Metroelectrotrans Kazan (formerly Kazan Metro)

Municipal unitary enterprise Metroelektrotrans (formerly Kazan Metro) is one of the largest transport enterprises in the Republic of Tatarstan.

Structure

As of December 2018, the Metroelectrotrans municipal unitary enterprise includes 19 structural units that organize the work of ground and underground electric transport.

Ground transport: tram depot; 2 trolleybus depots; energy management; ground transport track facilities; Motor transport enterprise;

Underground transport: electric depot; Directorate for Revenue Collection and Movement; metro power management; subway track facilities;

Combined services: Control apparatus; Directorate of Information Technology and Communications; security service; Chief Inspector's Office; auxiliary service; ZHEU; DCS; sewing shop.

History

2024:4 billion rubles allocated for the development of the Kazan metro

In 2024, the authorities of Tatarstan decided to allocate ₽4 billion for the development of the Kazan metro. As it became known in July 2024, financing will be carried out in equal tranches of ₽1 billion annually from 2024 to 2027. The funds will be used to implement the project for the construction of the second metro line in the capital of the republic.

According to RBC, the financing of the project will be fully provided at the expense of the regional budget. The decision on the allocation of funds is enshrined in the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Tatarstan, published on the official portal of legal information of the region.

source = Transport site of the city of Kazan

The new metro line will become an important element in the development of the transport system of Kazan. It is expected that after the completion of construction, the annual passenger traffic of the metro will increase to 33 million people. For comparison, in 2023 this figure amounted to 35.5 million passengers.

The construction of the second branch of the Kazan metro began in April 2020. The project provides for the creation of 12 stations with a total length of about 20 km. The line will run from Dubravnaya station to the terminal station on Vosstaniya Street. The first phase, which includes four stations, is due to be commissioned in 2027.

The allocation of funds for the development of the metro is part of a larger program for the development of the transport system of Tatarstan. The total funding of the program for the period 2024-2027 will amount to ₽184,9 billion, of which ₽144,5 billion will be allocated from the regional budget, and ₽25,3 billion from the federal budget.

In February 2024, Tatinvestgrazhdanproekt presented sketches of three future stations of the second branch of the Kazan metro - Akademicheskaya, Zilant and Tulpar. These stations will form part of the first phase of the new line, scheduled to open in 2027.^[1]

2021: A criminal case has been opened against employees of the Kazan metro for cryptodobychy at the workplace

On July 22, 2021, information appeared that a criminal case was initiated by the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Tatarstan under Art. Art. 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Abuse of office"). The defendants in the case were the 40-year-old chief engineer of the Metroelektrotrans municipal unitary enterprise in Kazan and the 32-year-old director of the ground transport energy management service, the press service of the law enforcement agency said.

Both employees of the transport enterprise were engaged in mining cryptocurrency at the transformer substation of the metro, while installing special equipment.

For two months, the "crypto farm" consumed electricity in the amount of over 350 thousand rubles.^[2]

2018

As of December 2018, it carries out more than 30% of the total volume of passenger traffic in the city of Kazan. It is an operational enterprise that included the former Kazan Metro municipal unitary enterprise and the Kazgorelektrotrans tram and trolleybus municipal unitary enterprise.

The company's thousands of employees ensure uninterrupted operation of ground and underground electric vehicles. Reconstruction of existing and construction of new tram and trolleybus transport lines is carried out, the transport fleet is maintained in proper condition and updated, the system of operation and traffic control is being improved, internal training and retraining of transport industry specialists is being carried out.

Along with the construction and reconstruction of lines and networks of ground transport, the company performs contract work on the construction of new metro facilities.

2011

As of September 2011, the total length of the Kazan metro is about 12 km. It is served by more than 750 employees.

2005: Getting Started

It was opened on August 27, 2005 during the celebration of the millennium of Kazan and became the first metro in Russia built after the collapse of the USSR - 14 years after the metro opened in 1991 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). Kazan Metro became the seventh in a row in the Russian Federation and the fifteenth in the CIS.

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