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80 km/h (50 mph) [1] System map. The Moscow Metro [a] is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one 11-kilometre (6.8 mi) line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union .
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The first stations were opened 1935, May 15th. There were routes from Sokolniki to Park kultury and to Smolenskaya.First the Moscow metro had name after Lazar Kaganovich who was the had of Moscow Committee of All-Union communist party. In 1957 he was exiled from the party, and the Moscow metro became be named after V. I. Lenin.During the Great Patr...
The Moscow Metro has 16 lines, consisting of 14 normal lines and one light line and one U-railway. Here is a short overviewof the lines:
There are tickets for a certain number of rides and tickets for a certain time. The moscow metro uses magnetic cards for tickets with a certain number of rides: 1,2,5,10,20 and 60. These tickets were first sold in 1993 as a test. All other tickets are Transport Cards (Smartcards). There are two kinds of smartcards, 'unlimited' and 'social'. Both ki...
The metro has a gauge of 1520 mm, like most Russian railways. It gets the electricity from a third rail. The metro is run on a voltage of 825V AC. The averagedistance between stations is 1800 m. The shortest is 300m between the stations Alexandrovskiy Sad and Arbatskaya. The longest distance between stations is 6627 m between Krylatskoe and Strogin...
Although this has not been officially said, many independent studies say that there is a second, deeper metro system designed for emergency evacuation of important 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...
Official Website Archived 2020-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)- 1958.6 million passengers
- 2603.2 million passengers
- 320.9 km
- 15997.4 million rubles
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The Moscow Metro is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one 11-kilometre (6.8 mi) line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union.
There are 300 active stations of the Moscow Metro. Of these, 263 on Moscow Metro proper, and some additional ones that are marketed by Moscow Metro: 6 stations of Moscow Monorail and 31 stations of the Moscow Central Circle. Two stations have been closed (the old Kaluzhskaya and the old Pervomayskaya stations).
Asia Russia. Moscow Metro: The Complete Guide. The Moscow Metro is busy, but easy to use. By Robert Schrader. Updated on 06/26/19. Robert Schrader. With nearly 7 million riders per day on its 16 lines, the Moscow Metro is the sixth-busiest metro system in the world as of March 2019.
On 15 May 1935 Moscow became the 24th city in the world with metro service. Today the Moscow Metro is among the most used and comprehensive transit systems in the world.
On 15 May 1935, Moscow became the 24 th city in history to receive a metro line. Today, the Moscow Metro is among the most used in the world, with over 8.5 million riders daily. In the past eight years, the city's metro system has been developing at a spectacular pace and setting numerous records along the way.
