Yerevan Metro (Կարեն Դեմիրճյանի անվան Երևանի մետրոպոլիտեն)

The Yerevan Metro is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Opened on 7 March 1981, it was the eighth metro system in the former Soviet Union. Owned by the government, it is operated by Karen Demirchyan Yerevan Subway CJSC of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. It is considered to be a single-line system with one-station slough. The metro runs along 13.4 kilometers (8.3 mi) of track, and currently serves ten active stations.

OperatorGovernment of Armenia, Yerevan Municipality
Operation start7 March 1981
Total Lines1 Metro Lines
Total Station10 Active Stations
Metro City/CountryYerevan Armenia
Official Webhttp://www.yermetro.am/

Metro linesStationsTerminal stations
▣ Line 110Barekamutyun ⇄ Charbakh

  • The metro currently operates as a single line, with a separate shuttle service on the Shengavit–Charbakh branch, and covers 13.4 kilometers (8.3 mi).
  • The system employs approximately 1,200 workers. A special feature of the metro is that the digital timers/clocks count down, i.e. they reset to "00:00" when a train departs, and continue counting down until the next train departs.
  • Due to Yerevan's uneven landscape, in some cases the metro runs above ground. Of the ten stations; Seven are underground, one of which is a single-vaulted shallow level, and the rest are pylon deep level stations.
  • Continuing the tradition of all ex-Soviet underground systems, most stations are exquisitely decorated, often mixing Armenian national motifs with late Soviet architecture.
  • The metro has such a high quality of engineering work that it suffered only some minor damage during the 1988 Armenian earthquake and continued operating the day after the earthquake.
  • Instead of tickets, passengers are sold tokens, which are used to operate turnstiles to access station platforms.
  • The orange plastic tokens issued since 2009 depict the metro logo on one side and the city's statue of David of Sassoon on the other.
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