Line 1 (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Line 1 of the Saint Petersburg Metro, also known as Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line (Russian: Ки́ровско-Вы́боргская ли́ния) or Red Line, is an oldest rapid transit line in Saint Petersburg, Russia, opened in 1955, which connects Kirovsky and Vyborgsky districts of the city. The original stations are very beautiful and elaborately decorated, especially Avtovo and Narvskaya. The line connects four out of five Saint Petersburg's main railway stations. In 1995, a flooding occurred in a tunnel between Lesnaya and Ploschad Muzhestva stations and, for nine years, the line was separated into two independent segments (the gap was connected by a shuttle bus route). The line is also one of the two lines in the network to feature shallow stations, the other being the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line.

Line 1 (Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya)
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Saint Petersburg Metro
Status	Operational
Termini	Devyatkino Prospekt Veteranov
Stations	19
Operation
Opened	1955
Owner	Saint Petersburg Metro
Technical
Line length	29.57 km (18.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map Depot 4 Severnoye Devyatkino—Lavriki railroad Devyatkino Grazhdansky Prospekt headshunt Akademicheskaya future line branching Politekhnicheskaya Ploschad Muzhestva eroded tunnels Lesnaya Vyborgskaya headshunts Ploshchad Lenina Neva Chernyshevskaya service siding to line 2 Ploshchad Vosstaniya Vladimirskaya Pushkinskaya to track 1 of line 2 Tekhnologichesky Institut to track 2 of line 1 Baltiyskaya Narvskaya headshunts Kirovsky Zavod Avtovo Dachnoye Depot Avtovo Depot Dachnoye (defunct) Leninsky Prospekt Prospekt Veteranov headshunts

Kirovsky Zavod station

The line cuts Saint Petersburg centre on a northeast-southwest axis. In the south its alignment follows the shore of the Gulf of Finland. In the north it extends outside the city limits into the Leningrad oblast (it is the only line to stretch beyond the city boundary). The Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line is generally coloured red on Metro maps[1], and markup of this colour has been added to its stations for ease of passenger orientation; the new generation trains of Yubileyniy carriages since 2010s also have their outside colour matching the colour of the line[2].[3]

Timeline

Segment	Date opened	Length
Ploshchad Vosstaniya to Avtovo	November 15, 1955	9.4 km
Pushkinskaya	April 30, 1956	N/A
Ploshchad Vosstaniya to Ploshchad Lenina	June 1, 1958	3.0 km
Avtovo to Dachnoye (temporary)	June 1, 1966	1.5 km
Ploshchad Lenina to Akademicheskaya	April 22, 1975	8.8 km
Politekhnicheskaya	December 29, 1975	N/A
Avtovo to Prospekt Veteranov	October 5, 1977	3.5 - 1.5 km*
Akademicheskaya to Devyatkino	December 29, 1978	4.9 km
Total:	19 Stations	29.6 km

* Upon the 1977 extension, the temporary station Dachnoye (which had been the terminus since 1966) and its tracks were demolished.

Name changes

Station	Previous name(s)	Years
Devyatkino	Komsomolskaya	1978–1991

Ploshchad Vosstaniya station

Transfers

Transfer to	At
Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line	Tekhnologichesky Institut
Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line	Ploshchad Vosstaniya
Pravoberezhnaya Line	Vladimirskaya
Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line	Pushkinskaya

The transfer on Tekhnologichesky Institut is a cross-platform one. Last transfer to the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line has opened via Pushkinskaya in 2008.

Rolling stock

Two depots serve the line, Avtovo (№ 1) and Severnoe (№ 4), although when the lines separated in 1995 the Severnoe served the northern section whilst the Avtovo, along with other depots took over the southern section. As there was a large surplus in the north, conventional railway was used to transfer many of the trains to other depots. Upon the reunification of the two sections, the Severnoe depot's park was restored and the line became the first to start using eight-carriage trains, of which currently 34 and 20 trains are assigned respectively to the metro. Most of them are E, Em, Ema, and Emx trains built in the 1960s and 1970s.

Recent developments and future plans

Given the age of most of the stations on this line, constant renovations take place to restore them. The Vladimirskaya and Narvskaya stations closed for reconstruction from autumn 2006 until 2008. Debate continues over whether to open the controversial mosaic of Stalin (located on Narvskaya station behind the service room) to the public. As of 2016 discussions have begun on extending the line southward.

Links

• Saint Petersburg Metro official website

Reference

1. "Official site of St. Petersburg Metro". www.metro.spb.ru. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
2. "По красной линии метро будут курсировать красные поезда (фото)". neva.today. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
3. "Новый красный поезд метро сломался в первый же день". neva.today. 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2020-07-09.