Sennaya Ploshchad (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Sennaya Ploshchad (Russian: Сеннáя плóщадь, IPA: [sʲɪˈnːajə ˈploɕːɪtʲ]; named after Sennaya Square) is a station on the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro.

Sennaya Ploshchad
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Station Hall
General information
Location	Admiralteysky District Saint Petersburg Russia
Coordinates	59.9271°N 30.3203°E / 59.9271; 30.3203
Owned by	Saint Petersburg Metro
Line(s)	Moskovsko–Petrogradskaya Line
Platforms	1 (Island platform)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	1 July 1963
Electrified	Third rail
Previous names	Ploshchad Mira
Services
Preceding station Saint Petersburg Metro Following station Nevsky Prospekt towards Parnas Line 2 Tekhnologichesky Institut towards Kupchino Terminus Line 4 transfer at Spasskaya Dostoyevskaya towards Ulitsa Dybenko Admiralteyskaya towards Komendantsky Prospekt Line 5 transfer at Sadovaya Zvenigorodskaya towards Shushary
Route map Depot 6 Vyborgskoye Parnas train deposit sidings Prospekt Prosvescheniya Ozerki maintenance point Udelnaya Pionerskaya Chyornaya Rechka Great Nevka headshunt Petrogradskaya Gorkovskaya Great Neva service siding to line 5 Nevsky Prospekt Sennaya Ploshchad to track 1 of line 2 Tekhnologichesky Institut to track 2 of line 1 Frunzenskaya Moskovskiye Vorota Elektrosila Park Pobedy Moskovskaya headshunt Zvyozdnaya Kupchino Depot 3 Moskovskoye

History

The station opened on 1 July 1963. It is a deep underground pylon station. Its surface vestibule is situated near Sennaya Square, which gives its name to the station. The historic Saviour Church on Sennaya Square was demolished in 1961 prior to the construction of the vestibule, although it ended up located in a different place. In 1952, Sennaya Square was renamed Ploshchad Mira and the new station was given that name. The historic name of the square was restored in 1992, and the metro station was also renamed. In June 1999, the concrete canopy of the surface vestibule collapsed, killing seven. The station is connected to the station Spasskaya of the Pravoberezhnaya Line and Sadovaya of the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line via an underground transfer corridor.

On 3 April 2017, a suicide bomber blew himself up on a train between stations Sennaya Ploschad and Tekhnologichesky Institut, leaving 15 people dead and at least 45 people injured.

External links

• Media related to Sennaya ploshad metrostation at Wikimedia Commons