Saint Petersburg Metro

Saint Petersburg Metro
Avtovo Station Platform
Ploschad Vosstaniya Station Central Hall
Narvskaya Station Central Hall
Narvskaya Station Surface Vestibule
Pushkinskaya Station Surface Vestibule
Petrogradskaya Station Central Hall
Mayakovskaya Station Central Hall
Vasileostrovskaya Station Central Hall
Politechnicheskaya Station Surface Vestibule
Krestovskiy Ostrov Station Surface Vestibule
Upper Hall of the Sportivnaya Station
Obvodny Kanal Station Central Hall
Ligovksky Prospekt Station Platform
Stations of Saint Petersburg Metro
Overview
Native nameПетербургский метрополитен
Peterburgskiy metropoliten
LocaleSaint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines5 (9 planned)
Number of stations72 (126 planned)
Daily ridership2.09 million
Annual ridership763.1 million (2014)
Websitewww.metro.spb.ru
Operation
Began operation15 November 1955
Operator(s)Peterburgsky Metropoliten
Technical
System length124.8 km (77.5 mi)
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in)
Electrification850 V DC third rail[1]
Average speed40 km/h (25 mph)
System map

Saint Petersburg Metro
Parnas
Prospekt Prosvescheniya
Ozerki
Udelnaya
Pionerskaya
Chyornaya Rechka
Petrogradskaya
Begovaya
Gorkovskaya
Zenit
Devyatkino
Primorskaya
Vasileostrovskaya
Grazhdansky Prospekt
Komendantsky Prospekt
Akademicheskaya
Staraya Derevnya
Politekhnicheskaya
Krestovsky Ostrov
Ploschad Muzhestva
Chkalovskaya
Lesnaya
Sportivnaya
Vyborgskaya
Admiralteyskaya
Ploshchad Lenina Finland Station
Nevsky Prospekt / Gostiny Dvor
Chernyshevskaya
Spasskaya / Sennaya
Ploshchad / Sadovaya
Ploshchad Vosstaniya
/ Mayakovskaya
Moskovsky railway station (Saint Petersburg)
Vladimirskaya / Dostoyevskaya
Vitebsky railway station
Pushkinskaya /
Zvenigorodskaya
Ligovsky Prospekt
Tekhnologichesky Institut
Ploshchad Alexandra
Nevskogo I & II
Baltiysky railway station Baltiyskaya
Novocherkasskaya
Narvskaya
Ladozhskaya Ladozhsky railway station
Kirovsky Zavod
Prospekt Bolshevikov
Avtovo
Ulitsa Dybenko
Leninsky Prospekt
Yelizarovskaya
Prospekt Veteranov
Lomonosovskaya
Frunzenskaya
Proletarskaya
Moskovskiye Vorota
Obukhovo
Elektrosila
Rybatskoye
Park Pobedy
Obvodny Kanal
Moskovskaya
Volkovskaya
Zvyozdnaya
Bukharestskaya
Kupchino
Mezhdunarodnaya
Prospekt Slavy
Dunayskaya
Shushary

The Saint Petersburg Metro (Russian: Петербургский метрополитен, romanized: Peterburgskiy metropoliten) is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction began in early 1941, but was put on hold due to World War II and the subsequent Siege of Leningrad, during which the constructed stations were used as bomb shelters. It was finally opened on 15 November 1955.

Formerly known as the Order of Lenin Leningrad Metro named after V. I. Lenin (Ленинградский Ордена Ленина Метрополитен имени В. И. Ленина), the system exhibits many typical Soviet designs and features exquisite decorations and artwork making it one of the most attractive and elegant metros in the world. Due to the city's unique geology, the Saint Petersburg Metro is also one of the deepest metro systems in the world and the deepest by the average depth of all the stations. The system's deepest station, Admiralteyskaya, is 86 metres (282 ft) below ground.

The network consists of 5 lines with a total length of 124 kilometres (77 mi). It has 72 stations including 7 transfer points. Serving about 2 million passengers daily, it is the 26th busiest metro system in the world.

  1. ^ Andrew Zalmanov as a private person. "Петербургский метрополитен". Spb.metro.ru. Retrieved 2012-08-13.