Kastrychnitskaya (Minsk Metro)

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Kastrychnitskaya
Minsk Metro sign logo.png Minsk Metro station
General information
Coordinates53°54′07″N 27°33′41″E / 53.9019°N 27.5614°E / 53.9019; 27.5614Coordinates: 53°54′07″N 27°33′41″E / 53.9019°N 27.5614°E / 53.9019; 27.5614
Owned byMinsk Metro
PlatformsIsland platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station code116
History
OpenedJune 30, 1984 (1984-06-30)
Services
Preceding station Minsk Metro sign logo.png Minsk Metro Following station
Ploshcha Pyeramohi
towards Malinawka
Maskowskaya line Ploshcha Lyenina
towards Uruchcha
Nyamiha Awtazavodskaya line
transfer at Kupalawskaya
Pyershamayskaya

Kastrychnitskaya (Belarusian: Кастрычніцкая; Russian: Октябрьская) is a Minsk Metro station. It opened on June 30, 1984.

The station is one of three on the Minsk Metro to have been built with an entrance in an existing building, the other two being Kupalawskaya and Ploshcha Lyenina.[1]

2011 bombing

Kastrychnitskaya station was the site of the Minsk Metro bombing on April 11, 2011.

References

  1. ^ Schwandl, Robert (2004). "Minsk". UrbanRail.net. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.