Although the St. Petersburg metro is not as spectacular as, for example the Moscow metro can be, it’s an architectural wonder.
The Metro connects the city center to the periphery. It serves the russian cities of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. Curious facts about this system is that this subway is the deepest in the world and also is the 16 th most used subway in the world with about 800 million passengers a year.

The underground is run by Sankt-Peterburgsky Metropoliten, which is a public company. There are plans to expand the subway, new stations and more kilometers of tracks would be added.

Saint Petersburg metro lines and stations.

The St. Petersburg metro has 5 lines designated by name and color.

• Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line (Line 1). In operation since 1955. This route covers an extension of 29.6kms from Avtovo station to Lesnaya. Travel time 47 minutes. Its 19 stations are: Devyatkino, Grazhdansky Prospekt, Akademicheskaya, Politekhnicheskaya, Ploschad Muzhestva, Lesnaya, Vyborgskaya, Ploshchad Lenina, Chernyshevskaya, Ploshchad Vosstaniya, Vladimirskaya, Pushkinskaya, Tekhnologichesky Institut, Baltiyskaya, Narvskaya, Kirovsky Zavod, Avtovo, Leninsky Prospekt, Prospekt Veteranov
• Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line (Line 2). It was the second line to open in St. Petersburg in 1961. The system length is 30.1 km and serves 18 stations. It crosses the city from north to south from Tekhnologicheskiy to Parnas. Travel time is 47 minutes. Stations: Parnas, Prospekt Prosvescheniya, Ozerki, Udelnaya, Pionerskaya, Chornaya Rechka, Petrogradskaya, Gorkovskaya, Nevsky Prospekt, Sennaya Ploshchad, Tekhnologichesky Institut, Frunzenskaya, Moskovskiye Vorota, Elektrosila, Park Pobedy, Moskovskaya, Zvyozdnaya, Kupchino
• Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line (Line 3). It was inaugurated in 1967. It has a total length of 24.3km and 10 stations. The line runs from Vasileostrovskaya to Rybatskoye. Travel time is 32 minutes. Stations: Primorskaya, Vasileostrovskaya, Gostiny Dvor, Mayakovskaya, Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo 1, Yelizarovskaya, Lomonosovskaya, Proletarskaya, Obukhovo, Rybatskoye
• Pravoberezhnaya line (Line 4). In operation since 1985. It is the shortest line of Petersburg metro. Just 11.1kms and 8 stations. The time required for a journey from point to point is 19 minutes. Stations: Teatralnaya, Spasskaya, Dostoyevskaya, Ligovsky Prospekt, Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo 2, Novocherkasskaya, Ladozhskaya, Prospekt Bolshevikov, Ulitsa Dybenko, Kudrovo
• Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line (Line 5). This line runs from the northwest of the city to the south. It is a relatively new line as it was open in 2008. It’s 20.1kms serving 12 stations. Travel time is 30 minutes. Stations: Komendantsky Prospekt, Staraya Derevnya, Krestovsky Ostrov, Chkalovskaya, Sportivnaya, Admiralteyskaya, Sadovaya, Zvenigorodskaya, Obvodny Kanal, Volkovskaya, Bukharestskaya, Mezhdunarodnaya

Hours and frequency

Saint Petersburg metro starts operating at 5.45am until 01:00 am. Only on special occasions like New Year the service continues until 2:00 am. The frequency of trains during the day is 2 to 3 minutes, but at some point during rush hour can be 95 seconds. In the early hours and last of service, frequency is a little lower. Rush Hour in St. Petersburg metro is 8.00-9.00 am and 5.00-7.00 pm.

Fares and tickets

The metro works with tokens known as zheton. A single ticket is independent of distance, as in St. Petersburg metro zones do not exist. To travel to anywhere in the city, you need a single ticket that costs 31 rubles. Tickets can be purchased at any station in ticket vending machines.

There also are magnetic passes and electronic cards. For frequent travelers there are monthly cards. Also there are weekly Podorozhnik cards, with which you can store credit and “pay as you go”. You can buy and preload travels in this card. Ie: 10 trips valid for one week with a price of 295 rubles cards. 20 trips for 15 days and 40 trips for a month for 560 rubles and 1070 respectively.

