"), but several years before its opening, the name was changed to "Stalinskaya" after Joseph Stalin. Shortly before it opened in March 1953, Stalin died and the political structure changed. The station was renamed Narvskaya after the Narva Triumphal Gate, located opposite to the entrance to the station. This place-name indicates that it was once the gate of the road to Narva. In spite of the name change, it still contains a large number of decorative elements relating to Stalin.

The irregular-shaped pavilion is built in the neoclassical style with a dome at one end. The station is lined in white marble with many bronze inserts. The walls of the vestibule are painted red and escalator balustrades are decorated with red plastic. There is a decorative strip of red stone on the upper portion of the walls in the underground hall, and the center of the station platform is constructed of red granite.

The station has one concourse, located on Strikes Square, at the corner of Staro-Peterhofskiy prospekt and Ivan Chernyh street. The vestibule of station was designed by architects I. V. Vasilyev, D. S. Goldgor, S. B. Speransky and engineer O. V. Ivanova.

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