Moscow Metro
Locale	City of Moscow, Russia
Transit type	Rapid transit
Began operation	1935
System length	282.4 km (175.5 mi)
No. of lines	12
No. of stations	173
Daily ridership	6.8 million
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft  117⁄8 in)
Operator	Moskovsky Metropoliten

Moscow Metro (Russian: Московский метрополитен), which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is one of the world's most heavily used metro systems. It is well known for the ornate design of many of its stations, which contain beautiful examples of socialist realist art. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 465 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (926 × 1193 pixel, file size: 228 KB, MIME type: image/png) Present official map of Moscow Metro (Rapid Transit Systems of Moscow). ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... “Mass Transit” redirects here. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Look up million in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The dominant rail gauge in each country shown Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... The following is a list of the 10 rail systems, underground subways, and metros in the world that receive the most passengers per year: 1. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area — with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... Exterior open entrance to a metro station (Tribunal station in Madrid) A metro station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as metro and subway. It is often underground or elevated. ... Roses for Stalin, Boris Vladimirski, 1949 For other meanings of the term realism, see realism (disambiguation). ...

Description of the Metro

Kiyevskaya station

In total, the Moscow Metro has 282.5 km of route length, 12 lines and 173 stations; on a normal weekday it carries over 7 million passengers. Passenger traffic is considerably lower on weekends bringing the average daily passenger traffic during the year to 6.8 million passengers per day. The Moscow Metro is a state-owned enterprise. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,592 × 1,944 pixels, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,592 × 1,944 pixels, file size: 2. ... edit Kievskaya (Киевская), named for the nearby Kiev railway terminal, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is an enterprise, often a corporation, owned by a government. ...

Each line is identified by an alphanumeric index (usually consisting of just a number), a name, and a colour. The voice announcements refer to lines by name, while in colloquial usage they are mostly referred to by colour, except the Lyublinskaya Line (number 10) and the Kakhovskaya Line (number 11) which have been assigned shades of green similar to that of the Zamoskvoretskaya Line (number 2). Most lines run radially through the city, except the Koltsevaya Line (number 5), which is a 20-km-long ring connecting all the radial lines and a few smaller lines outside. On all lines, travellers can determine the direction of the train by the gender of the announcer: on the ring line, a male voice indicates clockwise travel, and a female voice counter-clockwise. On the radial lines, travellers heading toward the centre of Moscow will hear male-voiced announcements, and travellers heading away will hear female-voiced announcements (a good mnemonic rule here is: ‘your boss calls you to work; your wife calls you home’). In addition, there is an abundance of signs showing all the stations that can be reached in a given direction. The Lyublinskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Kakhovskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Zamoskvoretskaya Line (Trans-Moskva River Line) is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit The Koltsevaya Line (Russian: ), also known as the Ring Line, is a line of the Moscow Metro. ...

The system was built almost entirely underground, although some lines (numbers 1, 2 and 4) cross the Moskva river, while line number 1 also crosses the Yauza River by bridge. Other exceptions include the Filyovskaya Line, which has a long surface section (seven stations) between Kievskaya and Molodyozhnaya stations, and the Butovskaya Light Metro Line (L1) with 4 elevated stations. Two more stations exist on surface level on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line and on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line Moskva River near the Moscow Kremlin in 19th century. ... Yauza River is a confluent of the Moskva River, the second in size river in Moscow (after the Moskva River). ... The Filyovskaya Line is one of the twelve lines of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Kievskaya (Киевская) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro (though it was originally part of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line). ... edit Molodyozhnaya (Молодежная) is a Moscow Metro station, located on the Filyovskaya Line. ... The Butovskaya Light Metro Line is a Light Metro line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line is one of the twelve lines of the Moscow Metro. ... The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (formerly Zhdanovsko-Krasnopresnenskaya) is a line of the Moscow Metro. ...