All the info about rates at the Official Website

Other tickets

• 1 Month ticket, RUB 2380
• Monthly Standard Student Pass, RUB 850
• Monthly School student, RUB 425

Park’n Ride in St Petersburg Metro

St. Petersburg metro offers free parking for its users. There are special ticket on the subway that let you use these areas.
Parking tickets are valid for 2 trips in one day. They are issued in the parking lot along with a receipt of the parked vehicle.

Only vehicles entering Ride Park’n areas between 7-00 am and 8-01 pm have to pay a special fee.

Curious facts

Formerly known as V.I. Lenin Order of Lenin Leningrad Metropoliten

The station built deeper in the system is Admiralteyskaya, exactly 86 meters underground.

Beware if you’re going to video record inside the stations because you need a special permit. Photos without flash do not need permits. Information is available in English for the traveler.

St Petersburg metro lets childs under 7 years travel for free, acompanied by an adult

You are allowed to carry skis, snowboards, bikes for children in their holsters, … provided they do not exceed a certain dimensions.

Pets in cages not exceeding 120 cm in height, width or length are allowed.

There are metro plans subway in English and Russian in each car and in many places around the stations. The speaker only advertise in Russian.

Saint Petersburg Metro Map

Via http://www.metro.spb.ru

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Because of its geographical location its design does not correspond to the typical design of russian metro systems, which form a triangle with their lines intersecting at the center of the city.

Nizhny Novgorod Metro Lines

The Nizhny Novgorod metro has 2 routes that connect to the Moskovskaya station

Red Line (Gorkovskaya — Park Kultur)

Also known as Avtozavodskaya or line 1. It has a total length of 15.1 kms and serves 11 stations. This line has been operational since November 1985. The latest update of this line was the opening of a station in November 2012. The time required to complete a full trip is 18 minutes. Avtozavodskaya line stations: Gorkovskaya, Moskovskaya, Chkalovskaya, Leninskaya, Zarechnaya, Dvigatel Revolyutsii, Proletarskaya, Avtozavodksya, Komsomolskaya, Kirovskaya, Park Kultury.

Blue Line (Burevestnik — Moskovskaya)

Also known as Sormovskaya line or line 2. This line is much shorter than the red line. It only is 3.8 kilometers long and serves 4 stations. It opened in 1985 and the last time it was updated was in September 2002. The total travel time is 8 minutes. Sormovskaya line stations: Moskovskaya, Kanavinskaya, Burnakovskaya, Burevestnik.

Green line (Kremlevskaya — Novinki)

It will be the line 3. At the moment it is only projected.

Hours and frequency

The hours of operation are from 05:30 to 00:00. The normal frequency is 5 to 6 minutes. In the evenings of 8-15 minutes.

Tickets and fares

Payment: tokens purchased at the box office are used. Price: 16RUB.

Wikipedia Map

Curious facts

It is expected that the decision to allow deer in the metro boost its utilization.

Nizhny Novgorod metro is criticized for having a low utilization. The system had 109,500 passengers daily in 2013.

As happened with other systems of the former Soviet Union, the pace of building was impressive until the dissolution of the USSR, then everything fell in a great economic depression, and there was no funds to complete any project.

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The initial approach of the system consisted of 3 lines with triangle-shaped intersection in the city center. Today it seems very difficult see this project completed, especially for reasons of funding, but due to the large use of the system line 2 is already in progress: the first section has a length of 4.5 km and 4 stations: Metallurgicheskaya, Tatishchyevskaya, Ploshchad Kommunarov and Ploshchad 1905 Goda.

Like other Russian metro systems (Moscow, St. Petersburg, …) its design is typically Soviet. The stations artistic style is notable for its majesty … although the financial crisis left many of them unfinished.

Lines and stations

Line 1 connects the industrial areas in the north of the city to the center, getting to the Ural’skaya train station.
Stations: Prospekt Kosmonavtov, Uralmash, Mashinostroiteley, Uralskaya, Dinamo, Ploshchad 1905 Goda, Geologicheskaya, Bazhovskaya, Chkalovskaya, Botanicheskaya

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Frequency and hours

The total time to make the journey is 12 minutes. Trains operate from 6:00 until 24:00. The frequency varies between 4 and 8 minutes. 4 in peak hours and 8 minutes on weekends.

Fares

Tokens are used in the underground of Yekaterinburg. The price of a single journey is 23 rubles.
There is also the electronic card EKARTA with more competitive prices for citizens, students, pensioners and disabled.

