Sennaya Ploshchad (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Sennaya Ploshchad (Russian: Сеннáя плóщадь, IPA: [sʲɪˈnːajə ˈploɕːɪtʲ]; named after Sennaya Square) is a station on the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro.

Sennaya Ploshchad
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Station Hall
General information
LocationAdmiralteysky District
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Coordinates59°55′38″N 30°19′13″E / 59.9271°N 30.3203°E / 59.9271; 30.3203
Owned bySaint Petersburg Metro
Line(s)Line 2 (Saint Petersburg Metro) Moskovsko–Petrogradskaya Line
Platforms1 (Island platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened1 July 1963
ElectrifiedThird rail
Previous namesPloshchad Mira
Services
Preceding station Saint Petersburg Metro Following station
Nevsky Prospekt
towards Parnas
Line 2 Tekhnologichesky Institut
towards Kupchino
Terminus Line 4
transfer at Spasskaya
Dostoyevskaya
Admiralteyskaya Line 5
transfer at Sadovaya
Zvenigorodskaya
towards Shushary

History

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The station opened on 1 July 1963.[1] It is a deep underground pylon station. Its surface vestibule is situated near Sennaya Square, which gives its name to the station. The historic Saviour Church on Sennaya Square was demolished in 1961 prior to the construction of the vestibule, although it ended up located in a different place.[2] In 1952, Sennaya Square was renamed Ploshchad Mira and the new station was given that name. The historic name of the square was restored in 1992, and the metro station was also renamed.[3] In June 1999, the concrete canopy of the surface vestibule collapsed, killing seven.[4] The station is connected to the station Spasskaya of the Pravoberezhnaya Line and Sadovaya of the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line via an underground transfer corridor.

On 3 April 2017, a suicide bomber blew himself up on a train between stations Sennaya Ploschad and Tekhnologichesky Institut, leaving 15 people dead and at least 45 people injured.

References

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  1. ^ Ерофеев, Алексей (2017-01-12). "Сенная площадь". Путеводитель по улицам и истории Петербурга. Все достопримечательности в шаговой доступности от станций метро (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 9785457724716.
  2. ^ Щукин, Василий (2007-01-01). Российский гений просвещения: исследования в области мифопоэтики и истории идей (in Russian). РОССПЭН. p. 506. ISBN 9785824307726.
  3. ^ Ерофеев, Алексей (2017-01-12). "Сенная площадь". Путеводитель по улицам и истории Петербурга. Все достопримечательности в шаговой доступности от станций метро (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 9785457724716.
  4. ^ Беззубцев-Кондаков, Александр Евгеньевич (2010-02-11). Почему это случилось?: техногенные катастрофы в России (in Russian). Издательский дом "Питер". p. 158. ISBN 9785498076959.
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