RUSSIA | Urban Transport Compilation

AlekseyVT · May 8, 2011

NIZHNY NOVGOROD - BOR

On December 21, 2007 French company "Pomagalski S.A." ("Poma") presented a project of cableway between Nizhny Novgorod and industrial town Bor on the opposite bank of Volga River. The main purpose of this project is creation of alternative kind of transport across Volga River (in addition to river taxi, ferry, train and bus services). It's planned that energy consumption of the cableway will be in 5 times less than car transport. The length of planned cableway is 3658 meters (including 1336 meters over Volga River), height difference - 62 meters, travel time - about 12 minutes, number of supports - 10. In 2009 "Energomash" company (Belgorod) completed project work for the cableway and began to send constructions for supports in Nizhny Novgorod. The active construction was started in 2010.

Map of city (cableway 1-2):

ТКЛ

Nizhny Novgorod station (it will be located at the site with area 3000 square meters, the area of station itself - 1500 square meters):

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"Красивые люди"

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Bor station (it will be located at the site with area 4500 sq.m., the area of station itself - 1500 sq.m.):

yahooeu

"Красивые люди"

AlekseyVT · May 8, 2011

September 19, 2008. Construction site:

ТКЛ

February 25, 2010. Foundation pit of support 1:

yahooeu

April 3, 2010. Bor station:

xanur1k

AlekseyVT · May 8, 2011

September 1, 2010. Beginning of construction of Nizhny Novgorod station:

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[p0d]NikE

October 6, 2010. Construction of support 9:

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AlekseyVT · May 8, 2011

October 24, 2010. Construction of support 6:

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avronn

February 22, 2011:

Izhl

AlekseyVT · May 8, 2011

February 28, 2011. Construction of support 7:

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April 1, 2011:

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April 24, 2011. Nizhny Novgorod station:

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valery-lapin2011

AlekseyVT · May 8, 2011

MOSCOW METRO

May 5, 2011. Construction of the own vestibule of station "Sretensky Boulevard", which planned to be open in the end of May 2011:

LUKOIL headquarters:

mosmetro

"Moscow Metropolitan. Stations "Turgenevskaya" and "Sretensky Boulevard"":

mosmetro

Project of the vestibule (architects - Nikolay Shumakov and Natalya Shurygina):

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Vestibule of the station:

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Installation of videocamera:

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Turnstiles UT-2009:

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Escalators:

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Light fixtures:

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Passageway to the platform of station:

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Armidall · May 8, 2011

AlekseyVT said:
^^^^^^

Bravo! It caught me! :master::master::master::applause::applause::applause:

But I think this picture was to be loaded with at least one month ago. kay:

don't get angry) i didn't know that lol

trainrover · May 8, 2011

AlekseyVT said:

Children not allowed, right?

AlekseyVT said:

Queer. In addition to seeing all the prior photos here of various CIS cable car systems, will this new one feature secondary cables for safety?

AlekseyVT · May 8, 2011

Armidall said:
don't get angry) i didn't know that lol

What anger? What are you talking about? During first time I'm really thought that in Russia started to produce this "baby-tram". Later I saw that original post was created in April Fool's Day. Therefore, I'm applaud this idea, skill of the author and great Photoshop.

I'm just a little surprised, why did you decide to load this funny image in Victory Day, not April Fool's Day? Not everyone can understand this joke.

trainrover said:
Children not allowed, right?

Children up to 13 years (for one-passanger chairlift); children up to 13 years without adults (for two-passanger chairlift).

trainrover said:
Queer. In addition to seeing all the prior photos here of various CIS cable car systems...

Russian cable car systems. This thread is about Russian Transport. Therefore, I don't wish to load here photos of cable car systems of other CIS states.

trainrover said:
...will this new one feature secondary cables for safety?

I don't know.

Dase said:
Regarding the Moscow Aeroexpress plans: is it realistic at all to expect the new Moscow-City and rebuilt Kalanchyovsky Rail terminals to be actually in service until 2015? I have not seen a single actual rendering for those projects and considering the size (especially of the latter), I'd guess building works should begin soon.

