Saint Petersburg
Even before the October revolution, a number of plans were made for a city railway in what is now Saint Petersburg. The Czarist regime largely did not find them credible and revolution and war stopped later plans. The successful planning phase start in 1947. Construction began in the following year. The first section was opened on 5th November 1955, two days before the 31st anniversary of the October revolution. Saint Petersburg's deepest station is Admiralteyskaya, 86 metres below ground level. The network has been greatly expanded since and is starting to look like a hub-and-spokes lay-out.
The building on RSP01 is the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station, seen from the back. It is an illustrative example of the opulent Stalinist style of construction for underground networks.
The metro's logo is a blue combined tunnel and M. It is the only Metro system in Russia to use a Blue M. Until the dissolution of the USSR, the system was officially known as Ленинградский Ордена Ленина Метрополитен имени В.И. Ленина, the V.I. Lenin Order of Lenin Leningrad Metropoliten.
There is a long series of souvenir tokens with a common side of the logo, with METPO underneath, surrounded by ДЛЯ ПРОХОДА and В МЕТРОПОЛИТЕН, for entry into metropoliten. They were sold above par, loose or in a blister package. They could no longer be used for entry into the metro.
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Anniversary tokens of the St. Petersburg subway
Saint Petersburg, Russia | ||
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Filename | RSP01 | |
Side 1 | Building, ЛЕНМЕТРОПОЛИТЕН and ИМЕНИ В.И. ЛЕНИНА, Lenmetropoliten, named after V.I. Lenin | |
Side 2 | M, ДЛЯ ПРОХОДА and ОПУСТИТЬ В ТУРНИКЕТ, insert in turnstile to pay for entry | |
Manufacture | nickel alloy | |
Size (mm) | 21 | |
Weight (grams) | ||
Notes | It is made at the Leningrad Mint (ЛМД). In circulation 1958-1961. | |
Source | Kozhara | |
Filename | RSP02 | |
Side 1 | САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ, Saint-Petersburg, curl | |
Side 2 | M underlined ДЛЯ ПРОХОДА В МЕТРОПОЛИТЕН, for entry into metropoliten | |
Manufacture | brass | |
Size (mm) | 23.3 | |
Weight (grams) | 4.2 | |
Notes | In circulation since 1992. RSP02 varieties | |
Source | Kozhara | |
Filename | RSP03 | |
Side 1 | M logo | |
Side 2 | chip number | |
Manufacture | white plastic with blue logo | |
Size (mm) | 23.3 | |
Weight (grams) | ||
Notes | Used 2006-2011, for the transportation of baggage in the subway. RSP03 varieties | |
Source | Kozhara |