Jugo-Zapadnaja, Metro station under construction in Kirovsky District, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Jugo-Zapadnaja is a metro station under construction in the southwestern part of Saint Petersburg, located across the Kirovsky and Krasnoselsky districts. The station will sit deep underground, as is typical for Saint Petersburg's metro, where soft ground and high water tables make shallow construction difficult.
Plans to extend Saint Petersburg's metro into the southwestern districts date back many decades, though active construction on this station began during the 2010s as part of the Line 5 expansion. Work has been delayed several times due to the difficult ground conditions and shifting project priorities.
The name Jugo-Zapadnaja simply means "Southwest" in Russian, reflecting the part of the city it is meant to serve. Saint Petersburg's metro stations often carry names tied to geography or nearby landmarks, and this one follows that same tradition.
The construction site sits in a densely populated residential area of southwestern Saint Petersburg that currently has no metro connection. Access to the site is closed to the public, and no opening date has been confirmed yet.
Saint Petersburg's metro is one of the deepest in the world because the ground beneath the city is made up of water-saturated clay and peat. Visiting any of the existing deep stations gives a sense of what the experience of riding through this future stop might one day feel like.
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