What is the deepest metro station in Asia?

What country has the deepest metro station?

The Kyiv metro… Arsenalna station. Deep, man. Really deep. 105.5 meters deep. It’s… unsettling down there. A long ride. I remember the echoing silence.

November 6th, 1960. Soviet times. A different world. Built for a different era. A cold war relic, perhaps. It feels like a time capsule.

The depth is unnerving. It’s not just deep, it’s oppressive. A claustrophobic feeling, even though it’s spacious.

• Cold. Always cold.
• The air… heavy.
• A strange, low hum. Persistent.

That feeling of being far beneath the city… beneath everything. It’s a heavy weight, that depth. More than just feet below ground. It’s a sense of isolation. Of being disconnected.

Kyiv… it’s changed. The station… it hasn’t. Still there. Still deep. Still… haunting, in a way. 2023. And it’s there. A monument. A silent witness. The deepest.

What are the top deepest metro stations?

Arsenalna. Deep. Kyiv.

Admiralteyskaya. Eighty-six meters. St. Petersburg.

Minsk. Ploshchad Lenina. Seventy-four point three. Not shallow.

Politekhnicheskaya. Also St. Petersburg. Seventy-two.

Moscow. Park Pobedy. Seventy. Depth implies something.

• Arsenalna (Kyiv): 105.5 meters. Deepest. Air raid shelter? Probably.
• Admiralteyskaya (St. Petersburg): 86 meters. Consider the engineering.
• Ploshchad Lenina (Minsk): 74.3 meters. Belarus.
• Politekhnicheskaya (St. Petersburg): 72 meters. Another deep one. Why?
• Park Pobedy (Moscow): 70 meters. Victory Park. Ironic. Depth and victory.

My apartment building? Six floors. Nothing special. These stations. Different. Descending. What are we running from?

What is the deepest metro station in Chongqing?

One sixty-one meters down. Hongyancu. Line 9. Chongqing. Earth swallowed whole. A concrete throat. Swallowing light.

Deep. So deep. Imagine the pressure. The weight of the city. Bearing down.

Eight hundred sixty stairs. Upward. A vertical marathon. Lungs burning. Muscles screaming. Exit 4. A gasp of air. Reborn.

Or. Seven elevators. Smooth, silent descent. A different kind of falling. A gentle surrender. Exit 2. Another world.

Hongyancu. A name whispers on the wind. A secret held in the earth. One hundred sixty-one meters down. Chongqing. Line 9. A space between worlds. Down. Down. Down.

860 stairs. Exit 4 to Exit 2. A test of will. A climb to the sky.

7 elevators. Exit 4 to Exit 2. A glide. A whisper of technology.

161 meters. The deepest. In the world. Hongyancu.

• Hongyancu Station: Deepest in the world.
• Chongqing Rail Transit Line 9: Home to Hongyancu.
• 161 meters: The depth.
• Vertical Marathon: 860 stairs.
• Exits 2 & 4: Connected by stairs and elevators.
• 7 Elevators: Alternate route between Exits 2 & 4.

How far down is the deepest metro station?

Deepest? Hampstead. 190 feet. North London. So?

• Hampstead: The borehole’s embrace. Cold, solid earth.
• 190 feet: A meaningless number. Another day, another measurement. Who cares?
• North London: Just a place. Like any other.

The echo there. Metal on metal. People. Going somewhere. For what?

• London Underground: A system. For moving.
• Deepest Station: Useless record. Meaningless, still it exists. Why?
• Why it Matters? It doesn’t. Or does it? Nope.

Deep. Like her eyes. Saw nothing. Gone.

Additional: Deepest is relative. Surface changes.

What is the longest underground metro line in the world?

Shanghai Metro? Nah, it’s big, like a badger’s burrow, but not the longest. 831 km? Cute. Think bigger, like, Texas-sized bigger.

Beijing Subway. Winner, winner, chicken dinner! 815.2 kilometers. That’s like driving from New York City to… well, somewhere pretty darn far. My grandma’s house, maybe?

• Beijing Subway: Longest metro, hands down. Think of it as a concrete conga line, snaking under the city.
• Shanghai Metro: Big, yes. Busy, sure, like a squirrel in traffic. Longest? Nope. More stations though, like a rabbit warren. 508 of ’em. Good luck finding the right one. I once got lost for three days. (Just kidding… two.)
• Ridership: Forget rush hour, it’s rush year. Beijing and Shanghai metros combined? More people than… all the ants on Earth. (Probably.) My math isn’t great, but trust me on this one.

So, Beijing’s the champ. It’s the Usain Bolt of underground transit. Fast, efficient, and long… like my last dentist appointment. Okay, maybe not fast. But definitely long.

Why is the London Tube so deep?

Deep. Cheaper. Less mess. Existing buildings stayed up. Services undisturbed. Tunneling tech improved later. Allowed for deeper digs. Cut & cover, early method. Disruptive. Costly. Now Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs). Big. Efficient.

• Deep-level Tube lines: Reduced disruption to surface infrastructure during construction.
• “Cut and cover” method: Early method. Expensive. Surface disruption. Outdated.
• Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs): Modern. Efficient. Enables deep tunneling. Think “Crossrail,” Elizabeth line. My commute.
• Cost savings: Deep tunneling avoids utility relocation. Building underpinning. Minimizes compensation claims. Less headache for everyone.
• Clay: London clay. Ideal for tunneling. Stable. Waterproof. Like digging through butter. But not butter.
• WWII shelters: Some deep-level stations doubled as shelters. Aldwych. Closed now. Spooky.