Yekaterinburg Metro is a relatively new transport structure in Yekaterinburg. It is distinguished by a large passenger flow, that is, this subway is quite crowded. Even more crowded is the Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk metro. The subway consists of one line of the direction "North-South". It has 9 stations, the length of the platforms of which corresponds to the composition of 5 cars.
The unofficial name of the metro in Yekaterinburg is the Yekaterinburg Metro named after B. N. Yeltsin.
Subway history
The idea of building a subway in Yekaterinburg appeared in the early 1960s. It took 20 years to work out the plan, and only in the early 80s did construction begin. The Uralskaya station was laid first. The difficult terrain and the nature of the development complicated the construction and led to the fact that the stations were located at different depths underground.
OpeningMetro took place 4 years later than planned, which was due to delays in work. On April 27, 1991, the first metro train passed through the lines of the Yekaterinburg metro.
In the 1990s, metro lines were extended and 3 stations were added: Dynamo, Uralskaya and Ploshchad 1905 Goda. In 2002, another station appeared - "Geological", and in 2011 - the station "Botanicheskaya". The Chkalovskaya station was the last to be built, which was opened with the direct participation of Dmitry Medvedev (then President of Russia), in July 2012.
Subway Characteristics
Yekaterinburg Metro remains one of the smallest in Russia. It consists of only one line and nine active stations. Thus, the scheme of the Yekaterinburg metro is very simple. The length of the line is only 13.8 kilometers, of which only 12.7 kilometers are in use. The average distance between stations is 1.42 km. There is one depot in the metro.
For the year, the subway passes through about 52 million passengers. For a day, this number is 170,000 on weekdays and 90,000 on weekends. Since 1991, passenger traffic has increased more than 10 times. The share of the metro in citywide transportation is about 24%. The number of metro employees is 1509.
Four stations are located at a shallow depth underground, the rest are deep. Seven stations are equipped with escalators. The average metro speed in Yekaterinburg is about 41 km/h.
Total number of cars in metro trains –62 pieces. Each train includes 4 wagons. In total, 15 trains run on the metro. If you go from the starting station to the final one, then the trip will take 19 minutes. The time between trains is 4-5 minutes during the busiest period, 7-8 minutes during the least busy period, and 11 minutes on weekends.
Ekaterinburg metro stations are decorated in Soviet style, with lots of decoration and decorations. At the same time, the lighting in the subway is not bright enough, due to the cost-saving measures taken by the management.
The director of the subway from 1991 to March 2011 was Titov Ivan Alexandrovich, and from March 2011 - Vladimir Shafrai.
Mobile communications in the subway
All metro stations in Yekaterinburg are operated by various mobile operators: MTS, MegaFon, Beeline, Tele2, Motiv. Since 2016, a full set of operators has been operating at two new stations: Chkalovskaya and Botanicheskaya.
Proposed development of the Yekaterinburg Metro
In the future, the metro network is expected to expand so that a closed structure in the center of the city in the form of a triangle is formed. The total track length will be 40 km, and approximately the same number of stations will operate.
Metro Museum
The museum dedicated to the history of the Yekaterinburg Metro was opened on April 27, 2016 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the launch of the first electric train. It is located in the Office of the Yekaterinburg Metro. The mayor of Yekaterinburg was present at the opening of this museum.
