Nevsky Prospekt (Saint Petersburg Metro)

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	Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line
								Parnas
								Prospekt Prosveshcheniya
								Ozerki
								Udelnaya
								Pionerskaya
								Chyornaya Rechka
								Petrogradskaya
								Gorkovskaya
								Nevsky Prospekt
								Sennaya Ploshchad
								Tekhnologichesky Institut
								Frunzenskaya
								Moskovskiye Vorota
								Elektrosila
								Park Pobedy
								Moskovskaya
								Zvezdnaya
								Kupchino
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Nevsky Prospekt (Russian: Не́вский проспе́кт) is a station on the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro.

The station was built on July 1, 1963. While the station inself was designed by Mayofis and Maximov, the interior was designed Getskin, Shuvalova and Andreyev. The station has two sets of exists on Mihailovskya Street.

The station is linked up to Gostinny Dvor via a transfer corridor and a set an escalators

Nevsky Prospect is considered one of the most congested stations in the entire Saint Petersburg Metro.

Nevsky Prospekt is one of the more exotic locations used in Mornington Crescent, a game played in the BBC Radio 4 show "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue".

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• Congestion levels among various sections of St. Petersburg subway as of 2004 (Morning Rush Hours)
• Congestion levels among various sections of St. Petersburg subway as of 2004 (Evening Rush Hours)

Coordinates: 59°56′06″N 30°19′42″E / 59.935, 30.32833