Nizhny Novgorod City Rail

Nizhny Novgorod City Rail
Electric train of the Priokskaya line at the Nizhny Novgorod railway station
Electric train of the Priokskaya line
at the Nizhny Novgorod railway station
Overview
Native nameНижегородская городская электричка
OwnerRussian Railway
LocaleNizhny Novgorod, Russia
Transit typeCommuter rail
Number of lines3
Number of stations27
Annual ridership437 000 (2017)[1]
WebsiteNizhny Novgorod City Rail
Operation
Began operationJune 24, 2013
Operator(s)Gorky Railway

Nizhny Novgorod City Rail (Russian: Нижегородская городская электричка, romanizedNizhegorodskaya gorodskaya elektrichka) are a system of city train services on existing commuter rail lines in Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Together with the metro it forms a system of high-speed rail transport of the city. It has 2 lines – Sormovskaya and Priokskaya. It was founded on June 24, 2013 on the basis of the Gorky Railway, as an addition to the metro.[2]

  1. ^ "Более 430 тыс. пассажиров перевезла городская электричка на участке Нижний Новгород – Починки" (in Russian). newsroom24.ru. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  2. ^ "Нижегородская городская электричка совершила свой первый рейс" (in Russian). newsroom24.ru. Retrieved 2017-07-02.