page_title: Yerevan Metro
section_title: Name changes
hierarchical_section_title: Yerevan Metro / History / Name changes
caption_attribution_description: English: New carriage Yerevan Metro
context_page_description: The Karen Demirchyan Yerevan Subway, colloquially known as the Yerevan Metro, is a rapid transit system that serves the capital of Armenia, Yerevan. Owned by the government, it is operated by the Karen Demirchyan Yerevan Subway CJSC of the Ministry of Transport and Communication of Armenia.
  The system was launched in 1981 and, unlike most former Soviet rapid transit systems, its stations are not very deep, there are two stations above ground, one shallow and the rest are considered deep underground, however, the depth of those stations is not great only three stations are greater than 30 meters, Marshal Baghramyan, Barekamutyun and Yeritasardakan. Stations are intricately decorated with national motifs. The metro runs on a 13.4 kilometres line and currently serves 10 active stations.
context_section_description: Following the dissolution of USSR and the independence of Armenia, three stations saw their names changed in 1992. A fourth station had been renamed ten years before, to honour Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan, a Soviet military commander of Armenian origin, after his death.
caption: Yerevan Metro train
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