The Nizhniy Novgorod region

All kinds of the city transport are available.

Taxi Tel. 008.

Underground. The first stations were opened in 1985. At present there are two lines (Avtozavodskaya and Sormovskaya) with 13 stations. The length of all lines is about 15km. The trains begin running at 6a.m and finish at 12p.m. Intervals at rush hours last 4 min. What is particular about Nizhny Novgorod underground is that you don’t have to go from one train to another if you want to change the lines; you’d better wait at the station “Mosckovskaya”. At this station the trains change the direction of their movement and pass to another line.

Nizhny Novgorod underground is beautiful enough. The underground lines were laid not in the historical centre of the citz but were directed from the railway station to the industrial districts.

Trams

The first tram appeared in 1896 and is still popular with the people. All in all there 22 tram routes, you can use three of them if you want to get acquainted with the city. The most important tram trips begin at 5.30a.m.and finish at 11p.m. You pay your fare inside from a conductor.

Trolleybuses

The first trolleybuses appeared in Nizhny in 1947. Now they have 210 routes. They start running at 6a.m., but during the day their time-table is different. Half of them can be used up till 11p.m., the rest of them run only at “rush” hours.

Electric trains

You can travel by them from Mosckovsky railway station to Sormovo or to the outskirts of Avtozavodsky district, from Miza to Zeleniy Gorod (Green Town).