The Moscow Metro is open from about 5:30 until 1:00 (the opening time may vary at different stations according to first train schedule but all stations close for entrance simultaneously at 1:00). During peak hours, trains run roughly every 90 seconds on most lines. At other times during the day, they run about every two to three and a half minutes, and every six to ten minutes late at night. As trains are so frequent, there is no timetable available to passengers.

The lines of the Moscow Metro

The colours in the table correspond to the colours of the lines in the map above.

Metro lines

The Sokolnicheskaya Line (Russian: ), formerly Kiroskvo-Frunzenskaya, was the first line of the Moscow Metro, dating back to 1935. ... The Zamoskvoretskaya Line (Trans-Moskva River Line) is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line is one of the twelve lines of the Moscow Metro. ... The Filyovskaya Line is one of the twelve lines of the Moscow Metro. ... edit The Koltsevaya Line (Russian: ), also known as the Ring Line, is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaja Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (formerly Zhdanovsko-Krasnopresnenskaya) is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Kalininskaya is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Lyublinskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Kakhovskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Butovskaya Light Metro Line is a Light Metro line of the Moscow Metro. ...

Notes

¹ – Four central stations of Filyovskaya Line – Komintern, Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya and Kievskaya – were originally opened in 1935/37, when they were a branch of Sokolnicheskaya Line. Between 1938 and 1953, they were part of Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line. The stations were closed between 1953 and 1958 and then reopened as part of the (new) Filyovskaya Line. Alexandrovsky Sad Alexandrovsky Sad (Russian: ) is a Moscow Metro station on the Filyovskaya Line. ... For other uses, see Arbatsky. ... edit Smolenskaya (Смоленская) is a station on the Moscow Metros Filyovskaya Line. ... edit Kievskaya (Киевская) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro (though it was originally part of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line). ...

² – All 3 stations of the Kakhovskaya Line were built in 1969; initially, they were an integral part of the Zamoskovoretskaya Line until 1983, becoming a branch of it until 1995. In 1995, they were split off from the Zamoskovoretskaya Line and used to form the Kakhovskaya Line.

* – L in L1 does not stand for Light Rail but, somewhat confusingly, for "Light Metro" — lines that are built mainly above-ground. These lines, as a result, do not need expensive tunnelling and are supposed to be financially "light". However, "light" and "normal" metro lines use interoperable rolling stock. See Butovskaya Light Metro Line for further explanation. This article is about light rail systems in general. ... The Butovskaya Light Metro Line is a Light Metro line of the Moscow Metro. ...

The 4.7 km, 6 station monorail line between Timiryazevskaya and VDNKh is currently in "excursion mode": trains leave once every 20 minutes, tickets cost about four times more than usual (50 rubles - about $1.70), and the hours of operation are 8:00-20:05. It is not yet known when (or whether) it will become fully operational. Moscow monorail. ... Timiryazevskaya (Russian: ) is a station on Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... VDNKh (Russian: ВДНХ) is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, named for the nearby All-Russia Exhibition Centre. ...

Ticketing

Tickets are available for a fixed number of journeys, irrespective of the distance of travel and the number of lines changed. Monthly and yearly tickets are also available. Once a passenger has entered the Metro system, there are no further ticket checks - one can ride any number of stations and make transfers freely. Fare enforcement takes place entirely at the points of entry.

The Moscow Metro uses magnetic cards (contact cards) for tickets with a fixed number of journeys (up to 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 60 and 70 journeys for 30 days from the day of the first journey). Currently (Oct, 2007) the cost of 1 ride is 17 roubles (68 US cents), starting with 5 ride cards there are small discounts. Magnetic cards were introduced in 1993 as a test and were used as unlimited tickets between 1996 and 1998. The sale of magnetic cards will stop in 2008. In January 2007, Moscow Metropolitan began replacing magnetic cards with fixed number of journeys by contactless cards. Since January 20, 2007 contactless cards are available for 10, 20 and 60 journeys versions. Smartcards are being used in Moscow Metro since 1998 and are called Transport Cards. Transport Cards was available as 'unlimited' and 'social' tickets. The unlimited card can be programmed for 30, 90, and 365 days. The social cards are free for elderly people (who are officially registered as residents of Moscow city or Moscow area) and some privileged categories of citizens; they are available to school pupils and students at a heavily reduced price. Transport Cards were introduced in 1998 along with a new type of magnetic card. The Moscow Metro became the first metro system in Europe to fully implement smartcards on September 1, 1998. The sale of tokens ended on 1 January 1999 and they stopped being accepted in February 1999. Smart card used for health insurance in France. ... is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... A smartcard or smart card is a tiny secure cryptoprocessor embedded within a credit card-sized or smaller (like the GSM SIM) card. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

