Gorkovskaya (Nizhny Novgorod Metro)

Gorkovskaya

Горьковская
Nizhny Novgorod Metro
Nizhny Novgorod Metro station
General information
Coordinates56°18′50″N 43°59′42″E / 56.31389°N 43.99500°E / 56.31389; 43.99500
Line(s) Line 1
Platforms1
Tracks2
Connections 1, 16, 26, 30, 40, 41, 43, 45, 64, 68
31
Construction
Structure typeThree-span, shallow-column station
History
Opened4 November 2012
Services
Preceding station Nizhny Novgorod Metro Following station
Terminus Line 1 Moskovskaya
towards Park Kultury

Gorkovskaya (Russian: Горьковская) is a station on the Nizhny Novgorod Metro and is the northern terminus on the Avtozavodskaya line. It opened on November 4, 2012. It is also the only station on the right bank of the Oka River in the historic Upper City section of Nizhny Novgorod. The station is named for Gorky Square, under which the station is situated. Maxim Gorky was born in Nizhny Novgorod and the city was itself named Gorky until 1990.