Dinamo (Metro Yekaterinburg)

The platform hall

The Dinamo station ( Russian Дина́мо ) is a subway station of the Yekaterinburg Metro that opened in December 1994 .

Entrance building

location

The Dinamo station is located between the Uralskaya and Ploshchad 1905 goda stations and is in the immediate vicinity of the Palace of Games . The promenade of the Isset River, which is dammed up into the city pond, and the Cathedral on the Blood are also nearby . The station was named after the nearby Dinamo sports complex . The platform level has a staircase with three escalators at its northern end . The station's platform is 104 meters long and 40 meters below the surface.

history

Signature above the entrance

It was not until 1973 that test bores were carried out with the aim of investigating the condition of the soil for the subsequent metro construction. In February 1981, construction work began on the station. The vault for the station was completed in October 1982. Due to the proximity to the city pond, there were unexpectedly severe problems with groundwater penetrating the excavation pit. During sinking work , building structures could not withstand the water pressure. Groundwater flooded the excavation pit and the work came to a standstill. The whole station was sheathed with prefabricated parts made of reinforced concrete. From the inside, the station received a steel carcass to which steel plates with a thickness of 10 mm were welded. In June 1983 the tunnel construction began in the direction of Ploshchad 1905 goda , in January 1984 in the direction of Uralskaya . In 1987 the access tunnel for three escalators was built. In December 1987 the breakthrough to the Ploschtschad 1905 goda station was made in the left-hand tunnel . In the following April, the southern breakthrough occurred in the right tunnel. The tunnels run 736 meters below the floor of the city pond. The station's vaulted ceiling was completed in October 1988. In February 1989 the breakthrough came in a northerly direction to the Uralskaya station . On December 22, 1994 , the head of the city administration officially accepted the station. On that day, the first train pulled into the station and the station was opened for passenger traffic.

architecture

Sculpture Diskobol

The interior clad vault for water drainage, which works like an umbrella, allows the station to be illuminated indirectly over a large area. There are several large indentations at the top of the vault for this purpose. However, the indirect lighting is usually switched off and the station is only illuminated by five lights located in the middle of the platform. There are benches at the feet of the candlesticks, which are reminiscent of torches. The side walls and floors are clad with marble from the Uzbek town of Gasan and red granite from Karelia . In the station, the sporting theme of the nearby stadium is taken up. At the front of the platform, where there is no exit, there is a bronze copy of the “Diskobol” by the ancient Greek sculptor Myron on a pedestal .

Surname

During the planning phase , the station was called Dzerzhinskaya for a long time , based on a small street near the entrance to the underground station, which is named in honor of the Soviet revolutionary and secret police chief Felix Dzerzhinsky . During the construction work the name was changed to Dinamo . This name is politically more neutral and is much more appropriate as a toponym, as the nearby sports complex is much better known than the relatively small and short Dzerzhinsky Street. It was also discussed to name the station after the nearby "Park Slawy" (Park of Fame).

Transport links

For a long time, the station was located away from all other transport infrastructure in the city. Large streets are about 500 m from the entrance to the station. Since December 2007, however, the route of the trolleybus no. 4 has been leading directly to the station.

Web links

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