The Yekaterinburg Metro is a relatively new transport structure of Yekaterinburg. It is distinguished by a large passenger flow, that is, this metro is quite crowded. Even more crowded is the Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk metro. The subway consists of one North-South line. There are 9 stations on it, the length of the platforms of which corresponds to the composition of 5 cars.
The unofficial name for the metro in Yekaterinburg is 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 direct construction begin. The first was the Uralskaya station. The complex terrain and the nature of the building complicated the construction and led to the fact that the stations were located at different depths underground.
The opening of the subway took place 4 years later than planned, which was associated with delays in work. On April 27, 1991, the first metro train passed along 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 "Botanical". The most recent was the Chkalovskaya station, which was opened with the direct participation of Dmitry Medvedev (then President of Russia), in July 2012.
Metro Features
The Yekaterinburg Metro remains one of the smallest in Russia. It consists of only one line and nine operating stations. Thus, the scheme of the Yekaterinburg metro is very simple. The line is only 13.8 kilometers long, of which only 12.7 kilometers are used. The distance between stations averages 1.42 km. There is one depot in the subway.
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 grown more than 10 times. The share of the metro in citywide traffic is about 24%. The number of metro employees is 1,509.
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.
The total number of wagons in subway trains is 62. Each train includes 4 cars. In total, 15 trains run on the subway. If you go from the starting station to the final, then the trip will take 19 minutes. The time between trains in the busiest period is 4–5 minutes, in the less busy - 7–8 minutes, and on weekends - 11 minutes.
Yekaterinburg metro stations are decorated in the Soviet style, with a lot of decoration and decoration. At the same time, the lighting in the subway is not bright enough, which is associated with the measures taken by the management of savings.
The director of the metro from 1991 to March 2011 was Ivan Titov, and from March 2011 - Vladimir Shafray.
Mobile communication in the subway
At all metro stations in Yekaterinburg, various mobile operators operate: MTS, MegaFon, Beeline, Tele2, Motiv. Since 2016, a full range of operators has been operating at two new stations: Chkalovskaya and Botanicheskaya.
Estimated development of the Yekaterinburg Metro
In the future, the metro network is supposed to be expanded so that a closed structure forms in the center of the city in the form of a triangle. The total length of the tracks will be 40 km, and approximately the same number of stations will operate.
Subway museum
The museum dedicated to the history of the Yekaterinburg Metro was opened on 04/27/2016 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. At the opening of this museum was attended by the mayor of Yekaterinburg.