History

Main article: History of the Moscow Metro

Mayakovskaya Station

The Moscow Metro was initially built under the 1930s Moscow general plan designed by Lazar Kaganovich and was initially named after him ("Metropoliten im. L.M. Kaganovicha"). ^[1] An early design for a rapid Transit in Moscow The first plans for a Rapid Transit System in Moscow were formed back in the times of the Russian Empire when the Tsarist administration thought to create a fast rail service that would serve the second capital. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 538 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,810 × 1,890 pixels, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 538 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,810 × 1,890 pixels, file size: 3. ... edit Mayakovskaya vestibule Mayakovskaya Russian: , a Metro on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line, is one of the worlds best-known and most-photographed subway stations and a symbol of the Metro system. ... Lazar Kaganovich Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich (Russian: ) (November 22, 1893–July 25, 1991) was a Soviet politician and administrator and a close associate of Joseph Stalin. ...

First stage

The first line opened on May 15, 1935 between Sokolniki and Park Kultury with a branch to Smolenskaya which reached Kievskaya in April 1937 (crossing the Moskva river by bridge). The construction of the first stations was based on other underground systems, and only a few original designs were allowed: (Krasniye Vorota, Okhotniy Ryad and Kropotkinskaya). Kievskaya station was the first to use national motifs. is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Sokolniki in 1935 Sokolniki (Russian: ) is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Image:Park Kultury Radialnaya Moscow 1964. ... edit Smolenskaya (Смоленская) is a station on the Moscow Metros Filyovskaya Line. ... edit Kievskaya (Киевская) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro (though it was originally part of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line). ... Moskva River near the Moscow Kremlin in 19th century. ... Panorama of Moscow, Borodinsky Bridge near right, Smolensky Metro Bridge far right Smolensky Metro Bridge (Russian: , Metromost) is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River in Dorogomilovo District of Moscow, Russia. ... edit Krasniye Vorota (Russian: ) (literally Red Gates, named after the square where the famous landmark Red Gates once stood) is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Okhotniy Ryad, 1945. ... edit Kropotkinskaya station, 1950s. ...

Soldiers helping with construction of the Metro

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Second stage

The second stage was completed before the war. In March 1938 the Arbatskaya branch was split in two and extended to Kurskaya station (now the dark-blue Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line). In September 1938 the Gorkovskaya Line opened between Sokol and Teatralnaya. Here the architecture was based on the most popular of the stations already in existence (Krasniye Vorota, Okhotnyi Ryad and Kropotkinskaya) and the compositions followed the popular art deco style, though merging it with socialist visions. The first deep level Column station Mayakovskaya was built at the same time. Combatants Soviet Union,[1] Poland, Tannu Tuva (until 1944 incorporation with USSR), Mongolia Germany,[2] Italy (to 1943), Romania (to 1944), Finland (to 1944), Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Spain (to 1943, unofficial) Commanders Joseph Stalin, Aleksei Antonov, Ivan Konev, Rodion Malinovsky, Ivan Bagramyan, Kirill Meretskov, Ivan Petrov, Alexander Rodimtsev, Konstantin Rokossovsky... edit Kurskaya (Russian: ), also known as Kurskaya-Radialnaya, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line is one of the twelve lines of the Moscow Metro. ... The Zamoskvoretskaya Line (Trans-Moskva River Line) is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... Sokol (Сокол), Falcon, is the name of a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. ... edit Teatralnaya (Russian: ) is a station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, named for the nearby Teatralnaya Square, the location of the Bolshoi Theatre. ... For other uses, see Mayakovsky. ...

