Baku Metro

Baku Metro
Bakı Metropoliteni
Baku Metro; Bakı Metropoliteni
Info
Owner	Bakı Metropoliteni
Locale	Baku, Azerbaijan
Transit type	Metro
Number of lines	3
Number of stations	27
Daily ridership	680,000 (2015)
Operation
Began operation	November 6, 1967
Operator(s)	Bakı Metropoliteni
Number of vehicles	228
Technical
System length	40.3 km (25.0 mi)
Track gauge	1520

Baku Metro

Legend

Baku Metro (Azerbaijani: Bakı Metropoliteni), is an electrified metro railway system which is a part of the public transportation system of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. It was opened on 6 November 1967.

At that time, Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union until the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Baku Metro has the features found in most other ex-Soviet metro systems. These include very deep metro stations, and detailed decorations that blend traditional Azerbaijani national designs with Soviet ideology. The metro system has three lines and has 40.3 kilometers of double railway tracks with 27 stations, which, apart from two stations, are underground. It is run by the Bakı Metropoliteni. In 2015, it carried 222.0 million passengers,^[1] which means an average ridership of approximately 608,200 passengers each day.

Expansion plans[change | change source]

At present, there are several projects, only two of which are under construction. In 2011, the Chief Executive of the Baku Metro, Taghi Ahmadov, announced plans to construct 70 new stations by 2040.^[2]^[3] These will serve the new bus complex as well as Heydar Aliyev International Airport.^[4]

Network[change | change source]

Lines[change | change source]

Name	Line	Segment	Date opened	Length	Stations
Line 1	1	İçərişəhər ↔ Həzi Aslanov/Bakmil	1967	20.1 km	13
Line 2	2	Şah İsmail Xətai ↔ Dərnəgül	1976	14.5 km	10
Line 3	3	Xocəsən ↔ 8 Noyabr	2016	5.5 km	3

Timeline[change | change source]

Segment	Date opened	Length
İçərişəhər-Nəriman Nərimanov	November 6, 1967	6.5 km
May 28-Şah İsmail Xətai	February 22, 1968	2.3 km
Nəriman Nərimanov-Ulduz	May 5, 1970	2.1 km
Nəriman Nərimanov-Bakmil	September 25, 1970 (reconstructed in 1978-79)	0.5 km
Ulduz-Neftçilər	November 7, 1972	5.3 km
May 28-Nizami Gəncəvi	December 31, 1976	2.2 km
Nizami Gəncəvi-Memar Əcəmi	December 31, 1985	6.5 km
Neftçilər-Əhmədli	April 28, 1989	3.3 km
Cəfər Cabbarlı	December 27, 1993	0.15 km
Əhmədli-Həzi Aslanov	December 10, 2002	1.4 km
Memar Əcəmi-Nəsimi	October 9, 2008	2.1 km
Nəsimi-Azadlıq prospekti	December 30, 2009	1.3 km
Azadlıq prospekti-Dərnəgül	June 29, 2011	1.5 km
Avtovağzal-Memar Əcəmi	April 19, 2016	2.07 km
Memar Əcəmi-2-8 Noyabr	May 29, 2021	1.4 km
Avtovağzal-Xocəsən	December 23, 2022	2.2 km
Total:	27 stations	40.3 km

Renaming of stations[change | change source]

Old name	New name	Date of renaming
Şaumyan	Xətai	May 11, 1990
XI Qızıl Ordu Meydanı	20 Yanvar	April 27, 1992
28 Aprel	28 May	April 9, 1992
Avrora	Qara Qarayev	April 27, 1992
Elektrozavod	Bakmil	January 1, 1993
26 Bakı Komissarı	Sahil	April 9, 1992
Bakı Soveti	İçәrişәhәr	April 25, 2007
Məşədi Əzizbəyov	Koroğlu	December 30, 2011

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

↑ "Ötən il Bakı metrosu ilə 222 mln. sərnişin daşınıb". Apa.az. Azəri Press Agentliyi (APA). 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-01-21. (in Azerbaijani)
↑ "Over 70 underground stations to be built in Baku". news.az. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
↑ Mammadov, Anar. ""Memar Əcəmi" stansiyasında yeni metro xəttinə keçid açılır - FOTO". Milli.az. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
↑ "41 new underground stations to be constructed in Azerbaijani capital in the next 17 years". Today.az. October 10, 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-14.

Other websites[change | change source]

Official website (in Azerbaijani) (in Russian) (in English)
Baku Metro Track Map (in Russian)
Urbanrail - Baku Metro
Information Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
More information (in Russian)
Baku Public Transportation

[apa-1] "Ötən il Bakı metrosu ilə 222 mln. sərnişin daşınıb". Apa.az. Azəri Press Agentliyi (APA). 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-01-21. (in Azerbaijani)

[2] "Over 70 underground stations to be built in Baku". news.az. Retrieved 18 February 2011.

[3] Mammadov, Anar. ""Memar Əcəmi" stansiyasında yeni metro xəttinə keçid açılır - FOTO". Milli.az. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.

[4] "41 new underground stations to be constructed in Azerbaijani capital in the next 17 years". Today.az. October 10, 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-14.

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