Kazakhstan, Almaty, February 11/ corr. Trend R. Mashadihasanly / Discovery Almaty subway townspeople waiting since 1996.
According to Korotkova, it has already passed the connection tunnel to the secondary station Zhibek Zholy. Now the builders reinforce the tunnel walls. Today on the subway construction work about five thousand people.
The total length of the line will be 45 km, the average distance between stations - 1,27 km. The first phase includes construction of seven plants - "Райымбек (Райымбека - Furmanov)," Zhibek Zholy (Gogolya - Panfilova), "Almali (Furmanov - Kabanbay Batyr)," Abai "(Abaya - Tulebaev) Baikonur (Abaya - Baitursynova) Alatau (Abaya - Bayzakova).
"We developed two way: along the avenue Suyunbaya and Seifullin. The latter is considered one of the most congested streets in the city. The second line should connect neighborhood "Duman" in orbit "- noted the head of the department.
After running underground, Almaty subway will be the second in Central Asia (after the Tashkent) and 17 th in the CIS.