Leninskaya Line

Leninskaya Line ( _ru. Ле́нинская), is a line of the Novosibirsk Metro. The line was opened along with the Metro in 1986 with the original five station segment. Since then it slowly expanded. The line bisects the city of a Northwest-Southeast axis before making a 90 degree turn and crossing the river Ob river on a closed bridge. The financial difficulties of the early 1990s delayed the extensions.

Timeline

Transfers

Rolling stock

The line is served by the city's single depot Eltsovskoe, and currentely 18 four carriage 81-717/714 trains are assigned to it.

Recent developments and future plans

With the financial situation stabalised, the line will continue to expand in both directions. The first one will be Ploshchad Stanislavskogo in 2009 and then onto Permskaya and Yuzhnaya in the future. On the opposite end three stations are planned for opening after 2015 Botanicheskiy Sad, Severnaya, Aviatsionnaya. Also between stations Rechnoi Vokzal and Studencheskaya, a provision of another surface level station Sportivnaya exists.