Saint Petersburg Metro

Saint Petersburg Metro
Stations of Saint Petersburg Metro
Overview
Native name	Петербургский метрополитен Peterburgskiy metropoliten
Locale	Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	5 (9 planned)
Number of stations	72 (126 planned)
Daily ridership	2.09 million
Annual ridership	763.1 million (2014)
Website	www.metro.spb.ru
Operation
Began operation	15 November 1955
Operator(s)	Peterburgsky Metropoliten
Technical
System length	124.8 km (77.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Electrification	850 V DC third rail[1]
Average speed	40 km/h (25 mph)
System map

Saint Petersburg Metro
Legend
Parnas Prospekt Prosvescheniya Ozerki Udelnaya Pionerskaya Chyornaya Rechka Petrogradskaya Begovaya Gorkovskaya Zenit Devyatkino Primorskaya Leningrad Oblast Saint Petersburg Vasileostrovskaya Grazhdansky Prospekt Komendantsky Prospekt Akademicheskaya Staraya Derevnya Politekhnicheskaya Krestovsky Ostrov Ploschad Muzhestva Chkalovskaya Lesnaya Sportivnaya Vyborgskaya Admiralteyskaya Ploshchad Lenina Nevsky Prospekt / Gostiny Dvor Chernyshevskaya Spasskaya / Sennaya Ploshchad / Sadovaya Ploshchad Vosstaniya / Mayakovskaya Vladimirskaya / Dostoyevskaya Pushkinskaya / Zvenigorodskaya Ligovsky Prospekt Tekhnologichesky Institut Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo I & II Baltiyskaya Novocherkasskaya Narvskaya Ladozhskaya 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
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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.