Nizhny Novgorod City Rail

Nizhny Novgorod City Rail (Russian: Нижегородская городская электричка, romanized: Nizhegorodskaya 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
Overview
Native name	Нижегородская городская электричка
Owner	Russian Railway
Locale	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Transit type	Commuter rail
Number of lines	3
Number of stations	27
Annual ridership	437 000 (2017)[1]
Website	Nizhny Novgorod City Rail
Operation
Began operation	June 24, 2013
Operator(s)	Gorky Railway
System map

Network

Lines

#	Line	Route	Number of stations
1	Sormovskaya-1	Nizhny Novgorod railway station – Dubravnaya	11
2	Sormovskaya-2	Pochinki – Varya	3
3	Priokskaya	Nizhny Novgorod railway station – Prospekt Gagarina	13
Total:			27

Sormovskaya-1 line
Nizhny Novgorod railway station Kostarikha Lesnoy gorodok Chaadaevo Kooperativnaya Svetloyarskaya Pochinki Koposovo Narodnaya Vysokovo Dubravnaya

Sormovskaya-2 line
Pochinki 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. Has an interchange from the railway station to the metro station Moskovskaya.[3] For a free interchange, you 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 the fact that some stations are 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] and the full opening of the line will take place 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

On the Sormovskaya Line the fare is 28 rubles (approximately 0.40 euros or 0.43 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

• Nizhny Novgorod Metro
• Trams in Nizhny Novgorod
• Gorky Railway

References

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. "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.

External links

• Nizhny Novgorod City Rail