Zvenigorodskaya
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Zvenigorodskaya is a station of 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...

, on Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line, between stations "Sadovaya" and "Obvodny Kanal".

It is opened on December 20, 2008 as a part of the first starting complex of Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line.
It is placed in operation without an exit on a surface, the lobby and an inclined course is planned to open later.
For the message with other lines of underground the corridor between stations "Zvenigorodskaya" and "Pushkinskaya", and for an exit on a surface - escalator tunnel
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...

 of station "Pushkinskaya"
Pushkinskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Pushkinskaya is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. Opened on 30 April 1956....

  is involved transitive.

Concourse

Change on public transport
Bus commercial routes
Marshrutka
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K-15, K-25, K-90, K-139, K-177, K-258, K-338.
Tram routes
Tramways in Saint Petersburg
The city of Saint Petersburg, Russia once had the largest tram network in the world, consisting of about 340 kilometres of unduplicated track in the late 1980s. However, since 1995 the tramway network has declined sharply in size as major portions of track were removed, particularly in the city...

 
16
Trolleybus route  3, 8, 15, 17

Under the initial data from press-service of 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...

, a concourse building should construct under the project of the architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 Alexander Konstantinov.
This project was described as a two-storeyed building with a portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...

 harmoniously entered in an architectural ensemble of the former barracks of Semyonovsky regiment.

Concourse will be land, it will be located on the ground floor of specially constructed building, it will take places between houses № 1 and № 3 on Zvenigorodskaya street.
It was originally planned to build a two-storeyed building which should remind appearance a building of barracks of Semyonovsky regiment.
On the ground floor it was planned to place a concourse, and on the second - services of Saint Petersburg Metro.
Now is under construction five-floor shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

 under the project of "Adamant" company.

The place of the future pass to down escalator hall is now draped by photowall-paper with a townscape.

Underground hall

Zvenigorodskaya is a deep column station
Deep column station
The deep column station is a type of subway station, consisting of a central hall with two side halls, connected by ring-like passages between a row of columns...

 on a design.
It was originally planned to build its usual deep column station, but because of a long break in building designers have decided to replace a part of a complex of column
Column
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s with a wall
Wall
A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area. Most commonly, a wall delineates a building and supports its superstructure, separates space in buildings into rooms, or protects or delineates a space in the open air...

.
This decision has allowed to prevent displacement of already established columns.
Lateral tunnels of station have increased, in comparison with typical columned station in Russia, diameter: 9,8 metres; an average hall - typical with distance between axes of columns of 3,8 metres in a longitudinal direction and 8 metres - in cross-section.

The station original project was executed by Russian architect Alexander Konstantinov, but after opening it has been declared that authors of the project is the group of architects of Open Society "Lenmetrogiprotrans" led by N. V. Romashkin-Timanov: Н. V. Romashkin-Timanov, Ю. V. Eechko, D. A. Bojtsov, N. A. Vinogradova.
The subjects of decorating of underground part of station also are devoted the Semyonovsky regiment (which its barracks settled down around a station exit on a surface). The floor is executed from green granite Rakhi Green (India) with colour inserts and a fringing from red granite Imperial Red (India).
Walls are revetted by marble of Koelga
Koelga
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, Kashin's granite mountain and dark green marble Indiana Green (India).
The choice of the supplier and stone from India is made by the best expert in a natural stone Vladimir Shestakov.
At station mosaic panels from smalt with the image of the very first soldiers of Semyonovsky regiment serving at the time of reign of Peter the Great
Peter I of Russia
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 are established.
They are executed in masterful Russian Academy of Arts, the author is artist Alexander Bystrov.
Station illumination is realised by fixtures at top of columns.

Switch

Stations Zvenigorodskaya of Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line and Pushkinskaya
Pushkinskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Pushkinskaya is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. Opened on 30 April 1956....

 of Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line
Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line
Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line is the oldest line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, opened in 1955. The original stations are very beautiful and elaborately decorated, especially Avtovo and Narvskaya. The line connects four out of five Saint Petersburg's main railway stations...

 are connected by a foot tunnel.
It is the first switch foot tunnel in 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...

