World’s deepest metro station to be in Russia
December 28th, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANSSt. Petersburg (Russia), Dec 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A new subway station, the world’s deepest, will be unveiled in downtown St. Petersburg, authorities said.
The Admiralteiskaya station lies over 100 m below the surface. Its opening Wednesday will decrease the load on other metro stations in the city, the northwest Russian city’s administration reported.
A total of 10.2 billion rubles ($325 mln) has been allocated from the city budget to the construction of stations and tunnels in 2011.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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