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Kastryčnickaja (Minsk Metro)
Kastrychnitskaya ( be, Кастрычніцкая; russian: Октябрьская) is a Minsk Metro station. It opened on June 30, 1984. 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. 2011 bombing Kastrychnitskaya station was the site of the Minsk Metro bombing The 2011 Minsk Metro bombing took place on 11 April 2011 when 15 people were killed and 204 were injured when a bomb exploded within the Minsk Metro, Belarus. The explosion happened at the central Kastryčnickaja station at 17:55 local time. ... on April 11, 2011. Gallery Metro Octobre.JPG Oktyab 08.jpg Oktyab 06.jpg Minsk-Metro-Oktyabrskaya-10.jpg Oktyab 04.jpg Oktyab 07.jpg Oktyab 05.jpg Oktyab 11.jpg References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kastrycnickaja (Minsk Metro) Minsk Metro stations Railway stations opened in 1984 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Minsk Metro Stations
This is a list of Minsk Metro stations, excluding abandoned, projected, planned stations, and those under construction. List of active stations References {{Minsk Metro navbox * Minsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on twin-track routes due to pragmatic and cost reasons. They are also useful within larger stations where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be provided from opposite sides of the same platform thereby simplifying transfers between the two tracks. An alternative arrangement is to position side platforms on either side of the tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platform without walking across the tracks. Advantages and tradeoffs Island platforms are necessary for any station with m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kupalawskaya (Minsk Metro)
Kupalawskaya ( be, Купалаўская) is a Minsk Metro The Minsk Metro ( be, Мінскі метрапалітэн, russian: Минский метрополитен) is a rapid transit system that serves Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Opened in 1984, it presently consists of 3 lines and 33 stations, ... station. Opened on December 31, 1990. 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 Kastrychnitskaya and Ploshcha Lyenina. 2011 bombing The adjacent Kastrychnitskaya station was the site of a bombing on April 11, 2011. Gallery Kupalau 03.jpg Kupalau 04.jpg Kupalau 08.jpg Kupalau 01.jpg Kupalau 09.jpg Kupalau 06.jpg Kupalau 10.jpg Kupalau 07.jpg Kupalau 02.jpg References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kupalawskaya (Minsk Metro) Minsk Metro stations Railway stations opened in 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk Metro
The Minsk Metro ( be, Мінскі метрапалітэн, russian: Минский метрополитен) is a rapid transit system that serves Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Opened in 1984, it presently consists of 3 lines and 33 stations, totaling . In 2013, the system carried 328.3 million passengers, which averages to a daily ridership of approximately 899,450. History During the 1950s–1970s the population of the city grew to over a million and designs for a rapid transit system were initially proposed during the late 1960s. Construction began on 3 May 1977, and the system was opened to the public on 30 June 1984, becoming the ninth metro system in the Soviet Union. The original eight station section has since expanded into a three-line 33 station network with a total of of route. Despite the dissolution of the Soviet Union the construction of the Minsk metro continued uninterrupted throughout the 1990s (as opposed to other ex-Soviet Metros like those of Yerevan and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ploshcha Lyenina (Minsk Metro)
Ploshcha Lyenina ( be, Плошча Леніна; russian: Площадь Ленина; "Lenin Square") is a Minsk Metro station. Overview The station, opened on June 24, 1984 is part of the Maskoŭskaja line and serves the main railway station of the city: Minsk-Pasažyrski. From 1992 to 2003 the station has been called "Ploshcha Nyezalyezhnastsi" (lit: Independence Square), but later the original name of the station was restored. According to head of technical department of the Minsk subway, the official decision to rename the station "Lenin Square" to "Independence Square" was never taken, there were only verbal instructions of government. It is a transfer station to the Vakzaĺnaja station on the Zelenaluzhskaya line The Zelenaluzhskaya line (; ) is the third line of the Minsk Metro. The line opened in 2020. It comprises 4 stations. The line was officially opened by Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russi .... It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk Metro Bombing
The 2011 Minsk Metro bombing took place on 11 April 2011 when 15 people were killed and 204 were injured when a bomb exploded within the Minsk Metro, Belarus. The explosion happened at the central Kastryčnickaja station at 17:55 local time. Initially the cause of the explosion was unclear, but was found to have been a bomb."Belarus arrests several over Minsk metro bomb blast" , BBC News, 12 April 2011 The Prosecution Office launched a criminal investigation and classified the event as a terrorist attack. Two suspects arrested on 13 April confessed to the bombing but the motives remained unclear. In March 2012, both perpetrators, Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou, were |
Minsk Metro Stations
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblast) and Minsk District (raion). As of January 2021, its population was 2 million, making Minsk the 11th most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First documented in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of the Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of a region annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1919 to 1991, aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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