Kirovskaya (Samara Metro)

Kirovskaya
Samara Metro station
General information
Location	Samara, Russia
Coordinates	53.211417°N 50.268278°E / 53.211417; 50.268278
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Pyatiletka railway station
Construction
Structure type	Single-vault, shallow station
Depth	12 meters
History
Opened	26 December 1987
Electrified	825 V DC
Services
Preceding station Samara Metro Following station Bezymyanka towards Alabinskaya First Line Yungorodok Terminus
Location

Kirovskaya is a station on the First Line of the Samara Metro. It opened on 26 December 1987. It is located in Sovietskiy District of Samara, beneath Kirova avenue, named after one of the Bolsheviks - Sergey Kirov and from which comes the station's name.

Description

Almost like every station in Samara metro (excluding Rossiyskya station), Kirovskaya consists of a single platform with two tracks on a both side of a platform. Station's floor is made of granite and it's walls are decorated with marble. Structure is a single-vault, shallow, like the Pobeda station. Station has a 2 exits and only 1, near the Kirovskiy market, is open.

Perspective

Nowadays, trains departing from Kirovskaya station goes on the tracks, leading to the Kirovskoe yard and towards to Yungorodok station, which was planned as a temporary terminus until the Krilya Sovietov station would be opened. But, since the year 1987, construction of Krilya Sovietov was firstly stopped and then cancelled due to lack of finance. Only a short dead end tunnel from Kirovskaya towards Krilya Sovietov is left as a reminder of those plans.

External links

• Official station page