Curious facts

Yekaterinburg was formerly known as Sverdlovsk. It’s considered the unofficial capital of the Urals, natural division between Europe and Asia.

Yekaterinburg metro is one of the most widely used in Russia, in particular is the fourth system just after Moscow Metro, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk.

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Baku Metro is one of the oldest in the USSR. Although the first project for the Baku Metro was designed in the 30s (Master Plan 1932)
it is not until 1967 when metro starts operating (first phase). Its construction began in the 60s and was intended to connect the center with the other areas.
The planning and construction of this system has a very changing history. This network has been evolving since the inauguration of its first section
in November of 1967 with 5 stations and 6.5 kms in length between Baki Soveti and Narimanov to the current state (2011) , with 2 lines and a total length of 34.6 km and 23 stations. This situation is far from the plans of the 70s in which it aimed to reach 52kms and 33 stations for 2000.
In 2010 a new expansion plan aims to extend Baku metro network to 119kms of tracks and 76 stations in 2040.
There will be links to the bus network and airport. There is also a third planned line.

• Opening: November 1967
• Owner: Bakı Metropoliteni
• Number of lines: 2
• Number of stations: 23
• Network length: 34,6 km
• Passengers/day: 1.8M
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Baku metro lines and stations

The total length of Baku subway system is 34.6 km. It has 2 lines and 23 stations. The system circulates sometimes deep and some others surface level.

• Line 1 (Red). Goes from İçərişəhər to Həzi Aslanov. It was the first section opened in 1967. Total length is 20.1 km. 13 stations.
• Line 2 (Green). Links Şah İsmail Xətai to Dərnəgül. It was opened later in 1976. Total length is 14.5 km. 10 stations.

Schedule and frequency

Baku Metro hours are from 6:00 to 1:00 although some stations close at 00:30. At peak times there are trains every 1-6 minutes. Rest time between 4 and 15 minutes.

Fares and tickets

Baku metro rates are very affordable.

Since 1992 tokens are used to pay. In 2006 they changed tokens to rechargeable RFID cards and now want to change to another type of smart cards (MIFARE). A single rate: 1 way trip costs 20 qapik. Children up to 7 years travel free if accompanied by an adult.

Curious facts

Although it is a fairly safe Metro it has suffered several incidents: 2 bombings attacks and a carbon monoxide poisoning.
There are mobile and wifi coverage in the subway.

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• Known as: Metro
• Dimentions: Lines 2, 6, 7, 9, and 10 has 8 cars each; lines 1, 3 and 8 has 7 cars and lines 4, 5 and 11 has 6 cars each. Every car has 64ft long and 4 doors in both sides.
• System length: 321kms
• Lines: 12 lines
• Stations: it has 185 stations; these include underground stations, ground-level stations and elevated stations.
• Speed: 26 MPH
• Operator: Moskovsky metropolitén
• Average ridership: 7 million people/day. The world’s highest.
• Start of operation: The first line was opened in May 15, 1935, between Sokolniki and Park Kultury.

Moscow metro lines and stations

• Line 1: Sokol’nicheskaya (Сокольническая.). It is the red line. It has 19 stations and 26.2 km.
• Line 2: Zamoskvoretskaya (Замоскворецкая.). It is the dark green line. It has 20 stations and 36.9 km.
• Line 3: Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya (Арбатско-Покровская). It is the blue line. It has 18 stations and 37.7 km.
• Line 4: Filyovskaya (Филёвская). The light blue line. It has 13 stations and 14.9 km.
• Line 5: Kol’tsevaya (Кольцевая). The brown line. It is the circular line. It has 12 stations and 19.3 km.
• Line 6: Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya (Калужско-Рижская). The orange line. It has 24 stations and 37.9 km.
• Line 7: Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (Таганско-Краснопресненская). The pink line. It has 19 stations and 35.9 km.
• Line 8: Kalininskaya (Калининская). It’s the yellow line. It has 7 stations and 13.1 km.
• Line 9: Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya (Серпуховско-Тимирязевская). The gray line. It has 25 stations and 41.5 km.
• Line 10: Lyublinskaya (Люблинско-Дмитровская). The light green line. It has 12 stations and 20.7 km.
• Line 11: Kakhovskaya (Каховская). The teal line. It has 3 stations and 3.4 km.
• Line L1: Butovskaya (Бутовская). The line L1 is called “light rail”. It was designed with different rules to the rest of the system and its platforms are only 96 m long. It has 5 stations and 5.5 km.

