Chkalovskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Chkalovskaya
Saint Petersburg Metro station

Station Hall
Coordinates 59°57′40″N 30°17′31″E / 59.961056°N 30.292028°E / 59.961056; 30.292028Coordinates: 59°57′40″N 30°17′31″E / 59.961056°N 30.292028°E / 59.961056; 30.292028
Owned by Saint Petersburg Metro
Line(s) Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line
Platforms Island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Underground
Depth ≈60 m (197 ft)
History
Opened September 15, 1997
Services
Preceding station   St Petersburg Metro   Following station
Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line

Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line

Legend
Komendantsky Prospekt
Staraya Derevnya
Bolshaya Nevka
Srednaya Nevka
Krestovsky Ostrov
Malaya Nevka
Chkalovskaya ↖northwest-bound
Sportivnaya ↘southeast-bound
Malaya Neva
Neva River
Admiralteyskaya
Moyka
Sadovaya
Fontanka
Zvenigorodskaya
Obvodny Canal
Obvodny Kanal
Volkovskaya
Bukharestskaya
Mezhdunarodnaya

Chkalovskaya (Russian: Чка́ловская) is a station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. The station was designed by Alexander Konstantinov, Alexander Bystrov and Andrey Larionov. It opened on September 15, 1997 as a Pravoberezhnaya Line station, but it was transferred to Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line on March 7, 2009. The station was named after Valery Chkalov, a famous Russian aviator. A sculpture of him, which was created by V. Sveshnikov, was erected by the station's entrance. The station's decoration features an aviation theme. The floor design invokes airport landing strips, while the lights look like components of the ANT-6 aircraft. The escalator lamps were designed to resemble propellers.

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