Samara (formerly Kuibyshev) with 1.2 million inhabitants is situated in the east of European Russia on the confluence of the Samara and Volga rivers.

Construction work began in 1980 and on 26 December 1987 the first section was put into service between Yungorodok and Pobeda (4.5 km). On 31 December 1992 Sovyetskaya station was opened, the following year on 25 March the line reached Sportivnaya and on 30 December Gagarinskaya. In Dec. 2007, after extending the line to Rossiyskaya, the total length is 10.2 km. Compared to other Russian metros, the Samara metro's alignment is shallow, with running tunnels built by subterranean construction methods, but stations excavated by cut-and-cover.

26 Dec 1987 - Yungorodok - Pobeda
31 Dec 1992 - Pobeda - Sovyetskaya
25 Mar 1993 - Sovyetskaya - Sportivnaya
30 Dec 1993 - Sportivnaya - Gagarinskaya
27 Dec 2002 - Gagarinskaya - Moskovskaya
26 Dec 2007 - Moskovskaya - Rossiyskaya

 Projects

Four more stations are planned towards the city centre to run as far as the main railway station. Planned station names are as follows: Alabinskaya, Samarskaya, Teatral'naya and Vokzal'naya. At the eastern end, one more station Krylya Sovetov is planned.

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Peter Donn's Underground Stations incl. Samara metro photos

Metrowalks.ru - Great photos of all Samara metro stations

Samara Metro by Anton Buslov

Samara Metro with some station photos

Felix Thoma's Samara Metro Map

Samara Metro Track Map