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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
In Nizhny Novgorod, a tunnel boring machine has started working in the second tunnel for the construction of the Avtozavodskaya metro line
In Nizhny Novgorod, a tunnel boring machine has started working in the second tunnel for the construction of the Avtozavodskaya metro line on the section from the Sennaya station to the Ploshchad Svobody station. This was reported by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.
“The metro is one of the most convenient and reliable types of public transport for large modern cities. The metro not only relieves the streets of traffic jams, but also radically changes the quality of the urban environment – it makes travel fast and comfortable for millions of people, stimulates the development of new districts, and increases the investment attractiveness of territories. In Russia, the metro is developing in different regions. For example, in Nizhny Novgorod, two new stations are being built using infrastructure budget loans to extend the Avtozavodskaya metro line. It is predicted that they will be used by about 12.5 million people per year. Metro builders have already completed the right tunnel from the Sennaya station to the Ploshchad Svobody station and have begun the left one. It is extremely important now not to slow down and complete this significant transport project for residents and visitors of the city,” said Marat Khusnullin.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that at Freedom Square the exits from the vestibules will be located near the opera house and the park where the monument to the heroes and victims of the 1905 revolution is located. The exits from the metro at Sennaya are planned near the cable car, onto Sechenov, Bolshaya Pecherskaya, Rodionov streets and to the G.I. Petrovsky Plant.
Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor Gleb Nikitin noted that the metro builders have currently picked up the required pace of mining operations. “Over the past month, we have completed a large range of works – from dismantling equipment from the finished right tunnel to fully assembling the shield at Sennaya for the new tunnel. Extending the metro to the historical part of Nizhny Novgorod is a strategic step in terms of improving the transport infrastructure of the million-plus city. An infrastructure cluster with a transport hub will be created at Sennaya Square. The current temporary inconveniences will ensure comfort for residents and visitors of the city in the future and for a long time,” said Gleb Nikitin.
“The start of the second tunnel boring in the Nizhny Novgorod metro is a landmark event for the development of the region’s transport infrastructure. This confirms the effectiveness of the chosen strategy for the development of urban infrastructure. The Government of the Russian Federation pays special attention to the modernization of the regional transport system, and infrastructure budget loans have become the very unique instrument that allows for the implementation of such large-scale projects as the construction of the metro. It is important to note that this is not an isolated case. IBCs are successfully used for the construction of the metro in other regions, providing a modern transport system,” said First Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities Alexander Lomakin.
The first transfer tunnel was completed in February of this year. The 80-meter tunnel boring machine was dismantled in the dismantling chamber and transported back to the starting pit at Sennaya. At a depth of 13 to 25 m, 1,500 m must be passed, laying 1,072 rings of high-precision lining, in difficult soil conditions.
The work is being carried out by the Mosproekt-3 group of companies. Until the completion of the work, tunneling will be carried out according to schedule around the clock.
In addition to the Avtozavodskaya line in Nizhny Novgorod, a project to extend the Sormovsko-Meshcherskaya metro line – the construction of a new station “Sormovskaya” – is also being implemented under the IBC program, operated by the Territorial Development Fund.
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