Shushary (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Shushary (Russian: Шушары) is a Saint Petersburg Metro station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line (Line 5) of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It was opened on 3 October 2019 as a part of the extension of the line to the south from Mezhdunarodnaya. The extension also included Prospekt Slavy and Dunayskaya stations. Shushary is the southeastern terminus of the line, behind Dunayskaya.[1][2]

Shushary
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Owned by	Saint Petersburg Metro
Line(s)	Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground, covered
History
Opened	3 October 2019
Services
Preceding station   Saint Petersburg Metro   Following station Dunayskaya toward Komendantsky Prospekt Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line Terminus
Route map headshunt Komendantsky Prospekt headshunt Staraya Derevnya Great Nevka Yelagin island Middle Nevka Krestovsky Ostrov Little Nevka Chkalovskaya Sportivnaya Little Neva Admiralteyskaya Service siding to line 2 Sadovaya Service siding to line 4 Zvenigorodskaya Obvodny Kanal Volkovskaya headshunt Bukharestskaya Mezhdunarodnaya headshunt Prospekt Slavy Dunayskaya Shushary Depot 7 Yuzhnoye

The station was initially planned as Yuzhnaya, and the name was sometimes used in official communications.[3]

Shushary is being built outside of the Saint Petersburg Ring Road, in Frunzensky District. The name refers to the settlement of Shushary.

References

1. "Перспективы развития метрополитена" (in Russian). Saint Petersburg Metro. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
2. "В Петербурге назвали сроки открытия пяти новых станций метро" (in Russian). rbc.ru. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
3. Rogozin, Oleg (18 May 2017). "Метро на вырост" (in Russian). Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti. Retrieved 22 December 2017.