Future
Since its opening in 2005, the Kazan Metro immediately cut travel time for affected commuters by over an hour. Nonetheless, there have been several problems with the system, including tunnel flooding and financial setbacks. Moreover, a partnership with Samara Metro for construction has put KazMetroStroy, the daughter company that manages construction, in debt, and in payment of this debt one of the tunnel boring shields and its brigade is currently stationed in Samara to help complete a stretch there.
In Kazan itself, two extensions are being actively built. The southeastern one—Prospekt Pobedy—was finished in August 2008, and the first station north of the Kazanka River—Zarechye— is due to be completed in late 2009. The real hope is that by 2010 the line will reach the Transit Rail Terminal allowing the Metro to fully become the transport artery of the system. In the more distant future, based on the current growth of the city, there are plans that by the 2030s the system will have up to five lines including a ring one based on the existing "electrichka" railway line.
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