X - Kalanchyovsky Rail Terminal;
Red arrow - Kalanchyovskaya (Fire Watchtower) street;
Green triangle - Komsomolskaya (Communist Union of Youth) Square:

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vlad_svd

X - Leningradsky Rail Terminal (built in 1844-1849 by Konstantin Thon and Rudolf Zhelyazevich; opened on November 1, 1851):

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X - Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal (built in 1860-1862 by Roman Kuzmin; opened on August 18, 1862; rebuilt in 1902-1904 by Fyodor Schechtel):

Link

X - Kazansky Rail Terminal (built in 1862-1864 by Matvey Levestam; opened on July 20, 1862; rebuilt in 1913-1940 by Alexey Shchusev):

tyul-tatiana-vl

X - Vestibule of Metro station "Komsomolskaya" (built in early 1950s by Alexey Shchusev, V. Varvarin and O. Velikoretsky; opened on January 30, 1952):

Wikipedia

X - Hotel "Leningradskaya-Hilton" (built in 1949-1954 by Leonid Polyakov and Alexander Boretsky):

LarisaCh

AlekseyVT · May 8, 2011

Woonsocket54 said:
And the train to LED is a fiction, right?

X - New Terminal of Pulkovo Airport (LED);
X - Hotel;
X - Trade store;
X - Parking;
X - Common Terminal of Aeroexpress and Nadzemny Express (fast train & fast tram).

xerx

trainrover · May 14, 2011

AlekseyVT said:
I don't wish to load here photos of cable car systems of other CIS states.

I apologise. I confused matters by presuming various ones of the above-lodged cable-car photos as must be hailing from around the CIS.

AlekseyVT · May 14, 2011

RUSSIAN METRO SYSTEMS BY ANNUAL PASSENGER RIDES

As it was expected, in 2010 passenger traffic of Russian Metro systems (except Moscow and Kazan) slightly increased in comparison with the "crisis" year (2009), but has not reached the level of 2008.

1. MOSCOW - 2348.3 mln. passangers (-1.8% from 2009; -8.7% from 2008)

2005 - 2603.2 mln.
2006 - 2475.6 mln.
2007 - 2528.7 mln.
2008 - 2572.9 mln.
2009 - 2392.2 mln.
2010 - 2348.3 mln.

2. SAINT PETERSBURG - 779.2 mln. passangers (+3.4% from 2009; -6.8% from 2008)

2005 - 820.0 mln.
2006 - 828.2 mln.
2007 - 829.8 mln.
2008 - 835.8 mln.
2009 - 753.5 mln.
2010 - 779.2 mln.

3. NOVOSIBIRSK - 73.9 mln. passangers (+5.6% from 2009; -4.6% from 2008)

2005 - 61.8 mln.
+ ONE NEW STATION! *
2006 - 66.9 mln.
2007 - 69.6 mln.
2008 - 77.5 mln.
2009 - 70.0 mln.
2010 - 73.9 mln.

4. YEKATERINBURG - 37.6 mln. passangers (+0.8% from 2009; -23.1% from 2008)

2005 - 43.6 mln.
2006 - 45.0 mln.
2007 - 46.4 mln.
2008 - 48.9 mln.
2009 - 37.3 mln.
2010 - 37.6 mln.

5. NIZHNY NOVGOROD - 27.0 mln. passangers (+0.4% from 2009; -16.4% from 2008)

2005 - 32.5 mln.
2006 - 33.3 mln.
2007 - 32.6 mln.
2008 - 32.3 mln.
2009 - 26.9 mln.
2010 - 27.0 mln.

6. SAMARA - 17.5 mln. passangers (+4.8% from 2009; -6.9% from 2008)

2005 - 10.8 mln.
2006 - 11.4 mln.
2007 - 12.0 mln.
+ ONE NEW STATION! *
2008 - 18.8 mln.
2009 - 16.7 mln.
2010 - 17.5 mln.

