Metro is the most popular and userfull kind
of transport in Petersburg.
There are 4 metro lines
covering all the city (see metro
map).
You pay 14.0 roubles (~$0.5) once when
you enter Metro at any station
and can move to anywhere
within Metro lines until you leave Metro
Card prices:
10 passes within 7 days - 115 roubles
20 passes within 15 days - 220 roubles
25 passes within 15 days - 273 roubles
40 passes within 30 days - 432 roubles
an other...
To pay for Metro you have to buy special
Metro Coin or Metro Magnetic Card or Metro (looks like a Credit card)
which you have to put into automatic control pass. Metro Coin gives you
rigth to pass automatic control only once.
Metro Card can
be programmed for 3 to 15 passes through automatic control,
it's price is calculated as 1.5 rouble * number of passes (no
discounts).