Third stage

Building work on the third stage was delayed but not interrupted during the World War II, and two Metro sections were put into service: Teatralnaya - Avtozavodskaya (3 stations, crossing the Moskva river in a deep tunnel) and Kurskaya - Partizanskaya (4 stations) were inaugurated in 1943 and 1944 respectively. War motifs replaced socialist visions in the architectural design of the stations. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... edit Teatralnaya (Russian: ) is a station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, named for the nearby Teatralnaya Square, the location of the Bolshoi Theatre. ... Avtozavodskaya in the 1950s. ... edit Kurskaya (Russian: ), also known as Kurskaya-Radialnaya, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Partizanskaya (Партизанская), known until 2005 as Izmaylovsky Park, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ...

During the Siege of Moscow, in the autumn and winter of 1941, metro stations were used as air-raid shelters and the Council of Ministers moved its offices to the platforms of Mayakovskaya, where Stalin made public speeches on several occasions. Chistiye Prudy station was also walled off and the headquarters of the Air Defence installed there. The Battle of Moscow refers to the defense of the Soviet capital of Moscow and the subsequent counter-offensive against the German army, between October 1941 and January 1942 on the Eastern Front of World War II. // The German invasion On 22 June 1941 Germany and its Axis allies invaded... The Council of the European Union forms, along with the European Parliament, the legislative arm of the European Union (EU). ... edit Mayakovskaya vestibule Mayakovskaya Russian: , a Metro on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line, is one of the worlds best-known and most-photographed subway stations and a symbol of the Metro system. ... edit Chistiye Prudy (Russian: ), or Clean Ponds, is a Moscow Metro station, located on the Sokolnicheskaya Line. ...

Fourth stage

The majestic Komsomolskaya-Koltsevaya station

After the war, construction started on the fourth stage of the Metro, which included the Koltsevaya Line and a deep part of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line from Ploshchad Revolyutsii to Kievskaya, and a surface extension to Pervomaiskaya in the early 1950s. The exquisite decoration and design of so much of the Moscow Metro is considered to have reached its peak in these stations. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,592 × 1,944 pixels, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,592 × 1,944 pixels, file size: 2. ... edit Komsomolskaya (Russian: ) is a station on the Koltsevaya Line of the Moscow Metro, arguably the most opulent in a system known for its palatial stations. ... edit The Koltsevaya Line (Russian: ), also known as the Ring Line, is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Площадь Революции) is one of the most famous stations of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Kievskaya (Киевская), named for the nearby Kiev railway terminal, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... 1950s view edit Pervomaiskaya (Russian: ) was a temporary station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro which was in use between 1954 and 1961. ...

The Koltsevaya Line was planned first as a line running under the Sadovoye Koltso (Garden Ring), a wide avenue encircling the borders of Moscow's city centre. The first part of the line - from Park Kultury to Kurskaya (1950) - follows this avenue. But later plans were changed and the northern part of the ring line deviates 1-1.5 km outside the Sadovoye Koltso, thus providing service for 7 (out of 9) rail terminals. The next part of the Koltsevaya line opened in 1952 (Kurskaya - Belorusskaya) and in 1954 the ring line was completed. edit The Koltsevaya Line (Russian: ), also known as the Ring Line, is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Garden Ring, also known as the B Ring (Russian: Садовое кольцо, кольцо Б) is a circular avenue in the centre of Moscow, Russia. ... edit Park Kultury (Russian: ) is a station on the Koltsevaya (Circle) Line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Kurskaya (Russian: ) is a Moscow Metro station, located on the Koltsevaya (Circle) Line. ... New vestibule Belorusskaya (Russian: ) is a station on the Moscow Metros Koltsevaya Line. ...

