Saint Petersburg Metro is one of the important modes of transports in the city of Russia. Metro service in Saint Petersburg was started in 1955. Among the subway systems in the world, the Saint Petersburg Metro is considered to be the deepest one.
The service catered by Saint Petersburg Metro is very regular. Trains arrive at the station at a regular interval of 2 to 3 minutes. The frequency of the train lessens in the late hours and in the morning. Train service starts from 5.45 in the morning and is available till 00.30 in the night. Passengers have to buy tokens to avail the service of metro rail. They can also buy monthly passes for metro.
The metro lines of Saint Petersburg extend for about 105.5 km. Some of the important stations of Saint Petersburg Metro are Grazhdansky Prospect, Ploschad Lenina, Vladimirskaya, Ladozhskaya, Moskovskaya, Staraya Derevnya and Narvskaya. The subway
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system of Saint Petersburg is one of the busiest subway systems of Russia. There are four lines of Saint Petersburg Metro. Plans have been undertaken to introduce a fifth line in Saint Petersburg for metro service. The existing four lines are:
- Kirovsko- Vyborgskaya
- Pravoberezhnaya
- Nevsko- Vasileostrovskaya
- Moskovsko- Petrogradskaya
The metro of Saint Petersburg is under Saint Petersburg Metropolitan which is a state municipal company of Russia. The operation of metro in Saint Petersburg was formerly looked after by Ministry of Rail Services. The revenue collected from advertisements in the metro stations and from train fares are used in financing Saint Petersburg Metro. The Ministry of Transportation also finances the developmental works of Saint Petersburg Metro.
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