Zarechnaya (Nizhny Novgorod Metro)

Zarechnaya
Nizhny Novgorod Metro
Coordinates 56°17′9″N 43°55′41″E / 56.28583°N 43.92806°E / 56.28583; 43.92806Coordinates: 56°17′9″N 43°55′41″E / 56.28583°N 43.92806°E / 56.28583; 43.92806
Line(s) Avtozavodskaya line
Platforms 1
Construction
Structure type underground
History
Opened 20 November 1985
Services
Preceding station   Nizhny Novgorod Metro   Following station
toward Gorkovskaya
Avtozavodskaya line
toward Park Kultury
Nizhny Novgorod Metro map

Zarechnaya (Russian: Заречная) is a station on the Avtozavodskaya line of the Nizhny Novgorod Metro, opened on 20 November 1985, together with the first metro route in the city.

Location

The station is located in the Leninsky district under the intersection of the Leninsky Prospekt (Lenin Avenue) and Zaretsyny Bulvar (Forest Avenue).

Structure

The lobby walls are decorated with unusual embossed tiles, blue and hexagonal shape, imitating waves. The station is shallow and has round white marble columns. The floor is paved with light-brown granite, symbolising river sand, and white marble. The walls are decorated with panels with pictures of the underwater world and of Nizhny Novgorod history.

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References

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