The largest industrial center of VolgaThe region received its metro in 1985. The first line was built over eight years. The city at that time was called Gorky. Today, when it has found its historical name - Nizhny Novgorod - the metro has already stepped onto the right bank of the Oka, in the historical upper part of the village.
The townspeople have been waiting for this event for a long time. Especially those who have to stand in traffic jams.
Metro map of Nizhny Novgorod
The scheme of the Nizhny Novgorod metro is not yetmakes a strong impression. There are only two operating lines, and both are in the process of active construction. To date, their total length reaches twenty kilometers, 14 stations are successfully operating. The third largest city in the Russian Federation is Nizhny Novgorod. The metro here is also the third largest in Russia, despite the fact that it looks very modest on the scheme.
But the large size of the city, its dispersion bythe banks of the two largest rivers make this type of transport absolutely necessary. Too many people every day have to travel long distances, moving from one end of the city to the other. With such a significant amount of passenger traffic, no other type of public transport, which Nizhny Novgorod naturally has, could cope with. Subway largely allows you to solve this problem. And no one doubts the need for its further construction. To the current Avtozavodskaya and Sormovsky metro lines in the distant future, a third one should be added - Priokskaya - going in the direction of Meshchersky district.
Architectural features
Most stations of the Nizhny Novgorod metroare at a shallow depth and have a column type design. This is also due to economic conditions. Significant amounts of design and construction work were carried out in a fairly complex historical period of the late eighties and early nineties.
Only two are equipped with escalator lifts.Key stations: Moscow and Gorky. The way to the upper part of the city was opened by a metro bridge built on an individual project through the Oka. It is combined with the car. The long-awaited exit of the metro line to the historical and densely populated part of the city made life much easier for many citizens. Without this type of transport today it is already difficult to imagine the life of such a large city as Nizhny Novgorod. Metro organically fit into its appearance. The architectural image of the station Gorky favorably differs from the previously commissioned. This is good news.
Before our eyes is developing and forming a newMetro Nizhny Novgorod. Its scheme is not yet fully worked out and is under discussion. The sequence of its design and construction is influenced by a number of different factors, such as the prospects for holding a world football championship in the city in the distant future.
