(Russian Federation )NIZHNIY-NOVGOROD

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Moskovskaja stop	Chkalovskaja stop	Leninskaja stop
Zarechnaja stop	Dvigatel Revoljucii stop	Komsomolskaja stop
Kirovskaja stop Kanavinskaja stop Komsomolskaja stop

Nizhniy Novgorod
Nizhniy Novgorod (former Gorky - from 1932 to 1990 - in honour of the famous Russian author who was born there) overtook the million of inhabitants in years '70s, getting the necessary Soviet features for a metro network. Works started in 1977 to be completed in 1985, when the first section Moskovskaya-Proletarskaya opened, followed later by some extensions (Proletarskaya - Komsomolskaya in 1987, Komsomolskaya-Park Kultury November in 1989, Moskovskaya-Burnakovskaya in 1993, Burnakovskaya-Burevestnik in 2002).
This metro system is fairly different from the typical Soviet scheme (3 radial lines forming a triangle in the city center), because of the charactestic morphology of the city. Nizhniy Novgorod is near the inflow of the Oka River in the Volga River, with the city center located on the right bank and the main industries (Krasnoye Sormovo, GAZ) and the residential suburbs for their workers (Kanavino, Sormovo, Avtozavodal) on the left bank. The original plan of the network is based on 2 lines which join each other at Moskovskaya interchange stop (4 tracks) near to the railways station; the first phase was centered on the industrial and residential areas of the right bank of Oka River, while new extensions crossing Oka and Volga Rivers were expected only in a second phase. The original plans have been deeply modified by the collapse of USSR and the subsequent economical and social changements: in Nizhniy Novgorod, as well as in other former Soviet cities, new tertiary activities (mostly located in the city center) took place of some industrial ones, so that the cross of Oka River (by a new metro bridge currently under construction), have become a priority, more than Sormovskaya extension towards Sormov (under construction too).
Metro Soyusa

CHRONOLOGY
02-11-1985	Moskovskaya-Proletarskaya
08-08-1987	Proletarskaya-Komsomol'skaya
15-11-1989	Komsomol'skaya-Park Kul'tury
20-12-1993	Moskovskaya-Burnakovskaya
09-09-2002	Burnakovskaya-Burevestnik

Country	Russian Federation
Line	Nizhny Novgorod Metro (former Gorky Metro)
Inhabitants	City 1.300.000, District --
Date opening	1985
Future development:	planned extensions: Burevestnik-Sormovo (partly on surperficial railway tracks); Moskovskaya-Gorkovskaya (crossing Oka River by a new metro bridge)
Length (km)	15.3
Track sections	totally underground (2 lines: Sormovskaya, Avtozavodskaya)
Stops	13, average distange m 1.300
Platforms	central (except for Burevestnik stop)
Platform doors	--
General characteristics	length --, width --
n. of vehicles	20
n. of cars per vehicle	4
Type	steel wheels
Vehicle dimensions (m)	(single car) length 19.2; width 2.70
Vehicle capacity (pax)	(single car) 81-714: 332 (46 seated); 81-717: 308 (40 seated)
Frequency	--
Current/Voltage	825 V DC from third rail
Type of guide/gauge	1524 mm gauge rails
Speed Km/h	Comm. --, Max 90
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	1.1/1.2
System capacity	--
Ridership	17 millions pax/year
Total cost	--
Staff	--
System builder	VAGONMASH, METROWAGONMASH
Model	81-714/717
NOTE	--