Kazan Metro
subterranean rapid transit in Kazan, Russia
Key facts
- Native name
- Казанский метрополитен , Kazansky metropoliten , Казан метрополитены , Qazan Metropolitenı
- Owner
- Municipality of Kazan
- Locale
- Kazan , Tatarstan , Russia
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Daily ridership
- 83.5 thousand (average)
- Annual ridership
- 30.5 million (2022)
- Website
- kazanmetro.ru
- Began operation
- 27 August 2005 ; 20 years ago ( 27 August 2005 )
- Operator s
- MetroElektroTrans
- System length
- 16.8 km (10.4 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,524 mm ( 5 ft )
via Wikipedia infobox
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The Kazan Metro (Russian: Каза́нский метрополите́н; Tatar: Казан метросы, romanized: Qazan metrosı) is a rapid-transit system that serves the city of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The metro system was the seventh opened in Russia, and the fifteenth in the former Soviet Union region. Opened on 27 August 2005, it is the newest system in Russia.
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