7. KAZAN - 12.0 mln. passangers (+21.2% from 2009; +55.8% from 2008)

2005 - 2.2 mln.
2006 - 5.3 mln.
2007 - 6.9 mln.
2008 - 7.7 mln.
+ ONE NEW STATION! *
2009 - 9.9 mln.
2010 - 12.0 mln.

* It shows the dependence of annual passanger traffic from the opening of new stations (only for regional cities with a small number of stations).

AlekseyVT · May 14, 2011

NEWS FROM THE MOSCOW METRO CONSTRUCTION SITES

"BORISOVO" (planned to be open in 2011):

Егор64

METROMAN525

AlekseyVT · May 14, 2011

"SHIPILOVSKAYA" (2011)

Southern vestibule:

Шипиловский

Шипиловский

Northern vestibule:

Вася Зябликов

AlekseyVT · May 14, 2011

"ZYABLIKOVO" (2011):

Hans24

AlekseyVT · May 14, 2011

"NOVOKOSINO" (2012):

PetreX

Link

PetreX

nyukosino

nastyathenian · May 14, 2011

AlekseyVT said:
RUSSIAN METRO SYSTEMS BY ANNUAL PASSENGER RIDES

These data show that only Moscow and Saint Petersburg metros are doing a serious job. The other Russian cities have their metros only for decoration purposes.

Akril · May 15, 2011

nastyathenian said:
The other Russian cities have their metros only for decoration purposes.

Novosibirsk, the biggest metro system after Moscow and S.Pb, have only 13 station in contrast to 64 of Saint Petersburg and 182 of Moscow. The other Russian cities can't do a "serious job" before further expanding of underground which may last forever with current rate of financing.

hungar · May 15, 2011

nastyathenian said:
These data show that only Moscow and Saint Petersburg metros are doing a serious job. The other Russian cities have their metros only for decoration purposes.

In last-soviet period (1980-90-years) large town (more 1 000 000 populations) begin consruction metro. But in 90-years XX centure is strong economic crisis. So, little metros only for decoration purpose: low financial capacity of cities.
For example, Novosibirsk is large town in Siberia. One station is building five years.

AlekseyVT · May 15, 2011

Akril said:
Novosibirsk, the biggest metro system after Moscow and S.Pb, have only 13 station in contrast to 64 of Saint Petersburg and 182 of Moscow. The other Russian cities can't do a "serious job" before further expanding of underground which may last forever with current rate of financing.

hungar said:
In last-soviet period (1980-90-years) large town (more 1 000 000 populations) begin consruction metro. But in 90-years XX centure is strong economic crisis. So, little metros only for decoration purpose: low financial capacity of cities.
For example, Novosibirsk is large town in Siberia. One station is building five years.

I'm agree with both posts. Also don't need to forget that the population of Moscow is 11.51 mln. people, the population of St. Petersburg - 4.87 mln, while the population of other Russian Metro cities is varies from 1.14 mln. (Kazan) to 1.47 mln. people (Novosibirsk). Accordingly, it's simply impossible to have the same passanger traffic as in Moscow or St. Petersburg.

The second factor is the unfortunate choice of route (it's actual for Metros in Nizhny Novgorod and Samara). It was relevant in 1980s, as it was projected to transport workers in industrial areas. However, after the Soviet collapse, many industrial enterprises were closed down due to financial problems and others have sharply reduced the number of staff. For example, if during Soviet years the staff of the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod (it's remain one of the largest companies in the Russian automotive industry) was 120.000 people, that now this number decreased to 27.000. The reduction of workers at the plants and factories has led to a decrease of passanger traffic in Metros. The new Metro lines were not built in 1990s for the same reason - cuts in funding.

In any case, Metro is a necessary kind of transport in all seven Metro cities and the opening of new stations in five cities will lead to an increase in passenger traffic. For example, Kazan authorities planning to build two new lines, and they received financial support for this project. In Yekaterinburg two new stations will open this year. In Nizhny Novgorod, next year finally will open the first station on the other bank of the Oka River. This will lead to a long-awaited connection of the two parts of city via Metro bridge and to fast and comfortable transportation from one bank to another. Unfortunately, the prospects for two other cities (Novosibirsk and Samara) in the near future are not so optimistic.

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