Moscow Metro schedule and frequency:

The Metro starts to move at 6 am, the doors open from 5:40am to 1:00am and the last train passes at 1:00am. The trains run every 90 seconds during peak hours and 2-4 minutes the rest of the day.

The monorail runs from 7:00am to 11:00pm. And it cost 28 rubles for a ticket and 1230 rubles for a monthly pass.

Moscow Metro rates:

• Single Trip: 28 rubles (valid for 5 days).
• 2 Trips: 56 rubles (valid for 5 days).
• 5 Trips: 135 rubles (valid for 45 days).
• 10 Trips: 265 rubles (valid for 45 days).
• 20 Trips: 520 rubles (valid for 45 days).
• 60 Trips: 1245 rubles (valid for 45 days).
• Monthly Pass: 1230 rubles.
• Children under 7 years can travel free.

Moscow connection to the airport

An Express Train connects the airport to Paveletky station in Moscow. The travel time is around 40 minutes and the cost of the trip is 120 rubles.

Curious facts about Metro of Moscow

In the Line 5 (is the one that intersects all the other lines) the loud-speakers tell travelers the direction of the train using male voices when moving clockwise and female voices when going counterclockwise. In the radial lines, male voices are used when trains are approaching the city center and female voices when they walk away from the city.

It is believed that there is an alternative underground system that would work parallel to the conventional metro system of the city. The system was supposedly built, or at least started, during the time of Stalin and was codenamed D-6 by the KGB. The Moscow Metro administration neither confirms nor denies the existence of this underground system alternative.

Moscow metro map

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It consists of a single line that covers two routes and serves 22 stations that cross the city next to the river Volga from the northern suburbs to the city center. The line has a total length of 17.3 km. It is managed by Metroelektrotrans. Metrotram is used daily by more than 140000 people and annually by more than 50 million.

In addition to Volgograd Metrotram there is a network of trams, buses and trolleybuses to access almost anywhere in the city.

Metrotram routes

Metrotram serves two routes: СТ-1 (Ploschad Chekistov – Traktorny Zavod (VGTZ)) and СТ-2 (Yelshanka – Stadion “Monolit”).

• ST1: Traktornyj Zavod – Ploshchad Chekistov
• ST2: Stadion Monolit – Yel’shanka

Stations: Traktornyy Zavod (Tractor Factory), Khlebozavod (Bakery Works), Vodootstoy (Water-sediment), Bol’nitsa Il’icha (Ilich Hospital), Zavod “Barrikady” (Barrikady Factory), Tridtsat’ Pervaya Shkola (31st School), Stadion Monolit (Monolith Stadium), Zavod “Krasnyy Oktyabr’” (Red October Steel Factory), Tridtsat’ Devyataya Gvardeyskaya (39th Guards Rifle Division Street), Ploshchad’ Vozrozhdeniya (Revival Square), Dvorets Sporta (Sports Palace), Mamayev Kurgan (Mamayev Kurgan), Tsentral’nyy Stadion (Central Stadium), Tsentral’nyy Park Kul’tury i Otdykha (Central Rest and Culture Park), Yevropa (Europa City Mall), Ploshchad’ Lenina (Lenin Square), Komsomol’skaya (Komsomol street), Pionerskaya (Pioneers), Ploshchad’ Chekistov (Chekists Square), Profsoyuznaya (Labour Unions), Teatr Yunogo Zritelya (Theatre for Young Spectators), Yel’shanka

Metrotram Hours and frequency

Volgograd metro opens from 6:00 to 0:30. Frequency of service is 3 minutes during the day, reaching 90 seconds at peak hours. From 23:00 the frequency is a tram every 25 minutes.

Metrotram fares

The price of a single journey is 10 rubles. Tickets can be purchased at the box office. There are turnstiles at the entrances and also ticket inspectors in the cars.

Curious facts

Metrotram trams models are KT8D5 and TATRA TATRA T3. These models are very common in Eastern Europe.

Accesibility

Keep in mind that none of the stations in Volgograd Metrotram is equipped with elevators or platforms for wheelchairs. There are escalators in 4 stations: Profsoyuznaya, Pionerskaya, Komsomolskaya Ploschad Lenina.
No Wheelchair accessible routes exist in any underground stations. In surface level stations doesnt occur the same (except in Ploschad Chekistov).

