Avtozavodskaya (Nizhny Novgorod Metro)

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Avtozavodskaya

Автозаводская
NNMetro.svg
Nizhny Novgorod Metro station
Nizhny Novgorod Metro. Avtozavodskaya Station.jpg
General information
Location Avtozavodsky District
Nizhny Novgorod
Russia
Coordinates 56°15′29″N43°54′07″E / 56.25806°N 43.90194°E / 56.25806; 43.90194
Line(s) NNMetro Line 1.svg Line 1
Platforms1
Tracks2
Connections BSicon TRAM.svg 8, 22, 417
BSicon BUS3.svg 15, 20, 31, 40, 54, 56, 68, 77
BSicon OBUS.svg 2, 11, 12
Construction
Structure typeThree-span, shallow-column station
History
Opened8 August 1987
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station NNMetro.svg Nizhny Novgorod Metro Following station
Proletarskaya
towards Gorkovskaya
Line 1 Komsomolskaya
towards Park Kultury

Avtozavodskaya (Russian : Автозаводская) is a station on the Avtozavodskaya line of the Nizhny Novgorod Metro. The authorities planned to open the station as part of the initial phase from Moskovskaya [1]

It opened on 8 August 1987 in the second phase of construction with Komsomolskaya station. [2] It is in the Avtozavodsky District of Nizhny Novgorod which gets its name from GAZ automobile factory.

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References

  1. "Нижегородский метрополитен отметил сорокалетие" (in Russian). Moskovsky Komsomolets (Nizhny Novgorod). 2017-12-01.
  2. "Из истории строительства Нижегородского метрополитена" (in Russian). State Archive of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Retrieved 2017-01-29.