Jun
14
2017No matter if running normally or at rush hour, in cities having only few subway lines those few trains have to deal with a high passenger volume all around the clock. That’s how it is in Rome, in Warasw and of course in Minsk. Capturing those subway networks mostly without people is more than just being lucky. When watching the constant mass of people flowing through and between Kastryčnickaja and Kupalaŭskaja interchange stations then one knows what the talk is about.
Minsk Metro is young and was “born” in 1984. Its architectural orientation and core is the typical pylon-based functional cubism that originated from the 1970’s built stations of the Moscow Metro. The younger stations of Minsk Metro unite that old style with fresh light concepts as well as materials. Here are some examples:
Hier ein paar architektonische Stellvertreter:
- Symmetry of large hall built Traktarny Zavod station
- The greeting worker is Pralietarskaja station’s eye-catcher
- Symmetry of Barysaŭski Trakt station
Unique is the way how the Minsk Metro is reflecting its return to be Belorussian and Belarus being independent. For example many stations still show its original Soviet station name, while in the route map they are listed under their new Belorussian name. That becomes most apparent at the big Kastryčnickaja interchange station, where on one platform side Oktyabrskaya still hails from the wall. Here are some witnesses of the Soviet time period:
- Kastryčnickaja
- Old name Oktyabrskaya still hails from the wall of Kastryčnickaja
- Vostok – Old name of Uschod station still hails from the walls
Because of a high passenger volume most trains run on a 2.5 minute cycle, at least between stations being close to the city centre. That eases travelling through the city quite a lot. In World War 2 Minsk got destroyed by more 90%; first by the war itself, then by the Soviets as something new can only emerge from the old being demolished. The Soviet gave Minsk its current face boasting with Socialist Modernism architecture, but also they built the metro as well as kept Minsk clean and green all the time. Despite the Moscow Metro the Minsk Metro isn’t advertising-free.
Jun
12
2017- Mahilioŭskaja
- Platform of Aŭtazavodskaja line terminus station Mahilioŭskaja
- Aŭtazavodskaja
- Symmetry of name-giving station Aŭtazavodskaja
- Bench and pylon inside name-giving Aŭtazavodskaja station
- Partyzanskaja
- Symmetry of cubic Partyzanskaja station
- Side view of cubic Partyzanskaja station platform
- Traktarny Zavod
- Symmetry of large hall built Traktarny Zavod station
- Pralietarskaja
- The greeting worker is Pralietarskaja station’s eye-catcher
- Pieršamajskaja
- Pieršamajskaja station is Minsk Metro’s one and only station with side platforms
- Pieršamajskaja
- Side view of Kupalaŭskaja station platform
- Entrance and exit of Kupalaŭskaja interchange station
- Niamiha
- Symmetry of the massive pylons backing Niamiha station
- Pedestrian tunnel and exit of Niamiha station
- Frunzienskaja
- Entrance and exit of Frunzienskaja station
- Maladziožnaja
- Train of Minsk Metro breaks the symmetry of Maladziožnaja station
- Puškinskaja
- Classically brass chandelier embellished platform of Puškinskaja station
- Spartyŭnaja
- Symmetry of Spartyŭnaja station impressing with black-white marble and metal interior
- Side view of pylone-backed Spartyŭnaja station
- Metal images on the wall of Spartyŭnaja station symbolise the Olympic fire
- Kuncaŭščyna
- Symmetry of Kuncaŭščyna station
- Kamiennaja Horka
- Interior of a Minsk Metro train
Jun
12
2017- Uručča – Terminus of Maskoŭskaja line
- Interior of Minsk Metro
- Platform of Uručča terminus station of Maskoŭskaja line
- Barysaŭski Trakt
- Symmetry of Barysaŭski Trakt station
- Marble reflects the lot of single lights of Barysaŭski Trakt station
- Vostok – Old name of Uschod station still hails from the walls
- Uschod station (former Vostok) was built as a big hall
- Maskoŭskaja – Name giver of Minsk Metro’s first line
- Marble embellished pylons back the name-giving Maskoŭskaja station
- Park Čaliuskincaŭ
- Park Čaliuskincaŭ station was built as big hall with chandeliers
- Akademija Navuk
- Black-grey-white shimmering marble embellished pylons of Akademija Navuk station
- Plošča Jakuba Kolasa
- Pylons of Plošča Jakuba Kolasa station show pictures of Communist way of life
- Plošča Pieramohi
- Tall pylons and chandeliers of Plošča Pieramohi station
- Kastryčnickaja
- Chandelier pylons of two-storey tall Kastryčnickaja interchange station (former Oktyabrskaya)
- Plošča Lienina
- Reminiscence of Soviet era at Plošča Lienina station
- Bust of Communist pioneer Lenin inside Plošča Lienina station
- Instytut Kuĺtury
- Train of Minsk Metro at big hall built station Instytut Kuĺtury
- Hrušaŭka
- Platform of Hrušaŭka station being brought into service in 2012
- Michalova
- Entrance and exit of Michalova station being brought into service in 2012
- Piatroŭščyna
- Trains of Minsk Metro meet each other under the artificial stars of Piatroŭščyna station
- Malinaŭka – Terminus of Maskoŭskaja line
- Interior design of Malinaŭka station honours nature and trees