Interesting links

http://www.volgogradru.com/metrotram/

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On August 27,2005 Kazan Metro was finally opened for use. The initial infrastructure included five stations built in underground tunnels. The initial construction was also atypically slow due to lack of funding, but later improved as resources were allocated to increase the rate of construction. The Metro, as of January, 2016, now consists of ten stations and stretches over almost 16 kilometers. Modern security systems have been installed at each station to ensure the safety of passengers as they use the transit system. Kazan Metro also boasts one of the most modern transit systems in Russia; having been developed at St. Petersburg NII Scientific Research Institude. Design of the system has been developed by Iconics UK. Its system is capable of tracking the movement of each train along the line as well as station equipment conditions and railway track conditions.

The rolling stock was designed by Vagonmash as a co-op effort with Skoda Dopravni Technika of Plzen, Czech Republic. The traction drive units were designed by UniControls. Each train is made up of four cars; three tail cars and a head car and each train has a capacity of thirteen hundred people.

Information inside the Metro is available and communicated in English, Russian, and Tatar. Each station is covered in beautiful murals, which make a trip through the transit system worth it just to see the exquisitely unique platforms and walls.

Kazan Metro Lines and Stations

Kazan Metro has a single line that begins at Prospect Pobedy and travels through (in the following order) Gorki, Ametyevo, Sukonnaya Sloboda, Ploshchad Tukaya, Kremlyovskaya, Kozya Sloboda, Yashlek, Severny Vokzal, and arrives at Aviastroitelnaya.

Hours of Operation

Kazan Metro runs from 6:00 to 23:00, making it easy to travel in the evening as well as during the day. The system is surprisingly low-traffic, with trains coming every 5-7 minutes, meaning that ease and comfort of use is superb.

Ticket and Fare

Kazan Metro uses an electronic ticketing system. There are single day passes available (smart tokens) as well as smart cards (multi-use passes), which are valid to be used either for numerous trips or for a certain amount of time. The transit system offers discounts for retired individuals, students, and children. A single ride will cost you approximately 7 rubles.

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The Samara Metro, formerly known as Kuybyshev Metro consists of a single line with 10 stations and a route of 12.7 kilometers of bidirectional track. In russian the system is known as Samarskiy metropoliten. It is one of the smallest of Russia.

The system is managed by the municipal company Samarsky Metropoliten privatized by the Russian government in the 90s. The Samara Metro transports 44,000 passengers daily.

Samara metro lines and stations

The first phase of Samara metro stretched along a route of only 4 kms. The phase between Gagarinskaya Street and Pobeda Street was 6 kilometers. The impact of the collapse of the USSR was devastating for the Russian economy, leaving no funds many for projects, including the construction of this system.

Stations: Teatralnaya, Samarskaya, Alabinskaya, Rossiyskaya, Moskovskaya, Gagarinskaya, Sportivnaya, Sovetskaya, Pobeda, Bezymyanka, Kirovskaya, Yungorodok, Krylya Sovetov.

Like many other Russian systems, ie Yekaterinburg metro, it has a triangle design. There is only one line built, but there were 2 others planned:

Komsomolskaya line

It would stretch from Station Square to the Volga district, one of the “sleeping areas” of the city. This line circulates almost parallel to the shore of the Volga River and pass through many of the key areas of the city.

Zasamarskaya line

The line would start at the central bus station, then go to the Samara river and finally reach the district of Samara.

The project after all, had to be modified since the initial approach of building the system through the center of the city, needed the destruction of buildings with great historical value.

Samara metro hours

The Samara Metro operates from 5.30 to 24.00.

Fares and tickets

The cost of a ride is 12 rubles if you have a card transport and 15 if you pay with tokens. If you carry luggage the ticket would cost 23 rubles.

There are monthly cards that cost 100 rubles. Students card is 75 rubles.

There are users who can travel free, ie children under 7 years accompanied by adults, Heroes of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, honorary citizens, …

Curious facts

Each of Samara metro stations is designed by the best architects of the city. Samara metro has really beautiful stations as the Moskovskaya station decorated with red and yellow fixtures, or Gagarinskaya station with beautiful columns. Gagarinskaya station is named in honor of the first person who “flew” out in space Yury Gagarin Alekseevich.

Interesting links

Samara transports map

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