Buzuluk,Baki
and Aktobe. It is planned to build new stations in the East, West and
North districts instead of Central for relieving city centre.
Highways
There
are federal highway connections to Moscow and Ufa (E-22), Orenburg
(R-239), Ul'yanovsk (R-241) and Igra (R-242). There are also R-175
federal highway and �Northern Europe � Western China� (in construction)
route near the city.
There are five bridges across the Kazanka
(Qazansu) river in the city, and one bridge connecting Kazan with the
opposite bank of the Volga.
Public transit
* A
single-line Kazan Metro, the north-southeast Central Line, opened on 27
August 2005. The Kazan Metro has seven stations, but there are plans to
extend the line in both directions and is due to cross the Kazanka river
with the stations "Dekabristov", "Moskovskaya", "Aviastroitel`naya" in
2012. Single trip costs 15 rub.
* The Kazan tram system was
founded in 1899. 8 routes use 187 km (116.20 mi) of lines and 197
tramcars. Single trip costs 10-12 rub. Rolling stock: LM-99, 71-608,
71-605.
* The Kazan trolleybus (electric bus) system was founded
in 1948. 355 km (220.59 mi) of lines are used for 14 routes. Single trip
costs 15 rub. Vehicles: ZIU-682, Trolza-5275-05 "Optima",
VMZ-5298.01-50 "Avangard".
* The Kazan bus system was totally
renovated in 2007. 91 routes have an aggregate length of 1981 km. All
1444 buses are colored red. Single trip costs 18 rub. Unlike in most
Western cities, public bus routes are not municipal, operated by private
companies and therefore are very efficient. Most of buses are imported,
produced by "Golden Dragon", "Higer", "NefAZ", "MAZ", "Yutong",
"Hyundai", "Bogdan"
* Travel cards that work within the
metropolitan area reduce travel to 8 rub on trolley buses and buses, and
offer considerable
