Parnas (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Parnas | |||||||||||
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Side platforms) | |||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Depth | Above ground. | ||||||||||
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Station code | 11 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 22 December 2006 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Third rail | ||||||||||
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Parnas (
The station is side-platform arrangement almost identical to the other three surface stations in the system:
The station was first mentioned in 1984, as a finale of the Petrogradsky radius extension that was built throughout the 1980s from the city centre into the northern housing massifs. The northernmost end would include a second depot for the line and a surface terminus station next to a new housing massif that would be located near the industrial zones of Parnas and Shuvalovo. After the completion of the extension to Prospekt Prosvescheniya in 1988, work immediately began on the construction of the Vyborgsoye depot and 1991 the initial station was approved by the Committee on City Construction and Architecture.
Then the collapse of the Soviet Union and in the financial crises that followed most of the projects were frozen, including Parnas. Further delays were caused by the flooding of the Lesnaya-Ploshchad Muzhestva tunnel which broke off the northernmost end of the
The station's theme is ancient Greek motives integrated into a modern "high-tech" design, which was developed by architects N.Romashkin-Timanov, M.Pavlova, V.Khilchenko. All of the station's entrances are to the north including a central vestibule. The tradition of Russian naming after regions always went in conflict on whether the station name will be rendered in the noun form like Parnas or the adjective form Parnasskaya (Парнасская). Because of this, both versions can be found in older documents and maps.
Etymology
Parnas is named after a small hill in the north of the city which is surrounded by a small park. The hill is named after a hill in Greek mythology where Apollo met with the Muses.
Transit connections
- Municipal Bus – Routes 104, 113, 139, 148, 198
- Marshrutka – Routes К-108, К-178, К-271, К-439, К-585, К-600, К-675, К-678, К-850
Gallery
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Entrance
External links
- (in Russian) metro-spb.nwd.ru - Station description and photographs.
- Google maps - Satellite image on the station