Sennaya Ploshchad (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Sennaya Ploshchad (Russian: Сеннáя плóщадь, IPA: [sʲɪˈnːajə ˈploɕːɪtʲ], Sennaya Square) is a station on the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro.

Sennaya Ploshchad
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Station Hall
Location	Admiralteysky District Saint Petersburg Russia
Coordinates	59.9271°N 30.3203°E / 59.9271; 30.3203
Owned by	Saint Petersburg Metro
Line(s)	Moskovsko–Petrogradskaya Line
Platforms	1 (Island platform)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	1 July 1963
Electrified	Third rail
Previous names	Ploshchad Mira
Services
Preceding station Saint Petersburg Metro Following station Nevsky Prospekt towards Parnas Line 2 Tekhnologichesky Institut towards Kupchino Terminus Line 4 transfer at Spasskaya Dostoyevskaya towards Ulitsa Dybenko Sportivnaya towards Komendantsky Prospekt Line 5 transfer at Gostiny Dvor Zvenigorodskaya towards Shushary
Route map Depot 6 Vyborgskoye Parnas train deposit sidings Prospekt Prosvescheniya Ozerki maintenance point Udelnaya Pionerskaya Chyornaya Rechka Great Nevka headshunt Petrogradskaya Gorkovskaya Great Neva service siding to line 5 Nevsky Prospekt Sennaya Ploshchad to track 1 of line 2 Tekhnologichesky Institut to track 2 of line 1 Frunzenskaya Moskovskiye Vorota Elektrosila Park Pobedy Moskovskaya headshunt Zvyozdnaya Kupchino Depot 3 Moskovskoye

History

The station opened on 1 July 1963.[1] It is a deep underground pylon station. Its surface vestibule is situated near Sennaya Square, which gives its name to the station. The Saviour Church on Sennaya Square was demolished to give way for construction of the entrance to the station.[2] Before 1992 both the square and the station were known under the name Ploshchad Mira (Peace Square).[3] In June 1999 the concrete canopy of the surface vestibule collapsed, killing seven.[4] The station is connected to the station Spasskaya of the Pravoberezhnaya Line and Sadovaya of the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line via an underground transfer corridor.

On 3 April 2017, a suicide bomber blew himself up on a train between stations Sennaya Ploschad and Tekhnologichesky Institut, leaving 14 people dead and at least 49 people injured.

References

1. Ерофеев, Алексей (2017-01-12). "Сенная площадь". Путеводитель по улицам и истории Петербурга. Все достопримечательности в шаговой доступности от станций метро (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 9785457724716.
2. Щукин, Василий (2007-01-01). Российский гений просвещения: исследования в области мифопоэтики и истории идей (in Russian). РОССПЭН. p. 506.
3. Ерофеев, Алексей (2017-01-12). "Сенная площадь". Путеводитель по улицам и истории Петербурга. Все достопримечательности в шаговой доступности от станций метро (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 9785457724716.
4. Беззубцев-Кондаков, Александр Евгеньевич (2010-02-11). Почему это случилось?: техногенные катастрофы в России (in Russian). Издательский дом "Питер". p. 158. ISBN 9785498076959.

External links

• Media related to Sennaya ploshad metrostation at Wikimedia Commons