Samara Metro

Map of the Samara metro with current expansion (red) and planned stations (pink)

The Samara Metro ( Russian Самарское метро / Transkription Samarskoje metro ) is the metro of the Russian city of Samara . It opened in 1987 and currently consists of one line.

history

In the 1970s, Samara wanted to follow other Soviet cities such as Novosibirsk and build a subway. The city administration commissioned a study for this in 1977, which also included soil tests. Construction work on the future secant network began in 1980. Seven years later, on December 26, 1987, the first section between Jungorodok (Юнгородок) and Pobeda (Победа) was opened.

Since then, the subway has been expanded. On December 31, 1992, another station, Sovetskaya (Советская), was opened. A few months later, a new section of the tunnel went into operation, and from March 25, the subway went one station further to Sportivnaya (Спортивная). In the same year, on December 30, the fourth expansion up went Gagarinskaja (Гагаринская) into operation. These extensions together are 3.8 km long. The metro has been running between Jungorodok and Moskovskaya (Московская) since December 27, 2002 . This section extended the line by 2.4 to a total of 10.7 km. On December 26, 2007, the line was extended by another station, namely Rossiyskaya , to the west. On December 26, 2014, the 1.3 km section to Alabinskaya station (Алабинская) was opened.

As usual for a former Soviet city, the plan is to expand the subway network, which previously consisted of only one line, into a secant system . This means that three lines form a (mostly inner-city) triangle with three transfer points. Before that, however, the current metro line, which is mostly shown in red, is to be expanded. In the period from 2016 to 2020, two additional stations are planned: Samarskaja (Самарская) and Teatralnaja (Театральная), and later another one, Woksalnaja (Вокзальная). 2020 could also be extended by one station to the east to Krylja Sowetow (Крылья Советов). This would therefore be the first stage of expansion. The realization of the second line is to begin even later, the transfer station is to be Moskovskaya (2030 to 2040).

The approximately 12 km long line is currently operated with wagons from the 81-717 / 714 series from Metrowagonmasch . These use power rails at 825 volts for the power supply and drive on the Russian broad gauge of 1520 millimeters. There are currently 23 four-car trains available. In 1993 the Samara Metro carried 21.3 million passengers, in 1998 28.6 million, in 1999 24.9 and in 2002 this metro carried 23.6 million passengers.

Web links

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