Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 3 /corr. Trend E.Ismaylov /
The Baku Metro commenced work on the building of a new station Mikail Mushfig, a source in the Metro, close to the works, said on Feb. 3."Work on the building began, so, we already began digging out foundation area for this station," the same source said. However, the source did not name the amount of funds allocated for the building of the new station.The initial project of station was prepared already in 1990 and its old name was Inglab. It is planned that the location of the station will be moved to 400- 500 meters.
The new station will be located in the seventh micro-district of Baku and follow the constructed station Azadlyg Avenue, which will be located in the eighth micro-district.Work on the building of Azadlyg Avenue is realized in accordance with the schedule, and it is planned to put into operation in the end of the year, the same source said.
Baku Subway has been operating since 1967 - from the station Ichari Shahar to Nariman Narimanov. Seven stations (Ichari Shahar, Sahil, 28 May, Jafar Jabbarli, Khatai, Nizami and Elmlar Academiya) sunk to a great dept, Bakmil- overland station and the rest - tower and small dept (totally there are 21 stations).
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