Quick Facts & Figures

We wonder if you know that…

• At present there are 59 metro stations in Petersburg
• The Novocherkasskaya metro station until July 1, 1992 was called Krasnogvardejskaya
• There is Admiraltejskaya metro station which was constructed but has not been open yet
• In Petersburg metro there are 1384 carriages
• Unlike Moscow, the Petersburg metro is open only until midnight
• According to the plan, 21 new metro stations will be built by 2015
• The metro network consists of 4 lines, 6 interchange stations and 65 vestibules
• The train's average speed - 35-40 km/hour
• There are 211 escalators, the longest escalator on Ploschad Lenina is 101 meter
• November 15, 1955 - the first working day of Petersburg metro
• Until July, 1 1992 the Sennaya Ploschad metro station was called Ploschad Mira
• The first metro trains consisted only of 4 carriages
• There are 616 turnstiles in Petersburg metro
• It is forbidden to take pictures of Petersburg metro stations
• There is a mirror wall on Krestovsky Ostrov metro station
• Until July 1, 1992 the Devyatkino metro station was called Komsomolskaya
• There are 10 stations constructed on the "horizontal lifts" principle
• There are 2 monuments to Alexander Pushkin in the metro - on Pushkinskaya and Chernaya Rechka metro stations
• 3 430 000 people use Petersburg metro daily