The first station of Saint-Petersburg metro was opened on November 15, 1955.
Today metro includes 5 lines and 65 stations.
Saint-Petersburg metro is the deepest metro in the world. The station “Admiralteiskaya” (Admiralty) are situated at the depth of 86 meters.
Some of stations richly decorated with mouldings, mosaics and sculptures. For example, Mayakovskaya or Sportivnaya.
Fare is 27 rubles. You pay only for passing through turnstile. No need to pay for every station or distance. For single trip you should buy a token. If you are planning to use metro a certain times, you can buy a special card, where number of admissions will be fixed. Buying card of this type, you should say: “Card for 10 admissions” (if the number of supposed admissions through turnstile is 10), or “Kartochku na desiat’ poezdok”.
No photographing or video permitted. Be careful! You can be stopped by policemen in case of breach of metro’s order.
There are signs in English on every station (especially in the center). It helps tourists to understand difficult Russian names and not to miss necessary station.
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