Metro station "Bucharest" (St. Petersburg): construction history, description

The St. Petersburg metro expands from year to year. The stations are opened and designed, covering completely new areas of the city. Half a century has not passed, and new names appeared on the metro map, making the inhabitants of this amazingly beautiful city happy: International, Bucharest, Zamshina, Rzhevka, Ligovo, Pr. Kosygina and others. It would seem that the stations Zvenigorodskaya, Parnas, Komendantsky Prospekt, Volkovskaya, Spasskaya, Admiralteiskaya and Obvodny Canal have recently been opened and are already functioning. And the metro station "Bucharest" is already in operation.

A little about St. Petersburg

The city of St. Petersburg is the most important economic, cultural and scientific center of Russia, as well as the largest transport hub. This is one of the most important centers of tourism in the Russian Federation.

The magnificent city is famous thanks to the Hermitage, the Russian National Library, the Mariinsky Theater, the Peter and Paul Fortress, the St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Little Drama Theater, etc. The construction of the metro plays an important role in attracting tourist flows to the Northern Capital of Russia.

History

Two stations - "Bucharest" and "International" - are two large-scale long-term construction projects. They began to build in 1994, but due to lack of sufficient funding, all work was suspended and frozen for a while. Construction was resumed only in 2005. We returned to the implementation of the project, when the principle of saving has changed dramatically, and the initial outline of the project has been radically changed.

The metro station "Bucharest" (St. Petersburg): the origin of the name

The type of this object is pylon, similar to Volkovskaya and Obvodnoy channel. The station is named after the same street - Bucharest, on which its lobby is located. Initially, other variants of names were offered: "University of Trade Unions", "Metrostroevskaya" and "Ekaterininskaya". However, in agreement with the experts, the governor approved the current name.

The metro station "Bucharest" - a deep foundation. We planned to build it up to 2007 single-vaulted, but due to financial difficulties, the pylon version of the station was still selected. Also earlier was the type (in 2004) of the withdrawal of this line to the surface after the station "Volkovskaya", but subsequently abandoned it.

Opened the metro station "Bucharest" (as well as "International") in December 2012. Thanks to the experience and talent of the architects, it is original and modern.

The ground vestibules of both stations are located in shopping centers on the ground floors.

Location:

There is a station on the 5th Frunze-Primorsky direction between the "International" and "Volkovskaya". This is the southern part of the city - the intersection of the streets of Bucharest and Salova, about 6700 meters southeast of Palace Square.

It is located between the "Volkov" and "International" stations. This site was built about 20 years. The whole period of downtime (since the 90s), because of a lack of financing, the output was kept in a trouble-free condition.

Now all this is over. Departing from the metro station to the city, passengers get to the streets of Bucharest and Salova.

Very close are:

• Humanitarian University of Trade Unions.
• College (motor transport and electromechanical).
• STSI № 7.
• Hotel complex SPbGUP.

Description

This station is the 66th in the account in the St. Petersburg metro.
Metro "Bucharest" - an underground station, located at a 65-meter depth.
The entrance to it is a lobby built into the "Continent" shopping center. It was created under the project of M. Yu. Martynova, DA Boytsova, O. V. Ryazantseva. All pylons and walls are faced with white marble. Floors made of polished granite, mined at the Russian deposit. At the very end of the metro station "Bucharest" there is a decorative panel (smalt) "Autumn in the Park", which was made by the artist A. K. Bystrov in the Russian Academy of Arts.

In modern design, various types of mosaic were widely used. The patterned frieze is presented along the cornices. In the lobby, as well as in the end of the platform room, a panel is also installed, but with Romanian motives.

Central Hall

Central Hall st. Metro "Bucharest" is illuminated by chandeliers of the original form and incandescent lamps. Porons have only incomplete lighting.
The whole floor is made of granite (gray) with gabbro inserts, and the walls are gray marble. Pylons in front of the arches are decorated with inserts of the original profile, made of red marble. Frieze with a motley pattern (vegetable) mosaic runs along the cornices, and the butt of the southern central nave is decorated with a mosaic panel (the work of AK Bystrov's workshop). Four escalators are located at the northern end of the station.

Conclusion

New projects are planned, the construction of new modern stations, which will improve the lives of people, will attract a greater flow of tourists to this amazingly beautiful and wonderful city - St. Petersburg.