Chernyshevskaya

Chernyshevskaya
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Central hall
General information
LocationTsentralny District
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Coordinates59°56′41″N 30°21′35″E / 59.9446°N 30.3598°E / 59.9446; 30.3598
Line(s)Line 1 (Saint Petersburg Metro) Kirovsko–Vyborgskaya Line
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth67 m (220 ft)
History
OpenedSeptember 1, 1958
ElectrifiedThird rail
Services
Preceding station Saint Petersburg Metro Following station
Ploshchad Lenina
towards Devyatkino
Line 1 Ploshchad Vosstaniya

Chernyshevskaya (Russian: Черныше́вская) is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro, opened on September 1, 1958. It is a deep underground pylon station at 67 metres (220 ft) depth with a short central hall. The station is named after Chernyshevsky Prospekt, which is in turn named after Russian materialist philosopher and writer Nikolai Chernyshevsky. This station was part of the second stretch of the Saint Petersburg Metro built. While construction was about to start, a rule was created that no more stations should be ornately decorated, such as the stations between Avtovo and Ploshchad Vosstaniya (the first stretch built).