Novocherkasskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Novocherkasskaya
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Station Hall
General information
Location	Krasnogvardeysky District Saint Petersburg Russia
Coordinates	59°55′45″N 30°24′42″E / 59.929056°N 30.411778°E / 59.929056; 30.411778
Operated by	Saint Petersburg Metro
Line(s)	Pravoberezhnaya Line
Platforms	1 (Island platform)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	≈61 m (200 ft)
History
Opened	December 30, 1985
Electrified	Third rail
Services
Preceding station Saint Petersburg Metro Following station Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo II towards Gorny Institut Line 4 Ladozhskaya towards Ulitsa Dybenko
Route map headshunt Gorny Institut Great Neva Teatralnaya headshunt Spasskaya Service siding to line 5 Dostoyevskaya Ligovsky Prospekt headshunt Service siding to line 3 Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo II Neva Ladozhskaya Prospekt Bolshevikov Ulitsa Dybenko
Location

Novocherkasskaya (Russian: Новочерка́сская) is a station on the Line 4 of Saint Petersburg Metro, opened on December 30, 1985. The station was planned to be named Zanevskaya, but it was ultimately called Krasnogvardeyskaya until 1992; the station's name was changed after its namesake, the Krasnogvardeysky Avenue, was renamed to Novocherkassky.^[1][2] The station is unique as it does not have its own building above ground; one must enter through an underground pedestrian crossing.^[2][3]

The station's vestibule design is dedicated to the Red Army and its fight for power in the Russian Revolution; the escalators feature a mosaic at the bottom portal, the walls are also lined with red marble.^[3]