Nizhny Novgorod Considers Metro Expansion to Verkhniye Pechory and Ankudinovka

In Nizhny Novgorod, discussions have resumed about building a metro line to the Verkhniye Pechory microdistrict. Why has this topic returned and what is known about plans for developing underground transport in the city—find out in our material.

Plans to extend the metro branch to the Sovetsky District were discussed again in December last year: the company «Eney» refused to provide a land plot on General Ivliev Street, as it might fall into the zone of underground construction in the future.

This week, the Ministry of Urban Development (Mingrad), commenting on the topic, reported that the current general plan of Nizhny Novgorod provides for the construction of a metro line through Osharskaya and Vaneeva streets, the Verkhniye Pechory microdistrict, to Ankudinovka Park. It has been included for over 15 years (the last city general plan was adopted in 2010).

to the «Korabli» residential complex in the Sormovsky District;

along Gagarin Avenue to the Novinki settlement;

to the «Ankudinovka Park» residential complex via Verkhniye Pechory.

The current general plan is valid until 2030. By that time, Mingrad must develop a new one. Whether the previously planned metro stations will remain in it is a question.

Thus, in 2023, Governor Gleb Nikitin stated that the most effective solution for transport connection with Shcherbinki and Novinki is a tram. Last autumn, Mingrad issued a permit for planning the territory for a new tram line.