Alma Ata
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Alma Ata
metro under eternal construction, planned monorail
 
Work on the Almaty metro ceased in 2000, when the workers went on strike because they had not been paid. At that point, 7.5 km had been completed. Previously, in 1993, a newspaper was sued for libel and subsequently went out of business because of it's accusations that the municipal agency charged with subway construction was in league with criminal elements, or the feared Kazakh Mafia. Another difficulty has been rising costs due to unexpected geological difficulties in this earthquake friendly metropolis.

This recent map indicates that part of the metro will be built above ground (the blue line) along an existing railroad right of way.

In June, 2004, no further work was completed. However, a contract for a 50 km monorail line was signed between Severn-Lamb and the Kazakh municipality.

Station drawings
2003 article claiming 8.5 km of excavation
Map
Recent articles (1, 2) in Russian



Almaty's streetcar system opened in 1937. Upon metro construction, 8 of Almaty's 10 lines were terminated. Today, two remain. They total 23 km.

Almaty tramway fan site
Monorail pie in the sky proposal
Photos