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Gostiny Dvor (Saint Petersburg Metro)
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Gostiny Dvor is a station on the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line
of the Saint Petersburg Metro
. It was designed by architect C.G. Mayofis, E.S. Belyat, A.K. Andreyev, Ya.E. Moskalenko and C.P Schyukin and opened on November 3, 1967. It has two exits - one at the intersection between Griboyedov Channel and Nevsky prospect and another inside the northern side of the Gostinyi Dvor mall. The later exit has an entrance that lets the riders enter the mall directly. The station also linked to Nevsky Prospekt
via a transfer corridor and a set of escalators. The station is the busiest station on the line and one of the busiest stations in the entire St. Petersburg Metro.
, Kazan Cathedral and Russian Museum
. As of this writing, it is the closest station to Hermitage
, Saint Isaac's Cathedral
, Admiralty
, Summer Garden
and Bronze Horseman, though construction of Admiralteyskaya
station will likely change that.
ings that resulted from deterioration
and corrosion
caused by groundwater. Metrostroy remodeled the design to better control the flow of water. During repairs, passengers had to use Nevsky Prospect station entrance to reach Gostiny Dvor.escalator
s and an exit to Gostiny Dvor.
Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line
The Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line , is a line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, opened in 1967. Since 1994, it has been officially designated as Line 3. It stands out among St. Petersburg metro lines for two reasons — its stations are almost exclusively of "Horizontal Lift" type and it has the...
of the Saint Petersburg Metro
Saint Petersburg Metro
The Saint Petersburg Metro is the underground railway system in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It has been open since November 15, 1955.Formerly known as the V.I...
. It was designed by architect C.G. Mayofis, E.S. Belyat, A.K. Andreyev, Ya.E. Moskalenko and C.P Schyukin and opened on November 3, 1967. It has two exits - one at the intersection between Griboyedov Channel and Nevsky prospect and another inside the northern side of the Gostinyi Dvor mall. The later exit has an entrance that lets the riders enter the mall directly. The station also linked to Nevsky Prospekt
Nevsky Prospekt (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Nevsky Prospekt 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...
via a transfer corridor and a set of escalators. The station is the busiest station on the line and one of the busiest stations in the entire St. Petersburg Metro.
Local landmarks
The station is in close proximity to various noteworthy landmarks, including Church of the Savior on BloodChurch of the Savior on Blood
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood Khram Spasa na Krovi is one of the main sights of St. Petersburg, Russia. It is also variously called the Church on Spilt Blood and the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ , its official name....
, Kazan Cathedral and Russian Museum
Russian Museum
The State Russian Museum is the largest depository of Russian fine art in St Petersburg....
. As of this writing, it is the closest station to Hermitage
Hermitage Museum
The State Hermitage is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums of the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been opened to the public since 1852. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display,...
, Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor in Saint Petersburg, Russia is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral in the city...
, Admiralty
Russian Admiralty
Admiralty Board was a supreme body for the administration of the Imperial Russian Navy in the Russian Empire, established by Peter the Great on December 12, 1718, and headquartered in the Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg....
, Summer Garden
Summer Garden
The Summer Garden occupies an island between the Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in Saint Petersburg and shares its name with the adjacent Summer Palace of Peter the Great.-Original:...
and Bronze Horseman, though construction of Admiralteyskaya
Admiralteyskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Admiralteyskaya is an unfinished station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was designed to relieve congestion at the Nevsky Prospekt and Gostiny Dvor stations, as well as to provide a more direct link to the Hermitage and other notable museums...
station will likely change that.
Escalator Repair
From August 2008 to August 31, 2009, Metropoliten closed the station entrance escalators for repair. This wasn't part of regularly scheduled maintenance. Rather, it was meant to counteract the damage caused by the leakLeak
A leak is a hole or other opening, usually unintended and therefore undesired, in a container or fluid-containing system, such as a tank or a ship's hull, through which the contents of the container can escape or outside matter can enter the container...
ings that resulted from deterioration
Wear
In materials science, wear is erosion or sideways displacement of material from its "derivative" and original position on a solid surface performed by the action of another surface....
and corrosion
Corrosion
Corrosion is the disintegration of an engineered material into its constituent atoms due to chemical reactions with its surroundings. In the most common use of the word, this means electrochemical oxidation of metals in reaction with an oxidant such as oxygen...
caused by groundwater. Metrostroy remodeled the design to better control the flow of water. During repairs, passengers had to use Nevsky Prospect station entrance to reach Gostiny Dvor.escalator
Escalator
An escalator is a moving staircase – a conveyor transport device for carrying people between floors of a building. The device consists of a motor-driven chain of individual, linked steps that move up or down on tracks, allowing the step treads to remain horizontal.Escalators are used around the...
s and an exit to Gostiny Dvor.