Pushkinskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Pushkinskaya
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Station Hall
General information
LocationAdmiralteysky District
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Coordinates59°55′14.48″N 30°19′46.81″E / 59.9206889°N 30.3296694°E / 59.9206889; 30.3296694
Operated bySaint Petersburg Metro
Line(s)Line 1 (Saint Petersburg Metro) Kirovsko–Vyborgskaya Line
Platforms1 (Island platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth≈57 m (187 ft)
History
Opened30 April 1956
ElectrifiedThird rail
Services
Preceding station Saint Petersburg Metro Following station
Vladimirskaya
towards Devyatkino
Line 1 Tekhnologichesky Institut
Sadovaya Line 5
transfer at Zvenigorodskaya
Obvodny Kanal
towards Shushary

Pushkinskaya (Russian: Пу́шкинская) is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It first opened on 30 April 1956, under the original name of "Vitebskiy vokzal", referring to the connecting Vitebsky railway station.

There is a monument in the station dedicated to the poet Alexander Pushkin sculpted by Mikhail Anikushin. This station was the first USSR metro station with memorial located under the ground.