Getting there
The single line runs along the centre and heads west under Abay Avenue.
One line, eleven stations and twenty-three years of waiting.
The first bucket of earth was dug on 7 September 1988. Then the Soviet Union collapsed, and the first seven stations did not open until 1 December 2011.
Eleven stations now operate, from Raiymbek Batyr to Bauyrzhan Momyshuly. The next one, Kalkaman, is scheduled for December 2026.
The stations differ: Baikonur has blue walls and red light under the vault. The deepest is Abay: 78 metres is the figure most often cited, though other numbers appear in the sources.
- Opened
- 1 December 2011
- Stations
- 11
- Length
- about 14 km
- Deepest
- Abay, up to 78 m