There is an interesting urban legend about the origin of the ring line. A group of engineers approached Stalin with plans for the Metro, to inform him of current progress and of what was being done at that moment. As he looked at the drawings, Stalin poured himself some coffee and spilt a small amount over the edge of the cup. When he was asked whether or not he liked the project so far, he put his cup down on the centre of the Metro blueprints and left in silence. The bottom of the cup left a brown circle on the drawings. The planners looked at it and realized that it was exactly what they had been missing. Taking it as a sign of Stalin's genius, they gave orders for the building of the ring line, which on the plans was always printed in brown. This legend, of course, may be attributed to Stalin's cult of personality. An urban legend or urban myth is similar to a modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Georgian: , Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili; Russian: , Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Unions Central Committee from... A cult of personality or personality cult arises when a countrys leader uses mass media to create a larger-than-life public image through unquestioning flattery and praise. ...

Arbatskaya station

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During the Cold War

The beginning of the Cold War led to the construction of a deep part of the Arbatskiy line. The stations on this line are very deep and were planned as shelters in the event of nuclear war. After finishing the line in 1953, the upper tracks between Ploshchad Revolyutsii' and Kievskaya were closed and later reopened in 1958 as a part of the Filyovskaya Line. In the further development of the Metro, the term "stages" was not used any more, although sometimes the stations opened in 1957–1959 are referred to as the "fifth stage". For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... edit Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Площадь Революции) is one of the most famous stations of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Kievskaya (Киевская) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro (though it was originally part of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line). ... The Filyovskaya Line is one of the twelve lines of the Moscow Metro. ...

During the late 1950s, the architectural extravagance of new metro stations was significantly toned down, and decorations at some stations, like VDNKh and Alexeyevskaya, were greatly simplified compared with original plans. This was done on the orders of Nikita Khrushchev, who favoured a more spartan decoration scheme. A typical layout (which quickly became known as "Sorokonozhka" - "Centipede", which comes from the fact that early designs had 40 concrete columns in two rows) was developed for all new stations, and the stations were built to look almost identical, differing from each other only in colours of the marble and ceramic tiles. Most of these stations were built with simplified, cheaper technologies which were not always quite suitable and resulted in extremely utilitarian design. For example, walls paved with cheap and simplistic ceramic tiles proved to be susceptible to vibrations caused by trains, with some tiles eventually falling off. It was not always possible to replace the missing tiles with the ones of the same color, which eventually led to infamous "variegated" parts of the paving. Not until the mid-1970s the architectural extravagance was restored, and original designs once again became popular. However, newer design of "centipede" stations, with 26 columns with wider ranges between them and more sophisticated, continued to dominate. VDNKh (Russian: ВДНХ) is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, named for the nearby All-Russia Exhibition Centre. ... Alexeyevskaya Alexeyevskaya (Russian: ) is a station on the Moscow Metros Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. ... Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (Russian: , Nikita Sergeevič Chruščiov; IPA: , in English, , or , occasionally ); surname more accurately romanized as Khrushchyov[1]; April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1894[2]–September 11, 1971) was the chief director of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. ...

Fares history

The cost of journeys has been steadily rising after 1991. Under Soviet control, the cost of a single journey was 5 kopecks, practically a free ride (1/20th of a Soviet ruble - and worth about US $0.002 at todays exchange rate^[2], $0.08 at the Soviet official exchange rate). With the fall of socialism, the price rapidly rose to 1 ruble. Subsequent inflation caused the price in rubles to rise considerably to the current (2007) 9 to 17 rubles per trip. 1998 Russian Federation one rouble coin. ... ISO 4217 Code SUR User(s) Soviet Union Subunit 1/100 kopek (копейка) Symbol руб kopek (копейка) к Plural rublya (gen. ... The ruble or rouble is a unit of currency. ...

