According to АиФ Нижний Новгород, the city is considering a change to its master plan that would place the planned Volga metro station in a new location. The proposal, published for public hearings, would move the station from its current position near house No. 7A on Karl Marx Street in the Meshcherskoye Ozero microdistrict to a transport ring at the intersection of Sergei Akimov and Karl Marx streets.
The source reports that many residents object to the idea, arguing that the new station would be too far from the main cluster of residential buildings. The results of the hearings were published on the city administration's website, according to the same outlet.
Background of the Volga station
The Volga station in Meshcherskoye Ozero was included in a project developed ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. According to АиФ Нижний Новгород, the Main Directorate for Construction of Roads, Bridges and the Metro said in 2023 that construction was not yet planned, although the project existed. The planned master plan changes are intended to update the documents, the source states.
What passengers should know
The article does not say when the station would be built or whether the new location has been approved. For residents of the microdistrict and nearby areas, the key question remains how far the final station site will be from their homes and how they would reach it.
The source also notes that two other new metro stations are currently under construction in Nizhny Novgorod, while the city debates where a third one should be placed. Further decisions on the master plan will determine the final location.