Baku Metro Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Baku Metro Bakı Metropoliteni

Info
Owner	Bakı Metropoliteni
Locale	Baku, Azerbaijan
Transit type	Metro
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	25
Daily ridership	680,000 (2015)
Operation
Began operation	November 6, 1967
Operator(s)	Bakı Metropoliteni
Number of vehicles	228
Technical
System length	36.7 km (22.8 mi)
Track gauge	1520

Baku Metro (Azerbaijani: Bakı Metropoliteni), is an electrified metro railway system which is a part of the public transportation system of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. It was opened on 6 November 1967.

At that time, Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union until the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Baku Metro has the features found in most other ex-Soviet metro systems. These include very deep metro stations, and detailed decorations that blend traditional Azerbaijani national designs with Soviet ideology. The metro system has three lines and has 36.7 kilometers of double railway tracks with 25 stations, all of which is underground. It is run by the Bakı Metropoliteni. In 2015, it carried 222.0 million passengers, which means an average ridership of approximately 608,200 passengers each day.

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Expansion plans

At present, there are several projects, only two of which are under construction. In 2011, the Chief Executive of the Baku Metro, Taghi Ahmadov, announced plans to construct 70 new stations by 2040. These will serve the new bus complex as well as Heydar Aliyev International Airport.

Network

Lines

Name	Line	Segment	Date opened	Length	Stations
Line 1	1	İçərişəhər ↔ Həzi Aslanov/Bakmil	1967	20.1 km	13
Line 2	2	Şah İsmail Xətai ↔ Dərnəgül	1976	14.5 km	10
Line 3	3	Avtovağzal ↔ Memar Əcəmi	2016	2.07 km	2

Timeline

Segment	Date opened	Length
İçərişəhər-Nəriman Nərimanov	November 6, 1967	6.5 km
May 28-Şah İsmail Xətai	February 22, 1968	2.3 km
Nəriman Nərimanov-Ulduz	May 5, 1970	2.1 km
Nəriman Nərimanov-Bakmil	September 25, 1970 (reconstructed in 1978-79)	0.5 km
Ulduz-Neftçilər	November 7, 1972	5.3 km
May 28-Nizami Gəncəvi	December 31, 1976	2.2 km
Nizami Gəncəvi-Memar Əcəmi	December 31, 1985	6.5 km
Neftçilər-Əhmədli	April 28, 1989	3.3 km
Cəfər Cabbarlı	December 27, 1993	0.15 km
Əhmədli-Həzi Aslanov	December 10, 2002	1.4 km
Memar Əcəmi-Nəsimi	October 9, 2008	2.1 km
Nəsimi-Azadlıq prospekti	December 30, 2009	1.3 km
Azadlıq prospekti-Dərnəgül	June 29, 2011	1.5 km
Avtovağzal-Memar Əcəmi	April 19, 2016	2.07 km
Total:	25 stations	36.7 km

Renaming of stations

Old name	New name	Date of renaming
Şaumyan	Xətai	May 11, 1990
XI Qızıl Ordu Meydanı	20 Yanvar	April 27, 1992
28 Aprel	28 May	April 9, 1992
Avrora	Qara Qarayev	April 27, 1992
Elektrozavod	Bakmil	January 1, 1993
26 Bakı Komissarı	Sahil	April 9, 1992
Bakı Soveti	İçәrişәhәr	April 25, 2007
Məşədi Əzizbəyov	Koroğlu	December 30, 2011