Lines
| Livery and # |
Name | Name in Cyrillic script |
Date of first station opening |
Most recent station opening |
Length (km) |
Number of stations |
Ride time (end stn. to end stn.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1 (Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya) |
Линия 1 (Кировско-Выборгская) |
15 November 1955 | 29 December 1978 | 29.6 | 19 | 47 minutes | |
| Line 2 (Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya) |
Линия 2 (Московско-Петроградская) |
29 April 1961 | 22 December 2006 | 30.1 | 18 | 47 minutes | |
| Line 3 (Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya) |
Линия 3 (Невско-Василеостровская) |
20 December 1967 | 29 December 1984 | 24.3 | 10 | 32 minutes | |
| Line 4 (Pravoberezhnaya) |
Линия 4 (Правобережная) |
30 December 1985 | 7 March 2009 | 11.1 | 8 | 19 minutes | |
| Line 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) |
Линия 5 (Фрунзенско-Приморская) |
20 December 2008 | 28 December 2011 | 16.8 | 10 | 26 minutes | |
| Total: | 110 | 65 | |||||
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