Baku Metro
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Metro Baku Bakı Metropoliteni |
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| Basic information | |
| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| city | Baku |
| opening | November 6, 1967 |
| operator | Statheres Sygkoinonies SA |
| owner | Baku Metro CJSC |
| Infrastructure | |
| Route length | 36.63 km |
| Gauge | 1520 mm ( broad gauge railway ) |
| Power system | 825 V DC power rail |
| Stations | 25th |
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| Lines | 4th |
| Shortest cycle | 2 minutes |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | 608,000 per day (2015) 220 million per year (2015) |
| website | |
| metro.gov.az | |
 Route map |
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The Metro Baku ( Azerb. Bakı Metropoliteni, Russian Бакинский метрополитен ) is the metro of the Azerbaijani capital Baku and at the same time the only metro system in Azerbaijan . The first section was put into operation in 1967. The most recent route extension was opened in April 2016 and is also the first section of line 3.
History and general
The first plans for the underground construction in Baku were made as early as the 1930s. However, because of the outbreak of World War II , the construction project had to be stopped first. It was not until 1947 that the building was decided by the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union . The first construction phase with almost ten kilometers from Bakı Soveti (today İçərişəhər ) to Nəriman Nərimanov went into operation on November 6, 1967 after a long construction period. In the 1970s and 1980s the metro system was further expanded, for example in 1985 the second (“green”) line from Nizami Gəncəvi to Memar Əcəmi went into operation. Architecturally, the construction of the stations was strongly based on the Moscow model, which gave many of the stations a splendid design.
Line network
The system with two lines originally planned for the Baku metro has not yet been fully implemented because the Cəfər Cabbarlı station, which was planned as a transfer hub, has not yet been expanded for this purpose. Because of this, the second line currently only consists of the single-track two-kilometer section between the two stations Cəfər Cabbarlı and Şah İsmail Xətai , while the remaining subway lines are operated as a single (branched) line on which trains alternate between Həzi Aslanov and İçərişəhər (originally Bakı Soveti ) or between Həzi Aslanov and Azadlıq prospekti or between İçərişəhər and the above-ground Bakmil station.
Access to the platforms is regulated by access barriers that the crossing only after applying an RFID - chip card permit. The RFID chip cards were introduced on a trial basis in 2006, proved to be a great success and are the only payment method today. The cards have to be purchased once for 2 AZN (just under 1 Euro; as of 2018) and can then be used as often as desired with the desired number of possible Rides are loaded. A trip costs 30 Qəpik (as of 2018).
line
| Surname | line | route | Opening date | length | Subway stations |
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| line 1 | 1 | İçərişəhər ↔ Həzi Aslanov | 1967 | 20.1 km | 13 |
| Line 2 | 2 | Şah İsmail Xətai ↔ Dərnəgül | 1976 | 14.5 km | 10 |
| Line 3 | 3 | Şah İsmail Xətai ↔ Cəfər Cabbarlı | 1976 | 2.1 km | 2 |
| Line 4 | 4th | Avtovağzal ↔ Memar Əcəmi-2 | 2016 | 2.1 km | 2 |
Timeline of the openings
| route | Opening date | length |
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| İçərişəhər - Nəriman Nərimanov | November 6, 1967 | 6.5 km |
| 28 May - Şah İsmail Xətai | February 22, 1968 | 2.3 km |
| Nəriman Nərimanov - Ulduz | May 5th 1970 | 2.1 km |
| Ulduz - Neftçilər | November 7, 1972 | 5.3 km |
| 28 May - Nizami Gəncəvi | December 31, 1976 | 2.2 km |
| Nəriman Nərimanov - Bakmil | March 28, 1979 | 0.5 km |
| Nizami Gəncəvi - Memar Əcəmi | December 31, 1985 | 6.5 km |
| Neftçilər - Əhmədli | April 28, 1989 | 3.3 km |
| Cə for Cabbarlı | December 27, 1993 | N / A |
| 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-2 | April 19, 2016 | 2.1 km |
| All in all: | 25 subway stations | 36.7 km |
vehicles
As in almost all subway networks of the former Soviet Union , trains of the " E " and " 81-717 / 714 " series run in the Baku Metro . In 2014 the new “ 81-760 / 761 ” series was used as its successor and is to gradually replace the older series. They are all serviced in the Bakmil Depot , the only Baku subway depot to date .
Accidents
On October 28, 1995, a devastating fire disaster occurred near the Baku metro, which caused a worldwide sensation: a fully occupied train burned down in the tunnel near the Ulduz station due to a technical defect in the subway's power supply system . A total of 289 people, including 28 children, were burned or suffocated, and a further 269 people suffered injuries, smoke inhalation and burns. The fire disaster of 1995 is considered the worst incident in the history of the underground railway worldwide.
Web links
- Official website (English version; also Azerbaijani, Russian and French)
- Metro Baku on urbanrail.net (English)
- Metro Baku on meta.metro.ru (Russian)
- Metro Baku on metroworld.ruz.net (Russian)
- Baku Metro Track Map (Russian)
Individual evidence
Line 1 (Red Line) İçərişəhər | Sahil | 28 May | Gənclik | Nəriman Nərimanov | Bakmil | Ulduz | Koroğlu | Qara Qarayev | Neftchilar | Xalqlar Dostluğu | Əhmədli | Həzi Aslanov
Line 2 (Green Line) Dərnəgül | Azadlıq prospekti | Nəsimi | Memar Əcəmi | 20 Yanvar | İnşaatçılar | Elmlər Akademiyası | Nizami Gəncəvi | 28 May | Gənclik | Nəriman Nərimanov | Bakmil | Ulduz | Koroğlu | Qara Qarayev | Neftchilar | Xalqlar Dostluğu | Əhmədli | Həzi Aslanov • Branch line Cəfər Cabbarlı | Şah İsmail Xətai
Line 3 (purple line) Memar Əcəmi-2 | Avtovağzal