"Icheri Sheher" ( İçərişəhər with Azeri. - "Inner City"; until 2008, Baki Soveti with Azeri. - "Baku Council") is the final station of the first (Red) line of the Baku Metro , located after the Sahil station . The architecture of the station was awarded the Republican Prize of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR [1] .
| "Icheri Sheher" | |
|---|---|
| İçərişəhər Red line | |
| Baku Metro | |
 | |
| Area | Sabail |
| opening date | November 6, 1967 |
| Former names | "Baky Soveti" ("Baku Council") |
| Type of | pylon three-arched deep foundation |
| Number of platforms | one |
| Platform type | insular |
| Platform form | straight |
| Platform Length, m | 105 |
| Architects | Y. Kozlov G. Khanlarov O. Kadymov, Sh. Zeynalov |
| Neighboring stations | |
Feature
The station was opened on November 6, 1967 as part of the first stage of “Baki Soveti” - “Nariman Narimanov”. There are green areas in front of the station lobby. Through them, the glass pyramid of the lobby is clearly visible. Inside the lobby, as well as at all deep-laid stations, there are two halls: a cash and an escalator. “Icheri Sheher” is the closest metro station to the historical part of the city, this is precisely the reason for its new name. After reconstruction, the station became one of the most beautiful and original in Baku.
In front of the station there is a exit from the second track to the first one, since the exit is not the cross, the first track from the moment of opening the station is not used, all trains arrive and depart only from one track. Moreover, interpylon passages on the first path to the reconstruction were blocked by cast-iron gratings.
After 2020, this line is expected to extend to the south-western districts of Baku. Thus, after the Icheri Sheher station, it is planned to build 4 more new stations, as a result of which the first path will be used.
Notes
- ↑ Efendizade R. Architect Shafiga Zeynalova // Architecture of the USSR . - 1979. - № 3 . - p . 4 .