Yekaterinburg metro: map, description, photo
The Yekaterinburg metro consists of 9 stations and one line connecting them. This is the sixth metro in Russia and the 13th metro in the Soviet Union. Yekaterinburg metro became the last metro in the country.
Despite the fact that the first metro projects dating back to the 60s involved the construction of 2 lines, by the time of the construction itself in 1980, the plans had changed dramatically - already at the first stages it became obvious that the pace of project implementation excluded the possibility of building two lines in the coming years. branches. First of all, the rapid construction was hampered by the terrain, which required work at different depths. For this reason, Yekaterinburg metro stations are of different depths and are located both deep underground and close to the surface. The initial dates for the opening of the metro were moved several times. And as a result, the opening of the subway, scheduled for 1987, took place only in 1991. On April 27, the day after the grand opening, passenger traffic began. At the first stage, trains served three stations, after 5 years their number doubled, the last stations were built at the beginning of the new century.
In the future, the Yekaterinburg metro is building a network of three lines forming a triangle with transfer stations in the city center. The total length of the network lines will be more than 40 km, the number of stations - 39.
The architectural appearance of the Yekaterinburg metro corresponds to the general Russian one; design organizations from Kharkov and Yekaterinburg participated in its creation.
Payment for travel in the Yekaterinburg metro
Payment for travel in the Yekaterinburg metro is made with tokens. Since 2009, the system has become an addition to the tokens in the Yekaterinburg metro system «Transport card of the city of Yekaterinburg» - EKARTA, which allows passengers of the city's public transport to use refillable contactless microprocessor cards to pay for travel. Children under 7 years old in the Yekaterinburg metro have the right of free travel.
Working hours of the Yekaterinburg metro
The Ekaterinburg metro operates from 6-00 to 00-00. The last trains leave: from the station «Cosmonaut Avenue» at 00:03, from the station «Botanical» at 00:06. The intervals of train movement in the Yekaterinburg metro on weekdays are from 4 minutes during rush hours to 7-11 minutes at other times, on weekends - from 8 to 11 minutes during the day.
