(Tatarstan )KAZAN

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Gorki	Amet'evo	Sukonnaya Sloboda
Ploshchad' Gabdully Tukaya Kremlyovskaya Depot

Kazan
Kazan (capital of Tatarstan) opened the first stretch Kremlyovskaya-Gorki of its first metro line (Tsentralnya Liniya) in 2005, just in time for the millennium of its foundation; Tsentralnya Liniya (Central Line) is a part of an ambitious plan which consists in a 3 lines network (Tsentralnya Liniya, Vokzalnaya Liniya, Privolzhsko-Savinovskaya Liniya; total length: 46 km), with some important transfer stops (Ploshchad' Gabdully Tukaya, Dekabrystov, Gorki, Moskovskaya), besides a suburban light railway line towards the airport to be completed by Universiad in 2013.
Although an initial plan (in years '30s) for a surface urban rail line hasn't been realized, the construction of a real metro network was approved by USSR govern only in 1979, when Kazan population overtook the million of inhabitants. During Soviet Uninion crisis works were delayed but did never completely stop, so that the first section of Tsentralnya Liniya could be opened in 2005, followed by Gorki-Prospekt Pobedy on 26-12-2008; currently works are going on to extend the line at the northern terminal (Kremlyovskaya-aviastroitel’naya).
Kazan Transport (official site)

CHRONOLOGY
27-08-2005	Kremlyovskaya-Gorki
29-12-2008	Gorki-Prospekt Pobedy

Country	Tatarstan
Line	Tsentralnya Liniya (Central Line)
Inhabitants	City 1.105.000, District --
Date opening	2005
Future development:	Tsentralnya Liniya extensions (under construction): Kremlyovskaya-Aviastroitel’naya, Gorki-Prospekt Pobedy; the complete network (82 km, 57 stops) plan consists in 3 metro lines (Tsentralnya Liniya, Vokzalnaya Liniya or Station's Line, Privolzhsko-Savinovskaya Liniya or Volga-Savinov Line), besides a suburban light railway line toward the airport to be completed by Universiad in 2013
Length (km)	8.6
Track sections	almost totally underground, completely segregated
Stops	6 (5 underground), average distance 1700 m
Platforms	central
Platform doors	no
general characteristics	length 100-160 m, width 10-16 m
n. of vehicles	25 (20 Vagonmash + 5 Metrowagonmash)
n. of cars per vehicle	Vagonmash: 2+2; Metrowagonmash: 3
Type	steel wheels
Vehicle dimensions (m)	length (each car) Vagonmash: 19, Metrowagonmash: 27; width: --
Vehicle capacity (pax)	(each car) Vagonmash: 310; Metrowagonmash: 370
Frequency	3'/5'
Current/Voltage	--
Guide/gauge	1520 mm gauge rails
Speed Km/h	Comm. 48; Max Vagonmash: 80, Metrowagonmash: 90
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	--
System capacity	150000 pax/day
Ridership	25000 pax/day
Total cost	63 M$/km (first phase Gorki-Kremlyovskaya)
Staff	--
System builder	VAGONMASH, METROWAGONMASH
Model	VAGONMASH: 81-553.3,81-554.3; METROWAGONMASH: 81-740/741 ("Rusich")
NOTE	complete network predicted cost: 1720 M$