St. Petersburg officials set deadlines for new metro stations
At a press conference, Vice Governor Nikolai Linchenko announced progress in metro construction and outlined plans to open ten new stations by 2030.
Jan 22, 2026 0
On 20 January at a TASS press conference, St. Petersburg Vice Governor Nikolai Linchenko stated that the tunneling shield «Nadezhda» has already covered 80% of the route on the section of the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line from Begovaya station to Kamenska station.
The official confirmed that the work is proceeding according to schedule. The city administration is implementing a plan to put ten new stations into operation by 2030.
Three of them are already open:
- Gorny Institut
- Putilovskaya
- Yugo-Zapadnaya
The following seven stations are under construction:
- Teatralnaya with an exit
- Bronovaya
- Zastavskaya
- Bogatyrskaya
- Kamenska
- Borovaya
- Karetnaya
The extension of the brown metro line from Putilovskaya to Karetnaya is planned to be fully completed by 2030.
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