Saint Petersburg Metro

The Saint Petersburg Metro system in Saint Petersburg, Russia, currently consists of 4 lines with 58 metro stations and a metro network length of about 110 km.

History

Ancient Greece-themed Sportivnaya station. The word "sportivnaya" means "sporty" or "athletic".

First plans for a metro already existed in 1899, but subterranean building turned out to be generally difficult in Saint Petersburg because of underground rivers and cavities. Also wars stopped the construction of the Saint Petersburg Metro more than once. In the end Moscow was first to open its metro in 1935.

The Saint Petersburg Metro opened on 15 November 1955, with a first line between Avtovo and Ploschad Vosstania. This line was extended in 1958 to Ploschad Lenina. In 1966 the line was extended to Dachnoye (this station later was closed after further extension). In 1975 the line was extended from Lesnaya to Akademicheskaya, in 1977 to Prospekt Veteranov and in 1978 to Devyatkino.

The second line opened in 1961 between Park Pobedy and Tekhnologichesky Institut, with connection to line one. It also was extended in 1963 to Petrogradskaya, in 1969 to Moskovskaya, and in 1972 to Kupchino. The Kupchino train station offers connection to regional trains.

Line three opened in 1967, and line four in 1985.

Lines

See also: List of Saint Petersburg metro stations

Projects and planning

Extensions of lines two and four are planned in the coming years, and a fifth line is projected between Sennaya Ploschad and the train station Prospekt Slavy.

External links

• Official site (Russian)
• Schema of Saint Petersburg Metro
• Metro information at saint-petersburg.com
• Urbanrail.net information