Nizhny Novgorod Metro - the largestoff-street carrier. He is known even outside the country. Nizhny Novgorod are proud of their metro, because it was formed in Russia by the third - after the subway in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Метрополитен Нижнего Новгорода начали строить в 1977 In November 1985, the opening of the first line was celebrated - from the “Moscow” station to “Proletarskaya”. The line consisted of 6 stations, its length - 7.8 km. At that time, the metro was called Gorky. After the city returned its original name, the metro became known as Nizhny Novgorod. Today, the Nizhny Novgorod subway ranks 10th among the CIS countries and 4th in Russia.
Until 2012, the metro consisted of two lines -Avtozavodskoy and Sormovskoy. Their length was 15.5 km. The number of stations is 13. The lines worked as one. At the Moscow station, the movement changed its direction.
The project for the construction of a metro bridge across the Oka River was created back in the 1990s. Its car part opened in 2009.
On November 4, 2012, a new station was launched,which was called "Gorky." Its design is made with a reminder of the work of Maxim Gorky "The Song of the Petrel". In 2013, the city authorities purchased new trains for the metro.
The extension of the “Sormovskaya” branch by 2 km andconstruction of the Varya and Sormovskaya stations. Next, the metro will pass through Pochinki or through Svetloyarsky microdistrict in Koposovo. From the station "Moskovskaya" will be the next station at the Nizhny Novgorod Fair and in the neighborhood Mescherskoye Lake.
The station in the area of Strelki wanted to build by 2016year, but so far its construction has been postponed. Avtozavodskaya branch should be extended to the Opera House, and then to the Haymarket Square. The third line should go to the Upper Pechora and the Grasshopper. But it is in the distant future. According to the plans, by 2025, 15 new metro stops should appear.
When building a subway in NizhnyNovgorod, in the Sormovsky district, the municipality faced a problem. The management of Russian Railways does not respond to requests to transfer land in the area of the Varya platform to the ownership of the municipality.
In this place, the subway should be a land, the passage of its line is planned on the railways. But this road belongs to the GZD.
The station "Arrow" is not built because of othersdifficulties. The amount of its construction - 13 billion rubles - is great for the city budget, so the question is about replacing the metro with a high-speed tram in this area.
Before launching the station in the mountainous part of the cityNizhny Novgorod Metro was not at all a popular form of transport. However, times are changing. After the launch of the Gorkovskaya station, the Nizhny Novgorod residents were able to get from the lower part of the city to the upper part, which made their lives much easier. A subway has become a frequently used vehicle.
Daily subway serves up to 130 thousand passengers. The interval of movement is from 4 to 12 minutes.
A trip in the subway of Nizhny Novgorodpossible after buying a token. It has a round shape. And it strongly resembles a St. Petersburg subway token. To avoid the movement of tokens in St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod in them make holes.
Works subway from 5 am to 24 hours. At 24 hours, all stations stop their work. Trains "sleep" in the tunnel. Engineers go on rails to rest rooms.
Now in the subway there are two branches - Avtozavodskaya and Sormovskaya. Only 14 stops. 13 of them are located in the lower part of the city, 1 - “above”.
All stations are laid shallow due to the terrain and the proximity of groundwater. Escalators were built at the Moskovskaya and Gorkovskaya stations.
The largest three mobile operators provided Nizhny Novgorod with communications at all subway stops. There are no communications in the tunnels yet. Tele2 supports communication at most stations.
In 2004, director Konchalovsky shot the footage of his film “Escape” in the Nizhny Novgorod metro. Moskovskaya imitated one of the stations of the Moscow subway.
When shooting the film "Near Football" station was involved "Park Kultury". The film won great popularity.
Some trains of the Nizhny Novgorod metro are personal. They're called:
One of the residents of the city wrote a poem "Build the subway to Scherbinko". It expressed universal dreams of extending the subway in the neighborhood Scherbinki.
During the construction of the subway was not withoutscary stories. A year before the launch of the first branch, the walls in the area of the Moskovskaya station collapsed, in connection with which two builders died. The story really took place in reality. But since then, it was rumored that the phantom of the deceased construction student in a helmet still wanders through the metro. Some passengers say they have seen a ghost, heard ominous sounds. Experts explain this fact by the principle of the construction of paths underground.
Is there a ghost or not?unknown In any case, the subway retains its popularity. And all of Nizhny Novgorod are looking forward to the construction of new branches of the Nizhny Novgorod metro. Nizhny Novgorod will benefit from the implementation of these projects.
