Nizhny Novgorod City Rail

Nizhny Novgorod City Rail (Russian: Нижегородская городская электричка, romanizedNizhegorodskaya gorodskaya elektrichka) are a system of city train services on existing commuter rail lines in Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Together with the metro it forms a system of high-speed rail transport of the city. It has 2 lines – Sormovskaya and Priokskaya. It was founded on June 24, 2013 on the basis of the Gorky Railway, as an addition to the metro.[2]

Nizhny Novgorod City Rail
Electric train of the Priokskaya line at the Nizhny Novgorod railway station
Electric train of the Priokskaya line
at the Nizhny Novgorod railway station
Overview
Native nameНижегородская городская электричка
OwnerRussian Railway
LocaleNizhny Novgorod, Russia
Transit typeCommuter rail
Number of lines3
Number of stations27
Annual ridership437 000 (2017)[1]
WebsiteNizhny Novgorod City Rail
Operation
Began operationJune 24, 2013
Operator(s)Gorky Railway

Network

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Lines

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# Line Route Number of stations
1 Sormovskaya-1 Nizhny Novgorod railway station – Dubravnaya 11
2 Sormovskaya-2 Pochinki – Varya 4
3 Priokskaya Nizhny Novgorod railway station – Prospekt Gagarina 13
Total: 28
Sormovskaya-1 line
 
 
Nizhny Novgorod railway station
 
Kostarikha
 
Lesnoy gorodok
 
Chaadaevo
 
Kooperativnaya
 
Svetloyarskaya-1
 
Pochinki
 
Koposovo
 
Narodnaya
 
Vysokovo
 
Dubravnaya
Sormovskaya-2 line
 
Pochinki
 
Svetloyarskaya-2
 
Sormovo
 
Varya
Priokskaya line 
 
 
Nizhny Novgorod railway station
 
435 km.
 
Nizhny Novgorod-Sortirovochny
 
Konduktorskaya
 
Nizhny Novgorod-Strigino
 
Petryaevka
 
 
 
Bridge
 
Sartakovo
 
Okskaya
 
Kudma
 
Oksky bereg
 
Royka
 
Bolshaya Yelnya (suburb)
 
Ankudinovka
 
Prospekt Gagarina

Sormovskaya line – it has 7 stations and connects Sormovsky City District and Nizhny Novgorod railway station. This makes it an alternative to the metro line in Sormovo. It has an interchange from the railway station to the metro station Moskovskaya.[3] For a free interchange, passengers can use the boarding pass for 90 minutes.

Priokskaya line – it has 12 stations and 5 interchange stations at the Nizhny Novgorod railway station, the Nizhny Novgorod-Sortirovochny, Petryaevka, Okskaya and Prospekt Gagarina stations.[4] It partially intersects with the suburb and connects the Kanavinsky, Leninsky, Avtozavodsky, Nizhegorodsky and Prioksky City Districts.[5] It has different tariff zones due to some stations being located outside the city.

Sormovskaya-2 line is the test section from the Pochinki station to the Varya station.[6] It consists of three stations and connects the 7th microdistrict with the center of Sormovo and partially with the Burevestnik metro station. The distance between these stations can be reached by tram with a free transfer on a transport card. The test run at peak hours occurred on February 1, 2020,[7] with the full opening of the line on May 1, 2020.

In addition to the main one line, there are two other directions that are not included in the City Rail system: "Doskino – Kustovaya". The fare here is equal to the fare in any city public transport. There are also interchange stations for the City Rail. Station Kustovaya is located near the metro station Komsomolskaya, and is an indirect interchange node between them.

The fare

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On the Sormovskaya Line the fare is 28 rubles (approximately 0.40 euros or 0.38 US Dollars). As well as on all city public transport.

On the Priokskaya Line the fare is 28 rubles from Nizhny Novgorod railway station to Petryaevka station and from Petryaevka station to Prospekt Gagarina station.[8]

On the Second Sormovskaya line, the fare is 29 rubles.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Более 430 тыс. пассажиров перевезла городская электричка на участке Нижний Новгород – Починки" (in Russian). newsroom24.ru. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  2. ^ "Нижегородская городская электричка совершила свой первый рейс" (in Russian). newsroom24.ru. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  3. ^ "В Нижнем Новгороде начала работу "городская электричка"" (in Russian). nntv.tv. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  4. ^ "Orbital CityRail service expands". Railway Gazette. 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  5. ^ "Мега-экспресс" (in Russian). www.vvppk.ru. Archived from the original on 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  6. ^ "В Сормове пустят наземное метро". Нижегородская правда (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  7. ^ a b "В Нижнем Новгороде заработало наземное метро между Починками и Варей — Новости NN.RU". www.nn.ru (in Russian). 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  8. ^ Efremov, Mikhail (2018-10-15). "From October 15, launch the Priokskaya line of City Rail". NN.RU (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-10-15.
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