Yekaterinburg Metro

Yekaterinburg Metro

Basic data
Country	Russia
city	Ekaterinburg
opening	1991
Lines	1
Route length	12.7 km
Stations	9
Tunnel stations	9
use
Shortest cycle	4 min.
Passengers	49.3 million per year (2017)
Employee	1491 (2017)
vehicles	Series 81-717 / 714
Gauge	1520 mm
Power system	825 volt power rail

Map of the Ekaterinburg Metro, with planned lines (pale) and the planned stations of Bashovskaya

The Yekaterinburg Metro ( Russian Екатеринбургский Метрополитен ) is a metro network in the Russian city ​​of Yekaterinburg . The metro was opened on April 26, 1991 and currently consists of a north-south route with a total length of 12.7 km. The Yekaterinburg tram allows connections in an east-west direction at almost all stations .

history

After the traffic in what is now the fourth largest city in Russia increased more and more, the city administration officially decided on August 28, 1980 to build a subway system. Construction work for this began in 1982. Due to many hydrological problems during construction, the subway could only be opened on April 27, 1991 with three stations between the stations Prospekt Kosmonawtow (Проспект Космонавтов) and Maschinostroitelei (Машиностроителей). Two years later, the three-station line was expanded to include the Uralskaya (Уральская) stop , and on December 21, 1994, two new stations were added: Dinamo (Динамо) and Ploschtschad 1905 Goda (Площадь 1905 года). At the end of 2002, the line was extended by another station Geologitscheskaja (Геологическая).

Due to Russia's limited subway budget, construction of the subway in Yekaterinburg is slow. Especially since the redistribution of funds in favor of Kazan , which had to complete its subway in time for the 1000th anniversary of the city on August 30, 2005, the construction of the subway in Yekaterinburg has been delayed considerably. The terminus to the south, Botanicheskaya (Ботаническая), opened on November 28, 2011. The Chkalovskaya (Чкаловская) station in front of it was not completed until July 28, 2012. The last two stations are so far the only two barrier-free stations.

Expansion prospects

In the more distant future, the subway network is to be expanded into a secant system with three lines typical for cities on the territory of the former Soviet Union .

First line

There are plans to add a station to the first line in the north and south: In the north, the line behind the Prospekt Kosmonawtow station is to be extended by one station to the Elmasch residential area . The new station will be named Bakinskich Komissarow (Бакинских Комиссаров). The new station in the south will be called Uktusskije Gory (Уктусские Горы). The construction of another intermediate station, Baschowskaja (Бажовская), which is supposed to be between the stations Geologitscheskaja and Tschkalowskaja , has been postponed for the time being in favor of the start of construction of the second line.

Second line

The second line should run in an east-west direction from the recreational area Kamennyje Palatki (Каменные Палатки) in the east of the city to the residential area Verkh-Isetskij (Верх-Исетский). It will be 13.65 km long and have 9 stations. One of these will be the transfer station to the first line at the Ploschad 1905 underground station goda . Due to a lack of financing, the start of construction is constantly being delayed. Plans to open the first part of the line, which includes four stations east of the transfer station over a length of 4.5 km, by the 2018 World Cup , now appear unlikely. The city's 300th birthday in 2023 is named as the new opening date. In contrast to the first line of the metro, the second line is to be built on the model of the Barcelona metro with two platforms on top of each other, which enables a smaller tunnel diameter. In addition, a is driverless operation probed. In June 2015, the Yekaterinburg City Council announced that the design of the second line had been stopped for the time being. The cost of building the entire line is estimated at up to 90.7 billion rubles . Shortly after the announcement of the planning stop, the city informed about three variants in which the line could alternatively be built to different extents.

Third line

The third line is planned for the long term and should run from the southwest to the northeast of the city. The intersection with the first line is planned at the Geologicheskaya station.

List of stations

In the following table, the stations are listed in the order in which the only metro line runs from north to south.

image	Name transcribed / name original	Opened	map	Noteworthy nearby
	Prospectus Kosmonawtow Проспе́кт Космона́втов	04/27/1991	map
	Uralmash Уралма́ш	04/27/1991	map	Uralmash -Werk
	Machinostroitelei Машинострои́телей	04/27/1991	map	Kalinin machine building plant, Uralmash plant
	Uralskaya Ура́льская	12/22/1992	map	Central Station (Yekaterinburg-Passaschirski)
	Dinamo Дина́мо	12/22/1994	map	Ipatiev House , "DIVS" Sports Palace
	Ploshchad 1905 goda Пло́щадь 1905 го́да	12/22/1994	map	Isset pond
	Geologitscheskaja Геологическая	12/30/2002	map	Circus , television tower
	Chkalovskaya Чка́ловская	07/28/2012	map
	Botanicheskaya Ботани́ческая	11/28/2011	map	Botanicheskaya S-Bahn station (approx. 800 m away)

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Passenger numbers

As of November 2018, the Yekaterinburg Metro will consist of a 12.7 km long line with nine stations. The only depot of the metro is north of the Prospekt Kosmonawtow terminus . Around 135,000 passengers use the metro every day. In 2013 a total of 51.81 million passengers were carried. In 2014 this number increased to 51.94 million, which represented a share of 23.87% of the number of passengers in local public transport. In the two following years, the number of passengers fell again; initially to 49.9 million (2015) then to 49.2 million (2016) passengers per year. For 2017, there was again a minimal increase to 49.3 million passengers. Compared to the other types of local public transport, the metro is becoming more attractive. Their share of the total passenger volume in 2017 was 24.98%.

Vehicle fleet

During rush hour , eight four-car trains run every four minutes. The existing stations are designed for future traffic with five-car trains. The cars are the 81-717 / 714 series, which is widely used in underground systems in Russia and other ex-Soviet republics . In 2017, the Yekaterinburg Metro had 62 wagons of this type. These run on the tracks of the Russian broad gauge of 1520 millimeters. The trains are powered by a power rail (825 volts). The average speed of the moving trains was 49.16 km / h.

Web links

Commons : Metro Yekaterinburg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Yekaterinburg Metro (Russian)
• Fansite with lots of information ( Memento from December 11, 2001 in the Internet Archive ) by Denis Perwuschin (Russian)
• Another fan page with lots of station photos (in Russian)
• Metro Yekaterinburg at urbanrail.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} The most important data of the subways in the states of the former Soviet Union 2017 (Russian) . asmetro.ru. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
2. ↑ Four metro stations are to be built in Yekaterinburg by 2018 (Russian) . E1.ru. November 5, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
3. ↑ Two- story stations, driverless operation: Experts say how the new metro will be and when there will be money for it (Russian) . E1.ru. July 11, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
4. ↑ Waiting for the metro: City administration freezes project planning for new stations (Russian) . UrFo.rog. June 4, 2015. Accessed August 11, 2015.
5. ↑ Everything well thought out, only the money is missing: three variants of the metro building were developed in the town hall (Russian) . UrFo.rog. June 4, 2015. Accessed August 11, 2015.
6. ↑ Tires for trams, gasoline for trains - where Yekaterinburg's local transport loses money (Russian) . UralPolit.ru, March 11, 2014, accessed August 29, 2017 . 
7. ↑ The most important data on the subways in the states of the former Soviet Union in 2014 (Russian) . asmetro.ru, accessed on August 29, 2017 . 
8. ↑ The most important data on the subways in the states of the former Soviet Union in 2015 (Russian). (No longer available online.) Asmetro.ru, archived from the original on August 8, 2016 ; accessed on August 29, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ The most important data of the subways in the states of the former Soviet Union in 2016 (Russian) . asmetro.ru. Retrieved November 10, 2018.