Recent developments

Since the turn of the century, several projects have been completed, and more are underway. The first one was the Annino-Butovo extension, which consisted of extending the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line from Prazhskaya to Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya (2000), Annino (2001) and Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo (2002). Afterwards a new elevated Butovskaya Light Metro Line was inaugurated in 2003. The Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo (Russian: Бульвар Дмитрия Донского) is a station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro subway station. ... The Butovskaya Light Metro Line is a Light Metro line of the Moscow Metro. ...

Another major project was the reconstruction of the Vorobyovy Gory station, which initially opened in 1959 was forced to close in 1983 after the concrete used to build the bridge turned out to be defective. After many years, the station was rebuilt anew and re-opened in 2002. edit Vorobyovy Gory (Russian: ) is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ...

A more recent major project included building a branch off the Filyovskaya Line to the Moscow International Business Centre. This included Delovoy Tsentr (2005) and Mezhdunarodnaya, opened in 2006. The Filyovskaya Line is one of the twelve lines of the Moscow Metro. ... Moscow-city in September 2007 Moscow International Business Centre (Московский Международный Деловой Центр (ММДЦ)), (former Moscow-City (Russian: Москва-Сити )) is a projected part of central Moscow, Russia. ... Delovoi Tsentr (Russian: Деловой центр), Business Center, is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... Mezhdunarodnaya station Mezhdunarodnaya (Russian: , literally meaning international) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ...

After many years of building the long-awaited Lyublinskaya Line extension was inaugurated with Trubnaya in August 2007, with Sretensky Bulvar to follow afterwards. The Lyublinskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... Trubnaya station main hall Trubnaya (Russian: ) is a station of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... Original plan for the station Stretensky Bulvar (Russian: ) is a future station on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ...

The major Strogino-Mitino extension (see future plans below) began with Park Pobedy in 2003. The main segments are however due to open in December 2007. edit Park Pobedy (Парк Победы), Victory Park, is a Metro station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line in Moscow, Russia. ...

Newest stations

Trubnaya (2007) Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,072 × 2,304 pixels, file size: 1. ... Trubnaya station main hall Trubnaya (Russian: ) is a station of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ...

Mezhdunarodnaya (2006) Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,592 × 1,944 pixels, file size: 746 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Mezhdunarodnaya station Mezhdunarodnaya (Russian: , literally meaning international) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ...

Delovoy Tsentr (2005) Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 768 pixels, file size: 327 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Delovoi Tsentr (Russian: Деловой центр), Business Center, is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ...

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The system

Ulitsa Gorchakova of the Butovskaya Light Metro Line

The Moscow Metro has a broad gauge of 1520 mm, like ordinary Russian railways, and a third rail supply of 825V AC. The average distance between stations is 1800 m, the shortest (502 metres) section being between Delovoy Center and Mezhdunarodnaya and the longest (3,413 metres) between Volgogradskiy Prospekt and Tekstilshchiki. The long distances between stations have the positive effect of a commercial cruising speed of 41.7 km/h. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,048 × 1,536 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,048 × 1,536 pixels, file size: 1. ... The Butovskaya Light Metro Line is a Light Metro line of the Moscow Metro. ... For other uses, see Gauge. ... Third rail at the West Falls Church Metro stop in Washington, D.C., electrified to 750 volts. ... Josephson junction array chip developed by NIST as a standard volt. ... City lights viewed in a motion blurred exposure. ... Delovoi Tsentr (Russian: Деловой центр), Business Center, is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... Mezhdunarodnaya station Mezhdunarodnaya (Russian: , literally meaning international) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... Volgogradskiy Prospekt Volgogradskiy Prospekt Russian: (Volgograd Avenue) is a station on Moscow Metros Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. ... Tekstilshchiki station Tekstilshchiki Russian: (Textilers) is a station on Moscow Metros Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. ...

