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Samara Metro
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rapid transit system in the city of Samara, Russia
Key facts
- Native name
- Самарский метрополитен, Samarskiy metropoliten
- Locale
- Samara , Russia
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Daily ridership
- 44,000 (daily average, 2012)
- Website
- Samara Metro
- Began operation
- 26 December 1987 ; 38 years ago ( 26 December 1987 )
- Number of vehicles
- 44 model 81-717/714 cars
- Train length
- 4–cars
- System length
- 12.7 km (7.9 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,524 mm ( 5 ft )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rapid transit
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Samara
- Official website
- metrosamara.ru
- Image
- Rossiyskaya (Российская) (7056155089).jpg
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- Commons category
- Samara Metro
- topic's main category
- Category:Samara Metro
- Commons gallery
- Самарский метрополитен
- inception
- 1987-00-00
- patronage
- 13100000
- date of official opening
- 1987-12-26
- track gauge
- 1520 mm track gauge
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Encyclopedic overview
Samara Metro (Russian: Самарское Метро), formerly known as the Kuybyshev Metro (Куйбышевское Метро), is a rapid transit system which serves the city of Samara, Russia. Opened in 1987, it consists of one line with ten stations and approximately 12.7 kilometres (7.9 mi) of bi-directional track.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samara Metro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.