Parnas metro station is a place that can not be missed in St. Petersburg

Petersburg metro station "Parnas" is known to many. And not only, of course, to the residents of the northern capital of Russia, but also to the numerous tourists who come here on an excursion every year. What is the reason for such popularity? Let's try to discuss this in more detail.

Section 1. General description

Parnas metro station belongs to the St. Petersburg metro and is the last passenger station of the Moscow-Petrograd line. With her neighbors only the station Prospekt Prosveshcheniya. Also note that the station is located in the Vyborgsky district, in the village of Pargalovo, so the metro Parnas on the map should be searched outside St. Petersburg. It will also be interesting to learn that this is the northernmost transport hub of such a plan in Russia. To date, it is a terrestrial indoor station with a width of 60 m and a length of 156 meters.

The interior design is original enough and is devoted to ancient Greek mythology. Art. Metro Parnas is decorated with artistic stained-glass windows, whose authors are the stained-glass artist S. Khvalov and the artists E. Bystrov, A. Bystrov, G. Gulasov. The stained-glass windows are made in a combination mosaic technique: their elements are made of either colored glass or painted with a special paint.

The main stained-glass window depicts the goddess Nika. The large tympanum is decorated with the image of the chariot of Helios, two small tympanas located on the sides of the station, images of the abduction of Europe and the Argonauts.

Section 2. History of construction

The very first project of the metro station "Parnas" was made in 1991, but it was rejected. In the updated 1995 project, it was proposed to use new composite materials for construction . In 2005, we made a final decision on the construction of the station. Architects Pavlova MV, Khilchenko VG, Romashkin-Timanov NV promptly remade the project of the station in 1995. Under the final design, underground transitions have been replaced by overhead ones, lifts for people with disabilities and emergency exits have also been added.

The Parnas station was to be built soon after the start of the operation of the Udelnaya section - Prospekt Prosveshcheniya. The timing of its opening was postponed due to the protracted construction of the Shuvalovo-Ozerka housing estate, which it was supposed to serve. On December 22, 2006, Parnas was opened as part of the current section Prospekt Prosveshcheniya - Vyborgskoye depot.

The station was named after the eponymous historic district. According to the project, it was planned to be called "Parnassus", but in the end they received "Parnassus".

Section 3. Characteristics

The inner walls of the Parnas metro station are lined with white marble "kölga" and decorated with polished granite inserts. The flooring is made of granite. For the production of suspended ceilings, a sand-gray composite composite of aluminobond is used. The central transition between platforms is strengthened by additional farms and is above the tracks. It is made in the form of an arch and decorated with stained glass.

The facing is made of gray and red granite. External walls are decorated according to the principle of "ventilated facade". Most of the cladding is made of "petropanels", which are designed for both decoration and thermal insulation.

The roof covering is made of special roofing "petropanels", which are lighter and more convenient to use than traditional reinforced concrete panels.