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Samara Subway
Samara Metro (), formerly known as the Kuybyshev Metro (), is a rapid transit system which serves the city of Samara, Russia. Opened in 1987, it consists of one line with ten stations and approximately of bi-directional track. History The city of Samara (known during Soviet era, Soviet times as Kuybyshev) is situated at the confluence (geography), confluence of the Samara (Volga), Samara and Volga Rivers. Being an important junction of several waterways and railways, the city grew rapidly during the 20th century simultaneously becoming an important industrial centre. In the late 1970s its population exceeded one million, passing the legal Soviet requirement to begin developing a rapid-transit system. The design plan for Kuybyshev was based on the standard Soviet triangle arrangement, but with provisions to suit the dynamics of Kuybyshev, whose business, commercial and historical centre is situated on the edge, on the bank of the Volga River. Whilst the edges of the city were lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metrovagonmash 81-717/81-714
The 81-717/714 is a Soviet/Russian metro car model, designed in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s. The cars were made from 1976 to 2014 by Metrovagonmash and the I. E. Yegorov Vagonmash factories of Mytishchi and Saint Petersburg, respectively. Production is still ongoing for specific modifications, and it is both the most widespread metro train ever, currently being used in 19 rapid transit system in 11 countries, and having been produced in 24 different variants in total, as well as the subway train with the longest production span and largest total production number, with over 7000 cars having been manufactured in total so far. The names 81-717 and 81-714, also known as “Nomernoy” in some countries, and as “ Vagonmash” in other ones, come from the Soviet electric rail vehicle numbering system, where the 81-717 cars are the control cars and the 81-714 are the Passenger car (rail)#Trailer car, trailer cars. Unlike the previous metro sets made in the Soviet Union, they ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