, constructed after a long break.
Previous switch has been constructed for 18 years before at metro station Sadovaya
Sadovaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Sadovaya is a station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro, opened on December 30, 1991....

 and opened in December 1991.
At transition designing workings out new to this underground railway system
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 have been used.
At station Zvenigorodskaya the central part of an average hall is separated from platforms by walls.
Such design has allowed to raise it over level of a floor of station - on it two longitudinal ladders conduct.
Upward, in transition conduct ladders which pass in three corridors, leaders in a small hall.

Tunneling it was spent simultaneously from this hall to both stations.
From a hall in I will shift Pushkinskaya there are two corridors which come to an end with ladders, its have replaced pylon
Pylon (architecture)
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 and two passes near to it.
At building of transition two chandelier
Chandelier
A chandelier is a branched decorative ceiling-mounted light fixture with two or more arms bearing lights. Chandeliers are often ornate, containing dozens of lamps and complex arrays of glass or crystal prisms to illuminate a room with refracted light...

s shining from platform station Pushkinskaya ceiling has been removed.
They are established in that hall in which conduct corridors of transitions.

Building history

At station Zvenigorodskaya worked some the building organisations:
  • Tunnel group number 3. The chief engineer
    Chief Engineer
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     is Victor Tishkin (general construction);
  • Construction management-19 (finishing work);
  • "Adamant" company (concourse building).

Station building passed in three stages:

Projects

In 1990th years projects of stations (including Zvenigorodskaya) have been developed. There have been in rough passed tunnels for movement of trains. After that works have been curtailed, building has been preserved.

Station and switch

Station and underground switch was built in 2007-08.
In July 2007 at station the arches and walls separating the central hall from platforms have been built.
In January 2008 the considerable quantity of problems has been solved:

  1. The continuous-columned complex is completely built.
  2. Dismantle time wagonhead vaults
    Hollow structural section
    A hollow structural section is a type of metal profile with a hollow tubular cross section. In some countries they are referred to instead as a structural hollow section ....

     is almost finished.
  3. There is passed tunnel to station Pushkinkaya.
  4. At station Pushkinskaya the territory under ladder building is fenced off. Dismantle of umbrellas over the left station tunnel has been made.

On November 27, 2008, the mosaic panel was completely ready.

Dates of opening of station underground hall:Originally planned in June 2007 date of opening of station is December, 1st 2008. In July opening date has been appointed to December 18. In November 2008 management
Management
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 of 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...

 had been named new date of opening is on December, 24th 2008. As a result, on December 20, 2008 the station has been solemnly opened and its operation has begun.

From December 20 till March 7, 2009 movement of trains from station was carried out in a shuttle mode, before opening station Spasskaya
Spasskaya
«Spasskaya» , — the current western terminus station of Pravoberejnaya line of Saint Petersburg Metro. It is part of the first three-way transfer station that also includes "Sadovaya" and "Sennaya Ploshchad" stations. The station was originally scheduled to open in December 2008, but it wound up...

 and divisions of the Pravoberejnaya line.

Direct exit on a surface

Direct exit on a surface is build from 2007 till now.
In July 2007 works on a construction of a lobby and an inclined course have begun:
In January 2008 there have been begun works in several directions:
  1. On a place of a land lobby of station it was spent a frozen chemical soil consolidation and a foundation ditch construction under the base of 3-4 floor buildings of a lobby.
  2. The building project Is confirmed.


In August 2009 at station have finished works on installation of all four escalators. After that installation of ferro-concrete designs of walls of the ground floor has begun.
Over station 4 floors of shopping centre will be constructed.
Dates of opening of a direct exit on a surface:As the first term in January 2008 has been named 2009. As of November it is planned to make it in July 2009.
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