Kastrychnitskaya (Minsk Metro)
Minsk Metro station
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Kastrychnitskaya (Belarusian: Кастрычніцкая, lit. 'October'; Russian: Октябрьская) or previously Oktyabrskaya, is a station of Minsk Metro in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. It opened on June 30, 1984.
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 Kastrychnitskaya (Minsk Metro) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 53.9019°N 27.5614°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| System | Minsk Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Minsk Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line |  Maskoŭskaja line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Awtazavodskaya line (Kuplawskaya) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth | 13.4 m (44 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 116 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 June 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The station is one of three on the Minsk Metro to have been built with an entrance in an existing building, the other two being Kupalawskaya and Ploshcha Lyenina.[1]
2011 bombing
Kastrychnitskaya station was the site of the Minsk Metro bombing on April 11, 2011, in which 15 people were killed and 315 injured.