Since the beginning of Moscow metro, platforms have been built to be at least 155 m long, so as to accommodate eight-car trains. The only exceptions are certain stations of Filyovskaya line: Delovoi Tsentr, Mezhdunarodnaya, Studencheskaya, Kutuzovskaya, Fili, Bagrationovskaya, Filyovsky Park, Pionerskaya, which only allow six-car trains (note that this list includes all ground-level stations of Filyovskaya line, except Kuntsevskaya). A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. ... Delovoi Tsentr (Russian: Деловой центр), Business Center, is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... Mezhdunarodnaya station Mezhdunarodnaya (Russian: , literally meaning international) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Studencheskaya (Студенческая) is an open-air station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Kutuzovskaya (Кутузовская), named after Mikhail Kutuzov, is a station on the Moscow Metro. ... edit Fili (Фили) is a grade-level station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Bagrationovskaya (Багратионовская) is a Moscow Metro station, located on the above-ground portion of the Filyovskaya Line. ... edit Filyovsky Park (Филевский парк) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Pionerskaya (Пионерская) is a grade-level Metro station on the Filyovskaya Line in Moscow, Russia. ... edit Kuntsevskaya (Кунцевская) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ...

Trains on lines 2, 6, 7 and 9 consist of eight cars, on lines 1, 3, 8, 10 of seven cars and on lines 4, 5 and 11 of six cars. All cars (both older E-series and newer 81-series) are 19.6 m long with four doors on either side.

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Line L1 is called the "Light metro". It was designed to its own standards and has shorter (96 m) platforms. It employs newer Rusich trains, which consist of three articulated cars, but it can also be served by traditional four-car trains. Rolling stock on the Filyovskaya Line is also replaced with four-car Rusich trains. Rusich running on the Filyovskaya Line 81-740/741 Rusich (rus. ...

The Moscow metro comprises 173 stations, of which 72 are deep-level, and 87 are shallow. Of the deep stations, 55 are pylon-type, 16 are column-type and one is "single-vault" (Leningrad technology). The shallow stations comprise 65 of the pillar-type (a large portion of them following the infamous "sorokonozhka" design), 19 "single-vaults" (Kharkov technology) and three single-decked. In addition there are 10 ground-level stations and four above ground. Two of the stations exist as double halls, and two have three tracks. Five of the stations have side platforms (only one of them-subterranean). The station Vorobyovy Gory is on a bridge. Three other metro bridges exist but are covered or hidden. In addition there are two closed stations and one that is derelict. edit Vorobyovy Gory (Russian: ) is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ...

There are also four stations, reserved for future service: Volokolamskaya of Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line, Delovoi Tsentr of Kalininskaya and Solntsevskaya lines and Park Pobedy of Solntsevskaya line. Besides these, there are two abandoned stations: old Kaluzhskaya and old Pervomayskaya.
Volokolamskaya (Russian: ) is an unopened station on the Moscow Metros Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line which is located under the Tushino airfield. ... Delovoi Tsentr (Russian: Деловой центр), Business Center, is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Park Pobedy (Парк Победы), Victory Park, is a Metro station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line in Moscow, Russia. ...

Numbers of Moscow Metro

Latest numbers from official site.

The Rusich (81-740/81-741) train, on the left, now can be found on the oldest stations, among the oldest serving E-series cars

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Metro 2

Main article: Moscow Metro 2

Although this has not been officially confirmed, many independent studies suggest that a second, deeper metro system exists under military jurisdiction and is designed for emergency evacuation of key city personnel in case of attack. It is believed that it consists of a single track and connects the Kremlin, chief HQ (Genshtab), Lubyanka (FSB Headquarters) and the Ministry of Defence, as well as numerous other secret installations. There are also entrances ^{[citation needed]} to the system from several civilian buildings such as the Russian State Library, Moscow State University (MSU) and at least two stations of the regular metro.^{[citation needed]} It is speculated that these would allow for the evacuation of a small number of randomly chosen civilians, in addition to most of the elite military personnel. The only known junction between the secret system and normal Metro is behind the station Sportivnaya of the Sokolnicheskaya Line. The final section of this system was completed in 1997.([1]) The Metro 2 in Moscow, Russia is a secret underground metro system which parallels the public Moscow Metro. ... The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Московский Кремль) is a historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the south), Saint Basils Cathedral (often mistaken as the Kremlin) and Red Square (to the east) and the Alexander Garden (to the west). ... For other uses, see FSB. Minor emblem of FSB The FSB (Federal Security Service) (Russian: ФСБ, Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности; Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti) is a domestic state security agency of the Russian Federation and the main successor of the Soviet Cheka, NKVD, and KGB. Its headquarters are in Lubyanka Square, Moscow. ... The Russian State Library is the national library of Russia, located in Moscow. ... Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... Sportivnaya (Спортивная) is a Metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line in Moscow, Russia. ... The Sokolnicheskaya Line (Russian: ), formerly Kiroskvo-Frunzenskaya, was the first line of the Moscow Metro, dating back to 1935. ...

