Plošča Lienina (Minsk Metro)

Plošča Lienina
Minsk Metro Station
Station Hall
Coordinates	53°53′36″N 27°32′52″E / 53.8932°N 27.5478°ECoordinates: 53°53′36″N 27°32′52″E / 53.8932°N 27.5478°E
Owned by	Minsk Metro
Line(s)	Moskovskaya Line
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	June 26, 1984
Services
Preceding station   Minsk Metro   Following station Kastryčnickaja toward Uruchye Moskovskaya Line Instytut Kuĺtury toward Petrovshchina

Plošča Lienina (Belarusian: Плошча Леніна; Russian: Площадь Ленина; "Lenin Square") is a Minsk Metro station.

Overview

The station, opened on June 24, 1984, is part of the Moskovskaya Line and serves the main railway station of the city: Minsk Passazhirsky.

From 1992 to 2003 the station has been called "Plošča Niezaliežnasci" (lit: Independence Square), but later 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 one of three on the Minsk Metro to have been built with an entrance in an existing building, the other two being Kastryčnickaja and Kupalaŭskaja.^[1]

References

1. Schwandl, Robert (2004). "Minsk". UrbanRail.net. Retrieved 11 April 2011.