15 metro stations on the purple branch in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg is considered the Northern Capital, but the branching of the local metro is much inferior to Moscow. But its stations practically do not differ in uniqueness and beauty. It’s enough to drive along at least one of the subway lines.

Fifth metro line of St. Petersburg

There are only 5 lines in the St. Petersburg subway. Their official names are used more often in travel booklets and city guides. Citizens call the metro line by numbers. So the purple metro line in St. Petersburg sounds more familiar as the “Fifth Line” or “Line No. 5”.

She connected the Primorsky northwest of the city, through the central part with the southeastern Frunze district. By 2018, 12 stations are located on this line:

1. "International";
2. Bucharest
3. "Volkovskaya";
4. "Bypass channel";
5. "Zvenigorod";
6. "Garden";
7. Admiralteyskaya;
8. "Sports";
9. Chkalovskaya
10. Krestovsky Island;
11. "Old village";
12. "Commandant Avenue."

But by May 2018, six months ahead of schedule, for the 2018 World Cup, it is planned to commission the following stations on the purple line of St. Petersburg metro:

• "Shushary";
• "Danube";
• "Prospect of Glory."

This is the extension of the line in a southerly direction, and the plans of the metro leadership are to build four more stations in a northerly direction.

According to official names, not everyone remembers and is guided. This is the Frunzensko-Primorskaya line and, if it is interesting, what is the name of the purple metro line in St. Petersburg, then you need to buy a subway map or a city map. And what is interesting, the Frunzenskaya and Primorskaya stations are on other branches. And in the name of this involved the names of the districts connected by the Fifth Line.

Technical details of the line

The beginning of full operation is considered to be December 2008. Prior to this, since December 1991, only the northern stations connected to the Right-Bank branch (Chevertaya Line) participated in the transportation of passenger traffic.

The total length of the Frunze-Primorsky line is 18.1 kilometers, and with three new stations it will increase to 20.1 kilometers. Trains run at intervals of 2 to 10 minutes. And the operation mode of all stations is approximately the same: 05:30 - 00:00. And only on holidays can it change.

Interesting Facts

And it is here that the station of the deepest occurrence in Russia is located. This is the Admiralteyskaya located at a depth of 102 meters. It belongs to the purple metro line in St. Petersburg.

We list other interesting facts:

• The most beautiful station on the line, and throughout the St. Petersburg metro, is Obvodnaya.
• The Admiralteyskaya station was laid and finished the longest - from 1997 to December 2011.
• There is a belief that finding a tit at the Bucharest station or stroking a cat's silhouette in the wall panel on Volkovskaya, a person receives a happy event during the day as a reward.

• The Sportivnaya station of the violet metro line in St. Petersburg has an exit, 300 meters long, to Vasilievsky skeleton. This is the only bunker metro station in the world (!).

The entire Frunze-Primorsky line of the St. Petersburg metro passes under the Malaya, Srednyaya and Bolshaya Nevki, and the route between the Admiralteyskaya and Sportivnaya runs under the Bolshaya Neva.