Metro in Minsk is a popular and convenient form of transport. Underground highways duplicate the main traffic flows on the surface, unloading the city during rush hours.
Modern and perspective Minsk metro scheme
There are 25 stations in the subway of the Belarusian capital. The Minsk metro is two operating lines (Moscow and Avtozavodskaya). Soon another one will appear.
In 2014, the subway cars were decorated with the Minsk Metro scheme, on which the third line, which had not yet been put into operation, first appeared. Then in the cars began to voice the names of stations not only in Belarusian but also in English. All the innovations were timed to coincide with the World Hockey Championship, held in Minsk.
The Minsk metro scheme will change again and again. The city’s authorities plan to build and launch the fourth metro line in the future. The network of underground highways should connect the city center with large microdistricts. Well, the nearest plans are to launch the first stations of the third line in 2019.
Minsk metro working hours
Stations open at 5:30 in the morning, the first train leaves at 5 hours 33 minutes. The interval between formulations varies from 1.5 to 9 minutes at different times of the day.
Entrance doors close at one in the morning. Three minutes after this, the last train leaves, which carries passengers who have managed to get on the platform.
Fare
Subway fare is paid with special tokens. The transition from one line of the Minsk metro to another is free.
One token in the Minsk metro costs 60 Belarusian copecks (this is about 0.3 dollars or 18 Russian rubles). They are plastic, with a metal element inside. You can buy them at the box office at each station. There, on occasion, it makes sense to stock up with coupons for land transport.
Minsk transport has a system of electronic travel cards, and instead of scattering tokens it is proposed to record the required number of trips on a contactless smart card. Those who use the subway often and take more than 10 trips at a time will have a discount. It is also possible to pay for the trip via SMS.
If you need to withdraw cash, in the halls there is a Minsk metro scheme indicating which stations have ATMs.
Where in Minsk to get on the subway
What sights of the city of Minsk are located near metro stations, you can find out from the table below.
| Metro stations | What to see |
| "Uruchye" | Rock garden |
"East" | National Library of the Republic of Belarus |
| "Park Chelyuskintsev" | City park them. Chelyuskintsev, Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, children's railway |
| "Academy of Sciences" | Cinema “October”, the house-museum of the poet and writer J. Kolas |
| "Yakub Kolas Square" | Sculptural group dedicated to the works of J. Kolas, National Philharmonic, central Komarovsky market |
| "Square of victory" | Round Square and the Obelisk of Victory, Central Children's Park. M. Gorky, circus |
| "Kupalovskaya" | Zero kilometer, the oldest fountain in Minsk "Boy with a Swan" |
| "Lenin Square" | Church of Saints Simon and Helena, ensemble of Independence Square |
| Nemiga | Upper town with a pedestrian zone, Trinity Suburb, memorial dedicated to internationalist warriors on the Island of Tears |
Arriving at the Minsk-Passenger railway station or at the Central Bus Station, you can go down the subway and get to the hotel or, traveling through the stations, see the main attractions of the Belarusian capital.