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Saint Petersburg Metro
Spb metro logo.svg
Avtovo Station Platform
Bukharestskaya 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
Info
Locale Saint Petersburg,
Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Transit type Rapid transit
Number of lines 5 (9 planned)
Number of stations 72 (126 planned)
Daily ridership 2.09 million
Chief executive V.A. Garyugin
Operation
Began operation 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
Average speed 40 km/h (25 mph)

The Saint Petersburg Metro is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It has been open since 15 November 1955. Formerly known as the V.I. Lenin Order of Lenin Leningrad Metropoliten (Russian: 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.

The network currently consists of 5 lines with a total length of 124 kilometres (77 mi). It has 72 stations including 7 transfer points.

Due to the city's unique geology, the Saint Petersburg Metro is 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 below ground. Serving about 2 million passengers daily, it is also the 19th busiest metro system in the world.

Images for kids

  • Spboldmetro

    Balinsky's project for an elevated metro in Saint Petersburg (early 1900s).

  • Metro SPB Subway administration building

    The metro's main administrative office.

  • Metro SPB Line1 Avtovo

    Avtovo station is widely considered to be one of the most exquisitely decorated metro stations in the world.

  • Metro SPB Line3 Mayakovskaya

    Mayakovskaya station is of the horizontal lift design, a type of platform screen doors unique to the Saint Petersburg Metro.

  • Saint-Pétersbourg - Métro - Technologichesky metrostation - IMG 3175

    Line 1 train interior

  • Mayakovskaya (Маяковская) (6171551709)

    Mayakovskaya station

  • Saint-Pétersbourg - Métro - Sadovaya - IMG 3141

    Train on the Sadovaya station

  • Metro SPB Line1 Kirovsky Zavod

    Kirovsky Zavod station.

  • Станция метро «Площадь Восстания». Санкт-Петербург 2H1A9713WI

    Most stations have large surface vestibules, such as Ploshchad Vosstaniya ("Uprising Square")

  • Stations-metro-spb

    Time evolution of the number of stations.

  • Vagon metro Neva obkatka v depo (6)

    New 'Neva' class rolling stock (built by Vagonmash) for the Saint Petersburg metro.

  • Blasts Apr2017 on SPb metro map en

    Location of the two stations and the tunnel in the Saint Petersburg Metro where the explosion occurred

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Metro de San Petersburgo para niños

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