Nizhniy Novgorod (1932 - 1991 > Gorki) is one of Russia's largest cities with 1.36 million inhabitants and it is situated about 400 km east of Moscow on the confluence of the Volga and the Oka rivers.

The first section of the first line (Avtozavodskaya) of the Nizhniy Novgorod metro opened on 20 November 1985 - from Moskovskaya to Proletarskaya. In 1986 it was extended to Avtozavodskaya and Komsomol'skaya and in 1987 to Kirovskaya and Park Kul'tury.

The first part of the second line (Sormovskaya) began service on 20 December 1993 - from Moskovskaya to Kanavinskaya and Burnakovskaya. After some delays, the section Burnakovskaya - Burevestnik (1.2km) finally opened in Sept. 2002. This is the only station so far with side platforms, it lies just below street level. At Moskovskaya, trains coming from the Avtozavodskaya continue their journey on the Sormovskaya, which is operated on the left side.

In 2002, the Nizhniy Novgorod metro has 13 stations and is approx. 17 km long. In 1998 it carried 57 million passengers.

20 Nov 1985: Moskovskaya - Proletarskaya
8 Aug 1987: Proletarskaya - Komsomol'skaya
15 Nov 1989: Komsomol'skaya - Park Kul'tury
20 Dec 1993: Moskovskaya - Burnakovskaya
9 Sept 2002: Burnakovskaya - Burevestnik

 Projects

The Sormovskaya line is planned to be extended to the north and towards the west.

The Avtozavodskaya is being extended to the east. Construction of a metro/road bridge across the Oka River started in 2001.

The Nizhniy Novgorod Metro operates between 5:30 and 24:00 and about 150,000 people use the system every day. Frequency of trains is about 3 minutes during rush hours and up to 7 minutes during the rest of the day. Late evening trains run approx. every 15 minutes.

FARES (2008):

Single - 8 rubles (tokens used)

Large city transport map showing metro stops (687K)

Nizhegorodskiy Metropoliten by D.N. Pribytkov

Transport NN

Network map by Felix Thoma

Nizhniy Novgorod Metro Track Map

© Pictures courtesy of Dmitry Pribytkov

Pictures provided by Dmitry Aksenov (Mir Metro - Metroworld)

Thanks to Evgueni Grebenev, Andrey Surikov and Andrey Chernyakhovsky!