Bukharestskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Bukharestskaya
Saint Petersburg Metro station

Station hall
Owned by Saint Petersburg Metro
Line(s) number 5 Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Underground
Depth 65 metres (213 ft)
History
Opened 28 December 2012
Services
Preceding station   Saint Petersburg Metro   Following station
Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line
Terminus

Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line

Legend
Komendantsky Prospekt
Staraya Derevnya
Bolshaya Nevka
Srednaya Nevka
Krestovsky Ostrov
Malaya Nevka
Chkalovskaya ↖northwest-bound
Sportivnaya ↘southeast-bound
Malaya Neva
Neva River
Admiralteyskaya
Moyka
Sadovaya
Fontanka
Zvenigorodskaya
Obvodny Canal
Obvodny Kanal
Volkovskaya
Bukharestskaya
Mezhdunarodnaya

Bukharestskaya (Russian: Бухарестская) is a station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line (Line 5) of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was opened on December 28, 2012 together with Mezhdunarodnaya as an extension of the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line.[1][2]

The station is located on the southeastern side of the line, between Volkovskaya and Mezhdunarodnaya Stations. At the moment the station was opened, Mezhdunarodnaya served as the southeastern terminus of the line. Bukharestskaya is built under the corner of Bukharestskaya Street (hence the name) and Salova Street, in Frunzensky District.[1]

Bukharestskaya is a pylon station. The construction started in 1986[1] but was frozen, and restarted in the 2000s. It was originally planned to be opened in August 2012, but the opening was postponed until December 2012, since the escalators were not delivered on time.[1]

There have been several proposals to rename the station, however, the name was kept, since the decoration of the station, commemorating the city of Bucharest, was ready in advance, and it was unreasonable to make new design of the station.[1]

References

Coordinates: 59°53′01″N 30°22′10″E / 59.88361°N 30.36944°E