List of metro systems in the Soviet Union

This is a list of metro systems in that were built under the Soviet Union. There were 13 metro systems in 7 of Soviet republics. A 14th metro system the Dnipro Metro started construction in 1982 but due to financial difficulties was not opened until 1995. The only two metro systems built in post-Soviet countries after the Union's dissolution are Kazan Metro in Russia (2005) and Almaty Metro in Kazakhstan (2011). Also the Volgograd Metrotram is a tram system with elements of the metro in Volgograd, opened on November 5, 1984.

List

City Republic Name Year opened Year of last expansion Stations Lines System length Ridership (millions)
Moscow  Russian SFSR Moscow Metro[1] 1935 2021 234[2] 17 381.0 km (236.7 mi)[2] 2378.3 (2016)[R 1]
Leningrad
(Now Saint Petersburg)		  Russian SFSR Leningrad Metro 1955 2019 71[3] 5 118.6 km (73.7 mi)[3] 740.4 (2016)[R 1]
Kyiv  Ukrainian SSR Kyiv Metro 1960 2013 52[4] 3 67.6 km (42.0 mi)[4] 484.6 (2016)[R 1][R 2]
Tbilisi  Georgian SSR Tbilisi Metro 1966[5] 2017[6] 23[7] 2 27.1 km (16.8 mi)[7] 105.4 (2016)[R 1]
Baku  Azerbaijan SSR Baku Metro 1967[8] 2021 25[8] 3 36.7 km (22.8 mi)[8] 217.5 (2016)[R 1]
Kharkiv  Ukrainian SSR Kharkiv Metro 1975 2016 30[4] 3 38.1 km (23.7 mi)[4] 231.1 (2016)[R 1][R 3]
Tashkent  Uzbek SSR Tashkent Metro 1977 2020[Nb 1] 43[4] 4 59.5 km (37.0 mi)[4] 53.5 (2016)[R 1]
Yerevan  Armenian SSR Yerevan Metro 1981[9] 1996[10] 10[9] 1 13.4 km (8.3 mi)[9] 15.4 (2016)[R 1]
Minsk  Byelorussian SSR Minsk Metro 1984[11] 2020 33[12] 3 40.8 km (25.4 mi)[12] 291.0 (2016)[R 1]
Gorky
(Now Nizhny Novgorod)		  Russian SFSR Gorky Metro 1985 2018[13] 16[3] 2 21.6 km (13.4 mi)[3] 30.4 (2016)[R 1]
Novosibirsk  Russian SFSR Novosibirsk Metro 1986 2010[14] 13[3] 2 15.9 km (9.9 mi)[3] 79.0 (2016)[R 1]
Kuybyshev
(Now Samara)		  Russian SFSR Kuybyshev Metro 1987[15] 2015[16] 13[16] 1 12.7 km (7.9 mi)[15][16] 15.6 (2016)[R 1]
Sverdlovsk
(Now Yekaterinburg)		  Russian SFSR Sverdlovsk Metro 1991 2012[17] 9[3] 1 12.7 km (7.9 mi)[3] 49.2 (2016)[R 1]

Notes
  1. The Yunusobod Line was opened in 2001

References
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