St. Petersburg Launches First Stations of New Metro Line, Enhancing Urban Connectivity

On Friday, the city of St. Petersburg inaugurated two metro stations, marking the beginning of a new metro line.

The Yugo-Zapadnaya and Putilovskaya stations are the first stops on the Krasnoselsk-Kalininskaya Line, which is represented in brown on the city’s metro map. These two stations currently act as the starting and ending points of the line in the southwestern part of St. Petersburg.

«Yugo-Zapadnaya is a long-anticipated station. It caters to a region with nearly 500,000 residents,» stated St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov during the inauguration ceremony. «Linking this area to the city center is vital. Putilovskaya is also an essential station for us.»

Putilovskaya offers a transfer option to the Kirovsky Zavod station on the red line. Construction is already in progress to extend the new line past Putilovskaya, advancing further northeast to connect with Obovody Kanal, another station on the purple line.

Work on the Krasnoselsk-Kalininskaya Line commenced in 2015 and is expected to continue until the end of the decade, with plans to complete the entire line by 2030.

This opening follows the introduction of the Gorny Institut station in December 2024, which was the first new metro station in St. Petersburg since 2019.

Currently, St. Petersburg’s metro system includes six lines and 75 stations. Recent years have seen slow expansion compared to the quick growth of the metro system in Moscow.