Recent from talks
Yerevan Metro
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Yerevan Metro
The Karen Demirchyan Yerevan Metro (Armenian: Կարեն Դեմիրճյանի անվան Երևանի մետրոպոլիտեն, Karen Demirchyani anvan Yerevani metropoliten; since December 1999), colloquially known as the Yerevan Subway (Armenian: Երևանի մետրո), is a rapid transit system that serves the capital of Armenia, Yerevan. Opened on 7 March 1981, it was the eighth metro system in the former Soviet Union. Owned by the government, it is operated by the Karen Demirchyan Yerevan Subway CJSC of the Ministry of Transport and Communication.
As of 2025, the Yerevan Metro has 10 stations located on a single double-track line (as well as a single-track shuttle branch between Charbakh and Shengavit), with a total length of 13.4 km. There are deep-level and shallow-level stations, as well as three above-ground stations. All Yerevan metro stations were opened in the 1980s, except Charbakh station which was opened in 1996. The construction work for an 11th station is expected to begin in 2026.
In terms of the length of lines in operation, it ranks 169th in the world, 14th among the metro systems of the former USSR (after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tashkent, Kyiv, Minsk, Kharkiv, Baku, Tbilisi, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Samara and Yekaterinburg), and third in the Transcaucasus.
The history of the Yerevan Metro began in the late 1960s under the leadership of Anton Kochinyan, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia. At that time, the population of Yerevan exceeded 700 thousand people, which exacerbated the city's transportation problems. The historically developed old urban development with a network of narrow streets in the centre, the difficult terrain and the remoteness of new districts limited the possibility of normal operation of ground transportation. Consequently, the decision was made to build an overhead transportation system[citation needed]. However, since metro construction was unacceptable in cities with populations under one million, a high-speed tram with several underground stations was chosen instead.
Kavgiprotrans specialists visited Yerevan several times, conducting feasibility studies and developing design documentation. When selecting the route for the first phase of the Yerevan Metro, the goal was to connect densely populated residential areas with the railway station and the city's industrial zone, and to reduce the unproductive time spent traveling from home to work and back. The Armgiprotrans Institute designed the tunnels, and the Yerevanproject Institute designed the station vestibules. Everything was calculated according to the dimensions and technical requirements of the metro. The station platforms were designed to accommodate five-car trains with a capacity of 40 trains per hour and a 90-minute headway.
In 1972, construction of a high-speed tram began, with the possibility of converting the tunnels into a metro system in the future.
By the end of 1978, approximately 4 kilometres of tunnels had been built. However, in 1981, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Council of Ministers of the USSR issued a decree on the construction of a metro in Yerevan, which spurred widespread planning and construction of the underground transport artery as a metro[citation needed]. Its launch was planned for November 7, 1980, but only a test train, carrying representatives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Armenian SSR, ran on that day. The State Commission signed the commissioning certificate for the launch complex on February 24, 1981 (the opening day of the 26th Congress of the CPSU), and the metro's official opening took place on March 7, 1981.
The 7.6-kilometre-long (of which 1.9 kilometres was above-ground) launch section of the first phase included four stations: Barekamutyun (Friendship), Saralanj (now Marshal Bagramyan), Yeritasardakan (Youth), and David of Sasun. With a delay of several months, in December of the same year, the intermediate station “Lenin Square” (now “Republic Square”) was opened.
Hub AI
Yerevan Metro AI simulator
(@Yerevan Metro_simulator)
Yerevan Metro
The Karen Demirchyan Yerevan Metro (Armenian: Կարեն Դեմիրճյանի անվան Երևանի մետրոպոլիտեն, Karen Demirchyani anvan Yerevani metropoliten; since December 1999), colloquially known as the Yerevan Subway (Armenian: Երևանի մետրո), is a rapid transit system that serves the capital of Armenia, Yerevan. Opened on 7 March 1981, it was the eighth metro system in the former Soviet Union. Owned by the government, it is operated by the Karen Demirchyan Yerevan Subway CJSC of the Ministry of Transport and Communication.
As of 2025, the Yerevan Metro has 10 stations located on a single double-track line (as well as a single-track shuttle branch between Charbakh and Shengavit), with a total length of 13.4 km. There are deep-level and shallow-level stations, as well as three above-ground stations. All Yerevan metro stations were opened in the 1980s, except Charbakh station which was opened in 1996. The construction work for an 11th station is expected to begin in 2026.
In terms of the length of lines in operation, it ranks 169th in the world, 14th among the metro systems of the former USSR (after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tashkent, Kyiv, Minsk, Kharkiv, Baku, Tbilisi, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Samara and Yekaterinburg), and third in the Transcaucasus.
The history of the Yerevan Metro began in the late 1960s under the leadership of Anton Kochinyan, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia. At that time, the population of Yerevan exceeded 700 thousand people, which exacerbated the city's transportation problems. The historically developed old urban development with a network of narrow streets in the centre, the difficult terrain and the remoteness of new districts limited the possibility of normal operation of ground transportation. Consequently, the decision was made to build an overhead transportation system[citation needed]. However, since metro construction was unacceptable in cities with populations under one million, a high-speed tram with several underground stations was chosen instead.
Kavgiprotrans specialists visited Yerevan several times, conducting feasibility studies and developing design documentation. When selecting the route for the first phase of the Yerevan Metro, the goal was to connect densely populated residential areas with the railway station and the city's industrial zone, and to reduce the unproductive time spent traveling from home to work and back. The Armgiprotrans Institute designed the tunnels, and the Yerevanproject Institute designed the station vestibules. Everything was calculated according to the dimensions and technical requirements of the metro. The station platforms were designed to accommodate five-car trains with a capacity of 40 trains per hour and a 90-minute headway.
In 1972, construction of a high-speed tram began, with the possibility of converting the tunnels into a metro system in the future.
By the end of 1978, approximately 4 kilometres of tunnels had been built. However, in 1981, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Council of Ministers of the USSR issued a decree on the construction of a metro in Yerevan, which spurred widespread planning and construction of the underground transport artery as a metro[citation needed]. Its launch was planned for November 7, 1980, but only a test train, carrying representatives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Armenian SSR, ran on that day. The State Commission signed the commissioning certificate for the launch complex on February 24, 1981 (the opening day of the 26th Congress of the CPSU), and the metro's official opening took place on March 7, 1981.
The 7.6-kilometre-long (of which 1.9 kilometres was above-ground) launch section of the first phase included four stations: Barekamutyun (Friendship), Saralanj (now Marshal Bagramyan), Yeritasardakan (Youth), and David of Sasun. With a delay of several months, in December of the same year, the intermediate station “Lenin Square” (now “Republic Square”) was opened.
Recent media