“Staraya Derevnya” is a metro station that is well known and very popular not only among the residents of St. Petersburg, but also among guests of the Northern capital of the Russian Federation. Why? In fact, there are plenty of prerequisites for this. First of all, it is impossible not to note the fact that this place has an excellent transport interchange, and secondly, the sights located at the top, for example, the Redan Museum, the Miracle Island amusement park and the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, cannot but attract attention.
"Old Village". Underground. General Description
Practically everyone who is interested in the Northern capital knows that the Staraya Derevnya metro station belongs to the St. Petersburg metro, namely the Frunzensko-Primorskaya line. On one side of it is the station "Komendantsky Prospekt", but on the other - "Krestovsky Island".
By the way, it should be noted that the address of the Staraya Derevnya metro station was not always the same. Literally until March 7, 2009, she belonged to a completely different line, Pravoberezhnaya.
The Old Village is a stationdeep and it is located at a depth of 61 meters. Architecturally, this metro has one vault. This is the last station in the St. Petersburg metro, belonging to the single-vault type. The "Old Village" was designed by V. N. Shcherbina and I. P. Makayuda.
Few people know that the station also has a reverse stalemate, in which trains are located at night, in addition, there is a PTO.
"Old Village". Underground. Construction history
The object was put into operation relatively recently, on January 14, 1999. The name was chosen quite simply: the station was named after the historic district of the same name. Initially, according to the project, it was planned to call it "Sestroretskaya".
At the moment, the outer balcony of the lobby is lined with granite. If you delve into the recent history, it will become known that he used to go to the trolleybus ring, but in 1999 he was fenced off from the stop by stalls. The rows of stalls were removed in 2007, but soon the balcony was closed and a shopping center was built into the pavilion, which in 2008 housed a bookstore and a flower shop.
"Old Village". Underground. Station highlights
Track walls are covered with blue-gray Ural marble "Urfaley". They are decorated with shallow arches that resemble spans of bridges. In the service premises, the end walls are also decorated with marble arches. In addition, there are small lattices with floral patterns on the walls.
Track doors in their own wayThe design is very similar to the doors of the Politekhnicheskaya station. The floor of the station is covered with red granite.
There are seven cast-iron floor lamps along the axis of the platform. On the top of each floor lamp there are nine lamps, and below them there are wooden benches for metro visitors.
The end wall of the platform hall is decorated with a mosaic by A. K. Bystrov depicting a beautiful seaside landscape. The platform of the station is covered with red granite. The exit from the station (inclined course) is located at the northern end and has four escalators.
The ground pavilion is located on the Peat Road, near the Old Village railway platform. The two-story building of the lobby is built in the form of a circle. It is divided into two parts: the northern part of the building is glazed and is intended for the entrance and exit of metro visitors, in the southern part there are office premises. There are stairs in the western and eastern parts of the lobby. It stands on a high stylobate, and its roof is supported by ten six-meter arches. The lobby is illuminated with a cross-shaped lantern.
Halls with ticket offices and escalators are separated, their architecture is different. The Escalator Hall is lit by a daylight ring chandelier attached to the domed ceiling.
Natural stones such as Saarema dolomite, marble and granite were used to decorate the interior of the station.
