Almaty subway carried 7 million people in 2012

Almaty subway carried 7 million people in 2012, press-secretary of Almaty Metropolitan Aidar Kyrykbayev told Tengrinews.kz."We did not expect such a flow. In the coldest days (from December 1 to 20) the number of passengers increased 90-100 percent (almost doubling). During these days 25-35 thousand people a day used the subway. We can say that the whole city was using the subway," Kyrykbayev noted.He added that on December 31 on the New Year eve the subway had a regular schedule. That day it was used by 19 thousand people. No changes in the schedule are expected for the Orthodox Christmas On January 7 or any other holidays.Almaty subway was launched a little over a year ago on December 1, 2011.