Saint Petersburg Metro

underground railway system in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia
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Summary

Saint Petersburg Metro is a rapid transit[1]. It draws 7,582 Wikipedia views per month (rapid transit category, ranking #81 of 236).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Order of Lenin[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Leningrad Oblast[4], Saint Petersburg[5], Saint Petersburg metropolitan area[6]
  • Country: Russia[7]
  • Owned by: State Unitary Enterprise "Petersburg Metro"[8]
  • Operator: State Unitary Enterprise "Petersburg Metro"[9]
  • Part of: rail transport in Saint Petersburg[10]
  • Commons category: Saint Petersburg Metro[11]
  • Has part(s): Line 1[12], Line 2[13], Line 3[14], Line 4[15], Line 5[16], Park Pobedy[17], Elektrosila[18], Mezhdunarodnaya metro station[19], Prospekt Slavy[20], Dunayskaya[21], Kudrovo[22], Q22697156[23], Line 6[24]
  • Inception: January 1, 1955[25]
  • Official website: http://www.metro.spb.ru/[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Saint Petersburg Metro[27]
  • Commons gallery: Петербургский метрополитен[28]
  • Track gauge: 1520 mm track gauge[29]
  • Topic has template: Q22865463[30], Template:SPb Metro Lines[31]
  • Official name: Петербургский метрополитен[32]
  • Date of official opening: November 15, 1955[33]
  • Native label: Петербургский метрополитен[34]
  • Length: 124.8 km[35]
  • Has list: list of Saint Petersburg Metro stations[36]
  • Fee: 45 Russian ruble[37]
  • Patronage: 740,400,000[38], 762,500,000[39]
  • Number of viewers/listeners: 1,003,710[40]
  • State of use: in use[41]

Why It Matters

Saint Petersburg Metro has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

FAQs

What awards did Saint Petersburg Metro receive?

Honors received include Order of Lenin[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . asmetro.ru. Retrieved . asmetro.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . asmetro.ru. asmetro.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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