Burevestnik (russian: Буревестник) is a station of the
Nizhny Novgorod Metro which was opened on 9 September 2002. It is the western terminus station on the
Sormovsko–Meshcherskaya line
The Sormovsko-Meshcherskaya line () is the second line of the Nizhny Novgorod Metro. The line opened in 1993 and crosses the city on a northwest–southeast axis and is generally coloured blue on Metro maps. It comprises 4 stations and of track ...
. The name translates as "Petrel". It is named after the novel of the same name by
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...
.
Location
The station is located under the Sormovskoye Highway in the Moskovsky District. In the planning phase, the station was called Kalininskaya, after the Soviet politician
Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Ива́нович Кали́нин ; 3 June 1946), known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych", was a Soviet politician and Old Bolshevik revolutionary. He served as head of st ...
. The station is located half underground in the basement of a building of the subway company.
Architecture
It is the only subway station in Nizhny Novgorod that has two platforms on the outside of the tracks. Between the tracks there is a row of columns, above which the name of the station is mounted. The platforms and walls are covered with dark gray and white
marble
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, and the ceiling is decorated with
metal
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and
plastic
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. The station hall is located above the tracks and is connected to the street by stairs.
Connections
The station has connections to many
tram
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and
bus
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lines to the north west of Nizhny Novgorod, a part of the city not served by the metro.
See also
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List of Nizhny Novgorod metro stations
References
Nizhny Novgorod Metro stations
Buildings and structures in Nizhny Novgorod
Railway stations in Russia opened in 2002
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