1935
2005
Miles of track
7
151
Stations
13
168
Escalators
15
508
Daily passengers
177,000
8,700,000
Annual passengers
110,000,000
3,183,000,000
Wagons
58
4,060
Average operating speed (mph)
17
25
• The lowest fare in 1935 was 30 kopeks (it dropped from 50 when the metro opened).
• The fare in 2005 is 13 rubles. The highest fare ever was 2,000 rubles in 1997.
• The metro has one mile of escalator shaft for every mile of subway route.
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