Nizhny Novgorod

aka Gorky, Volga Federal District, Russia

Date of opening	20 Nov 1985
Network length	21.4 km (13.30 mi)
Stations	16 (15*)
Lines	2
Stations per line	8.00
Avg. station distance	1,529 m (0.95 mi)
Avg. line length	10.70 km (6.65 mi)
*with transfer stations counted once
Numerical data by J. Serradell, 26 Jun 2018

System type	Metro
Daily ridership (by J. Kennes)	74,000 (as of 2010)
Daily ridership per km (per mi)	3,460 (2,150)
Fare collection
Tracks	Right side, gauge: 1520 mm
Power supply	Third rail, 825 V
Air-conditioned trains
Walk-through trains
Rubber-tyred trains
Driverless lines
Platform screen doors
World Metro Database

Official map Source: jpg, © 2007 mrl.ucsb.edu
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Transit maps		System map images
openbusmap.org/öpnvkarte.de openptmap.org citylines.co - line history and mapping project tracker.geops.ch - moving trains maps.google.com		images.google.com

Metro Arts and Architecture

Examples of interesting station design:

Nizhniy Novgorod

Each station is unique in this Russian metro system. The polished stone plates used for the walls originates from another part of the former Soviet Union for each of the stations.

Photo [Peter Donn, metrosoyuza.net]: Chkalovskaya station.

Relationships with Other Metros

Former Soviet family
Members: Baku, Dnipro, Kazan, Kharkiv, Kiev, Minsk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Yekaterinburg, Yerevan,
Characteristics: The same type of trains is used, stations are often lavishly decorated and made of marble or other natural stone. Many of these cities began with a triangular three-line network layout and three transfer stations.
Derivatives: Warsaw Pact family.

Departure Procedure and Sounds

Text is similar to other Russian metros (wav from voices.metro.ru).

Generic Links for Nizhny Novgorod Metro

Wikipedia entry at wikipedia.org
Urbanrail.net entry at urbanrail.net
Metro Report search at railwaygazette.com
Discussion at skyscrapercity.com
System photos at Google Images
City information at wikipedia.org

This page: http://www.mic-ro.com/metro/metrocity.html?city=Nizhny+Novgorod

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