Novosibirsk Metro

The municipal unitary enterprise of the city of Novosibirsk "Novosibirsk Metro" is engaged in the operation of a high-speed rail transport system, the staff consists of 1,578 people. The average daily transportation is 150-200 thousand passengers. The metro's share of citywide passenger traffic is about 24.3%. About 1,700 people work on the metro.

Performance indicators

2024

Revenue growth by 18.8% to 3.024 billion rubles, net profit - 30 thousand times to 576.7 million rubles

The revenue of the Novosibirsk Metro Municipal Unitary Enterprise in 2024 increased by 18.8% to 3.024 billion rubles, net profit amounted to 576.7 million rubles, which is 30 thousand times more than in 2023. The cost of providing services increased by 11.7% to 2.5 billion, profit from sales - 2.6 times to 289.2 billion rubles. "Other income" increased 5.4 times to 1.167 billion rubles. Passenger traffic in 2024 amounted to 86.1 million people, which is 1.9% more than in 2023. This is evidenced by the data of the Rusprofile service, published in February 2025.^[1]

Passenger traffic growth by 2% to 86.1 million people

According to the results of 2024, passenger traffic in the Novosibirsk metro reached 86.1 million people, which is almost 2% more than a year earlier, when the figure was measured by 84.5 million people. The press service of the Novosibirsk subway published such data in January 2025.

2023: Passenger traffic growth by 9.4% to 84.52 million

Passenger traffic in the Novosibirsk metro in 2023 increased by 9.4% and amounted to 84.52 million people. This data became known in October 2024.

At the end of 2022, passenger traffic in the city's metro amounted to 77.3 million people, a year earlier 75.3 million people. During the period of restrictions imposed against the backdrop of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in 2020 the number of passengers decreased to 58.1 million people. On average, over the past 10 years, 82 million passengers a year were transported by the metro, the city administration reported in January 2024.

History

2025: Opening of the Sportivnaya metro station in Novosibirsk for 3.78 billion rubles in 13 years

In September 2025, the opening of the first metro station "Sportivnaya" of the Novosibirsk metro took place in 13 years. The total cost of the project amounted to ₽3,78 billion, said the customer - the head of the MKU "Management of the customer of transport and engineering structures" Aleksei Nikolaev. Arkady Chmykhailo, head of the Novosibirsk Metro Municipal Unitary Enterprise, added that the metro expects passenger traffic to increase due to an increase in the number of events at the Ice Arena and Arena Park. The station is equipped with 12 escalators, the length of the platforms is 104 meters.^[2]

2024: Approval of the general development scheme. Construction will take ₽100 billion

On November 7, 2024, it became known that the Novosibirsk administration presented a strategic plan for the modernization of the urban underground transport system until 2030, requiring an investment of ₽100 billion at 2024 prices. The urban planning document covers the comprehensive expansion of the transport infrastructure of the metropolis.

According to RBC, the concept provides for a significant expansion of the Dzerzhinsky direction with the commissioning of the Gusinobrodskaya, Molodezhnaya transport hubs and the Volochaevskaya technical complex. The Leninsky route will be supplemented with the objects "Stanislavsky Square," "Trolleinaya," as well as the terminal "Severnaya" behind the existing station "Zaeltsovskaya."

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Investments in the development of technical documentation of the Dzerzhinsky site are estimated at ₽2,3 billion. The budgetary distribution for the project stage of 2024-2025 is ₽600 million, where ₽540 million will come from the regional treasury, and ₽60 million from municipal funds.

Municipal authorities are considering making adjustments to the general scheme of underground transport in 2025. The revision may affect the engineering parameters and the time frame for the implementation of individual project components.

According to the publication, the modernization of the transport system is aimed at optimizing passenger flows between actively developing territories and the business center of the city. The introduction of additional routes will create alternative travel options for citizens.

The strategy implies consistent implementation, taking into account urban development priorities. Particular emphasis is placed on synchronizing new facilities with the existing transport network and ensuring technological compatibility of infrastructure elements.^[3]

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