Nizhny Novgorod Metro (before 1992: Gorky Metro) is an underground transport system of Nizhny Novgorod. It is the 3-rd metro system in Russia, the 10-th metro in USSR. In 2012, Nizhny Novgorod Metro system consisted of 14 stations, 18,9 km of tracks and it carried around 130,000 passengers on a week day.
Formed in 1984, the metro staff had their training in a technical college of the city of Gorky. The first train drivers, station managers, electricians gained their experience in Leningrad, Moscow and Kharkiv metro systems.
| Nizhny Novgorod Metro in figures: |
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| Number of lines | 2 |
| Total length, km | 18,8 |
| Number of stations | 14 |
| Number of depots | 3 |
| Daily ridership, mio pax | 0,082 |
| Number of interchange stations | 1 |
| Inventory rolling stock, thous | 0,046 |
| Fulfillment of train schedule, % | 99,94 |
| Minimum headway, sec | 180 |