‘Novokrestovskaya’ — is a station under construction of the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro that will follow ‘Primorskaya’. The station is planned to be interchangeable with an opportunity for passengers to change to Pravoberezhnaya line. ‘Novokrestovskaya’ will be located on the western shore of Krestovskiy island, near the new football stadium, which is also under construction. The name of the station is related to a village called Novokrestovskaya which was situated in this part of the island earlier.
Novokrestovskaya will become the first station of Saint Petersburg Metro that will be located in the estuary of the Neva River.
First time in Europe the railway section from the previous station to Novokrestovskaya station will run beneath the bottom of a sea gulf.
«Novokrestovskaya» station is located next to the sports and leisure area on Krestovskiy island . On a regular weekday up to 58,000 passengers will use the station, while on days of sports events this amount will increase up to 30,000 passengers per hour (to enter the station) and 25,000 passengers per hour (to exit the station).
The station is designed as a subsurface station and is part of the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya line start-up facilities that include ‘Novokrestovskaya’ and ‘Begovaya’ stations. In the future a cognominal parallel transfer station is planned to be constructed as part of the Lakhtinsko- Pravoberezhnaya line.
The slurry wall serves both as a load-bearing and protecting structure
First time in the history of Saint Petersburg Metro construction the top-down technology was used.
Ancon CXL technology of the mechanical joining of rebar is being used for construction of the top slabs and the station itself.
Under the shelter of the slabs there has been started the preparation of the foundation pit. At the baseline of the pit there will be laid a concrete slab of the next level, and after that the construction workers will proceed with the third level. Temporary openings have been prepared for ground excavation and supplying the construction materials to the site.
Top slab
The ground is lifted up to the surface and taken out through the slabs temporary openings of the first and second levels.
