Plans
The Metro has a very large expansion plan for the next half century. The Pravoberezhnaya Line was split in early 2009, and the new fifth line (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) took the northern (Primorsky) radius away from Pravoberezhnaya and opened with a new section (Frunzensky) to the south. The Pravoberezhnaya line will extend to the west, and then north to Kamenka. The two stations, Bukharestskaya and Mezhdunarodnaya of the Frunzensko-Primorskaya line, are due to open in the end of 2012. These will be followed by another four heading southward - Prospekt Slavy, Dunayskaya, Balkanskaya and Yuzhnaya. These should be open by 2015.
The official website of the Saint Petersburg metro claims the opening of 41 new stations, 6 new depots and 71 km of new lines by 2020.
At the same time, there are several short and mid-term projects on station upgrades, including escalator replacements and lighting upgrades.
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