Fatal incidents

Although the Metro is a complex system, it has a very low rate of accidents. On March 30, 1983, several passengers were killed^{[citation needed]} when two trains collided in the Belorusskaya station on the Koltsevaya Line. A senior official of the Moscow metro told foreign reporters there had been no accident^{[citation needed]} and that the closing of the station had been due to a breakdown of rolling stock. is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... New vestibule Belorusskaya (Russian: ) is a station on the Moscow Metros Koltsevaya Line. ... edit The Koltsevaya Line (Russian: ), also known as the Ring Line, is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... List of Russian rail accidents includes: 2006 12 January - a collision between a bus and a train in Russia kills 21 people and badly injured another 6. ... Rolling Stock banner Rolling Stock was a newspaper of ideas and a chronicle of the 1980s published in Boulder, Colorado by Ed Dorn and Jennifer Dunbar Dorn. ...

Terrorist bombing of 1977

On January 8, 1977, a bomb was reported to have killed seven and seriously injured 33. It went off on a crowded train passing the tunnel between Izmailovskaya and Pervomaiskaya stations.^[3][4][5] Three Armenians were later arrested, charged and executed in connection with the incident. is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...

Station fires of 1981

In June 1981, seven bodies were seen being taken out of Oktyabrskaya station during a fire at the station. A fire was also reported at Prospekt Mira station around that time. ^[6] edit Oktyabrskaya (Russian: ) is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Prospekt Mira (Russian: Проспект Мира) is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ...

Escalator accident of 1982

Main article: Aviamotornaya

A fatal accident took place on 17 February 1982 due to an escalator collapse at the Aviamotornaya station of the Kalininskaya Line. That day 8 people lost their lives, and 30 more were seriously injured, due to the pile-up caused by the faulty emergency brakes. [2] The central hall of the station Aviamotornaya (Russian: ) is a station on the Kalininskaya line of the Moscow Metro subway system. ... is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Escalators at Canary Wharf, London. ... The central hall of the station Aviamotornaya (Russian: ) is a station on the Kalininskaya line of the Moscow Metro subway system. ... The Kalininskaya is a line of the Moscow Metro. ...

Terrorist bombing of 2004

On February 6, 2004, an explosion wrecked a train between Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations on line 2 of the metro, killing 42 and wounding 250. Chechen terrorists were immediately blamed. Later investigation concluded that a Karachay-Cherkessian resident, an Islamic militant, had committed a suicide bombing.^{[citation needed]} is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Avtozavodskaya in the 1950s. ... The Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. ... Karachay-Cherkess Republic (Russian: , or, less formal, Karachay-Cherkessia ) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

Recent events

On May 25, 2005, a city-wide blackout halted some lines. The following lines continued operations: Sokol'nicheskaya, Zamoskvoretskaya from Avtozavodskaya to Rechnoy Vokzal, Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya, Filyovskaya, Kol'tsevaya, Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya from Bitsevskiy Park to Oktyabrskaya-Radialnaya and from Prospekt Mira-Radialnaya to Medvedkovo, Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya, Kalininskaya, Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya from Serpukhovskaya to Altufyevo, Lyublinskaya from Chkalovskaya to