Kazan metro: map, description, photo
The Kazan metro was opened on August 27, 2005. Its opening was timed to coincide with the celebration of the millennium of Kazan. Kazan Metro is the seventh in Russia.
Despite the fact that the first projects for the construction of rail transport in the city were discussed even on the eve of the Great Patriotic War, and in the post-war years, due to the growth of peripheral development, there was a real need to provide public transport for new areas, until 1979 the creation of a subway in the capital of Tatarstan by the authorities the country was not seriously discussed. The reason was that the plans for the construction of the metro could only apply to cities with a population of more than a million inhabitants..
Due to the economic and political crisis that broke out in the country, the preparatory work, which began in 1983, was postponed. However, for 13 years, the Tatarstan government has not abandoned its ambitious plans. As a result, it was only in 1996 that the decision to create the Kazan Metro was made, and in 1997 construction began..
After the opening on August 27, 2005, the Kazan metro, consisting of 5 stations on one line, in a short time reached a passenger traffic of 11 million passengers per year.
There are information signs in the Tatar and Russian languages in the Kazan metro. Announcements on trains are given in three languages - additionally English.
Kazan metro opening hours
Kazan Metro serves passengers from 6:00 to 24:00. The interval of train traffic during peak hours is 5-6 minutes. Travel time between end stations 22 minutes.
Payment for travel in the Kazan metro
You can pay for metro fares using smart tokens valid for a month, replenished with contactless smart cards and transport cards for multiple trips. Metro passengers have the right to bring children under the age of 7 with them free of charge.
