Kastrychnitskaya (Minsk Metro)

Kastrychnitskaya (Belarusian: Кастрычніцкая, lit.'October'; Russian: Октябрьская) or previously Oktyabrskaya, is a Minsk Metro station. It opened on June 30, 1984.

Kastrychnitskaya

Кастрычніцкая
Minsk Metro station
Kastrychnitskaya (Minsk Metro)
General information
Coordinates53°54′07″N 27°33′41″E / 53.9019°N 27.5614°E / 53.9019; 27.5614
Owned byMinsk Metro
Line(s) Maskoŭskaja line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Awtazavodskaya line (Kuplawskaya)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth13.4 m (44 ft)
Other information
Station code116
History
Opened30 June 1984; 40 years ago (1984-06-30)
Services
Preceding station Minsk Metro Following station
Ploshcha Pyeramohi
towards Uručča
Maskoŭskaja line Ploshcha Lyenina
towards Malinawka
Transfer at Kupalawskaya
Nyamiha Awtazavodskaya line
transfer at Kupalawskaya
Pyershamayskaya
Location
Kastrychnitskaya is located in Belarus
Kastrychnitskaya
Kastrychnitskaya
Location within Belarus

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

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

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References

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