Teatralnaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Teatralnaya (Russian: Театра́льная) is a station that is under construction on Line 4 of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It is in the Admiralteysky District of Saint Peterburg and is currently planned to open in 2026. It is named for Teatralnaya Ploshchad, or Theater Square, which is the location for several theaters, including the Mariinsky Theatre.

Teatralnaya

Театральная
Saint Petersburg Metro station
General information
LocationAdmiralteysky District
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Coordinates59°55′36″N 30°17′50″E / 59.926666°N 30.297222°E / 59.926666; 30.297222
Line(s)Line 4 (Saint Petersburg Metro) Pravoberezhnaya Line
Platforms1 (Island platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened2026 (planned)[1]
ElectrifiedThird rail
Services
Preceding station Saint Petersburg Metro Following station
Future services
Gorny Institut
Terminus
Line 4
Spasskaya
Route map
headshunt
Gorny Institut
Teatralnaya
headshunt
Spasskaya
Service siding to line 5
Dostoyevskaya
Ligovsky Prospekt
headshunt
Service siding to line 3
Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo II
Novocherkasskaya
Ladozhskaya
Prospekt Bolshevikov
Ulitsa Dybenko

Design and layout

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The station will have two lobbies, one near the Mariinsky Theater and the second under Ulitsa Dekabristov.

Construction

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Initial plans called for the station to open sometime from 2015 to 2016.[2] In late 2010, the city pushed the opening date back to 2017. An initial assessment suggested that 42 buildings could be at risk from the construction. Consequently, the bid documents from the city required the construction company to shore up foundations for some of the buildings on the square.[3]

Metrostroy, the lead construction company, began work on one of the tunnels from Spasskaya in February 2017.[4] That tunnel was completed in December 2017.[5]

In March 2018, work on the second tunnel hit a snag when workers walked off the job over unpaid wages. Workers reportedly had not been paid in three months. The construction company was unable to pay its workers when its accounts were frozen over accusations of unpaid taxes. With assistance from the Federal government, workers received their wages a week later.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Открытие вестибюля станции "Театральная" в Петербурге перенесли на 2026 год".
  2. ^ "Город пересмотрит программу развития метрополитена" (in Russian). Gazeta.spb.ru. 2010-06-23. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  3. ^ "Метро сделано шаг под театр" (in Russian). 2010-09-28.
  4. ^ ""Метрострой" начал прокладку тоннеля от "Спасской" до "Большого проспекта"" (in Russian). 2017-02-03.
  5. ^ ""Метрострой" прокопал тоннель от "Большого проспекта" к "Театральной"" (in Russian). Fontanka. 2017-12-14.
  6. ^ "Строители метро из СМУ-11 получили зарплаты за 3 месяца" (in Russian). Delovoy Peterburg. 2018-03-13.