It comprises 11 stations and 15.1 km (9.4 mi) of track and is thus about four times as long as the Line 2 (M2).

Two workers from the student brigade, who helped with the construction of the metro, died.

There is a legend that the ghosts of dead students are still walking through tunnels and metro stations.

[1] November 20, 1985, the grand opening of the Line 1 of the Gorky Metro was held.

The launch complex of the first section included a 7.8 km long line with six stations: Moskovskaya, Chkalovskaya, Leninskaya, Zarechnaya, Dvigatel Revolyutsii and Proletarskaya; Depot and engineering building.