The head of Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee said the blast hit the train between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations.The committee said an explosive device was later found and made safe at another station, Ploshchad Vosstaniya.
President Vladimir Putin said all causes, including terrorism, were being investigated.
Initial reports suggested there had been two explosions, one at Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations.
A spokesman for St Petersburg's governor said at least 10 people had been killed and 50 injured. But minutes later, Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee said the death toll was nine, with 20 hurt.
Andrei Przhezdomsky, the head of the committee, said the explosion at 14:40 local time (12:40 BST) was caused by "an unidentified explosive device" but that the exact cause had yet to be determined.
President Putin was in St Petersburg earlier on Monday but is now outside the city, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said."I have already spoken to the head of our special services, they are working to ascertain the cause," he said, at a meeting with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.
The entire St Petersburg underground network has now been shut down, and Moscow metro officials said they were introducing extra security measures as a result.
St Petersburg's metro system is the 19th busiest in the world, with more than two million passengers every day. It has not suffered attacks before.
However, several transport hubs in Russia have been attacked. In 2010 at least 38 people died in a double suicide bombing on the Moscow metro.
In 2009, a bomb exploded on a high speed train traveling between Moscow and St Petersburg, killing 27 and injuring another 130.
Both attacks were claimed by Islamist groups.
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St Petersburg metro explosion kills several
In reply to djdrastic
seeing Russia dropping bombs indiscriminately in Syria, plus the AFgan war and the Ukraine and Crimea, you think they will be sad for Russia...
I am not saying it's right, just normal human behaviour
In reply to djdrastic
Fcukers.
In reply to SnoopDog
how you know Putin didn't do this himself to get some mileage from all the negative stuff about him lately
In reply to ray
No Bro. It's not normal behiavour. It's not normal behiavour when these same fcukers cheer and smile when Sunnis blow up a Shiite funeral procession or visa versa.
If they, as supposedly moderate peaceful Muslims, see kinship with the actions of the fcuking Islamist terrorists then that says a lot about supposedly moderate peaceful Muslims.
In reply to ray
Because it just can't be the actions of radical Islamists terrorist right?
In reply to SnoopDog
how do you know who is doing all the smileys etc?
In reply to SnoopDog
You don't know who did it....I would not put it past Putin
Your guess is as good as mine
In reply to ray
Oh yes, because it just can't be the actions of these peaceful Islamists terrorists.
In reply to ray
They've done the exact same thing in 2009 and 2010 as stated in the article.
What do you think the odds are that Islamic terrorists did it again ?
Must be those cold hearted mudering Amish this time ?
In reply to djdrastic
Most likely it's a terrorist act....you folks are easy prey to rheotoric
In reply to djdrastic
It's probably the Falun Gong.
They have stated as their mandate and goal to conduct holy war against the infidels of the West and restore all of Asia to a glorious Taoist theocracy centered upon the teachings of Confucius.
In reply to ray
Maybe if one of his political opponents were present or calculated to be present at the time.
In reply to SnoopDog
so, what's the reason for terrorrism against Muslims in the Middle East by ISIS etc? Are they trying to convert them as well?
In reply to djdrastic
If you bomb sunni Muslims expect them to attack you back.
Cockroach don't business in a fowl fight.
The same comments pertain to terrorist attacks in the US and the UK...you reap what you sow.
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