Line 1 (Nizhny Novgorod Metro)

Avtozavodskaya Line (Russian: Автозаво́дская) is a line of the Nizhny Novgorod Metro and bears the abbreviation M1. The line opened in 1985 and crosses the city on a northwest-southeast axis. It comprises 11 stations and 15.1 km (9.4 mi) of track and is thus about four times as long as the Line 2 (M2). The train station Moskovskaya is the second station, which does not cross, but only touches.

Avtozavodskaya
Overview
Stations	11
Operation
Opened	1985
Owner	Nizhny Novgorod Metro
Technical
Line length	15.1 km (9.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map Sennaya Operny Teatr Gorkovskaya Oka Moskovskaya Chkalovskaya Leninskaya Zarechnaya Dvigatel Revolyutsii Proletarskaya Depot "Proletarskoe" Avtozavodskaya Komsomolskaya Kirovskaya Park Kultury

Moskovskaya station

Avtozavodskaya station

History

The construction of the line began on December 17, 1977. On this day, the first piles were driven into the base of the station Leninskaya. A commemorative sign was erected on the site of the construction (letter M in the tunnel). In September 1978 tunneling began from the station Leninskaya. July 13, 1984 in the pit of the station Moskovskaya collapsed walls. Two workers from the student brigade, who helped with the construction of the metro, died. There is a legend that the ghosts of dead students are still walking through tunnels and metro stations.[1]

November 20, 1985, the grand opening of the Line 1 of the Gorky Metro was held. The launch complex of the first section included a 7.8 km long line with six stations: Moscovskaya, Chkalovskaya, Leninskaya, Zarechnaya, Dvigatel Revolyutsii and Proletarskaya; Depot and engineering building. In 1987, two more stations were opened - Avtozavodskaya and Komsomolskaya from the Proletarskaya station, and in 1989 - Kirovskaya and Park Kultury. November 4, 2012, the Gorkovskaya station of the Line 1 in the Upper City was opened.[2]

Timeline

Segment	Date opened	Length		Number of stations
		km	mi
Moskovskaya — Proletarskaya	20 Nov 1985	6.8	4.2	6
Proletarskaya — Komsomolskaya	8 Aug 1987	2.1	1.3	2
Komsomolskaya — Park Kultury	15 Nov 1989	2.4	1.5	2
Moskovskaya — Gorkovskaya	4 Nov 2012	3.2	2.0	1
Total		15.1	9.4	11

Stations and connections

(Gorkovskaya – Park Kultury)
Travel Time minutes	Station	Travel Time minutes	Connection	Buildings / Monuments
0	Gorkovskaya	5	1, 16, 26, 30, 40, 41, 43, 45, 64, 68 31	Gorky monument, McDonald's, House of the connection, Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Monument to the dead policemen, School of Alexander II, Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street
5	Moskovskaya	4	City Rail Nizhny Novgorod railway station 1, 3, 6, 7, 27, 417 3, 4, 7, 17, 19, 22, 26, 43, 45, 48, 57, 61, 66, 69, 80, 90, 95 7, 10, 15, 25	Moskovsky railway terminal, Metro Department, Central Department Store, McDonald's, Kanavinskaya Bus station, Gordeevsky Department Store
4	Chkalovskaya	3	1, 3, 27, 417 37	Children's Railway, Lenin House of Culture (abandoned), Kanavinsky city district Administration
3	Leninskaya	4	40, 58, 66	Metro monument, Department of the Gorky Railway, McDonald's
4	Zarechnaya	4	19, 23A, 40, 56, 58, 66	Komarov monument, Zarechnaya Hotel, Rossiya Cinema, Zarechny bazaar, Muravey shopping centre, Leninsky city district Administration, McDonald's (under construction)
4	Dvigatel Revolyutsii	4	40, 56, 58, 66	Hospital No. 33
4	Proletarskaya	3	8, 417 31, 40, 56, 58, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 73, 77, 85 2, 11, 12	Dubki park, Teploobmennik Plant, Intercity bus station
3	Avtozavodskaya	3	8, 22, 417 15, 20, 31, 40, 54, 56, 68, 77 2, 11, 12	North entrance of the Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ)
3	Komsomolskaya	3	8, 22, 417 15, 20, 31, 33, 40, 54, 56, 68, 77 2, 11, 12	Komsomolskaya entrance of the Gorky Automobile Plant
3	Kirovskaya	4	8, 22, 417 15, 20, 31, 40, 54, 56, 68, 77 2, 11, 12	Main entrance of the Gorky Automobile Plant, Automechanical College, O'Key Mall
4	Park Kultury	0	8 11, 20, 31, 32, 40, 68, 69 2, 4, 12, 14	Avtozavodsky Park, House of Culture of GAZ, the Mir Cinema, McDonald's

References

1. "Государственная архивная служба Нижегородской области || Из истории строительства Нижегородского метрополитена". www.archiv.nnov.ru. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
2. "Nizhny Novgorod metro map, Russia". mapa-metro.com. Retrieved 2017-05-03.