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Moscow Subway

Moscow Metro
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Overview
Native name Моско́вский метрополите́н
Moskovsky metropoliten
Owner Government of Moscow
Locale Federal city of Moscow and
cities of Kotelniki, Krasnogorsk, Lyubertsy, Reutov in the Moscow Oblast
Russia
Transit type Metro
Number of lines 14
Number of stations 206
243 including Moscow Monorail and Moscow Central Circle
Daily ridership 9.716 million (highest, Dec. 2014)
Annual ridership 2.4513 billion (2014)
Chief executive Viktor Kozlovsky
Website http://mosmetro.ru/
Operation
Began operation 15 May 1935
Operator(s) Moskovsky Metropoliten
Headway Peak hours: 1-2 minutes
Off-peak: 4–7 minutes
Technical
System length 346.2 km (215.1 mi)
400.2 km (248.7 mi) including Moscow Central Circle
Track gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 2732 in)
Electrification 825 V DC third rail,
3 kV DC overhead line
Average speed 41.61 km/h (25.86 mph)
External video
Moscow Metro opening, Soviet Archive Footage

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The Moscow Metro (Russian: Моско́вский метрополите́н, tr. Moskovsky metropoliten, IPA: [mɐˈskofskʲɪj mʲɪtrəpəlʲɪˈtɛn]) is a rapid transit system serving Moscow, Russia and the neighbouring Moscow Oblast cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki. 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. As of 2017, the Moscow Metro excluding the Moscow Central Circle and Moscow Monorail has 206 stations and its route length is 339.1 km (210.7 mi), making it the fifth longest in the world. The system is mostly underground, with the deepest section 84 metres (276 ft) underground at the Park Pobedy station, one of the world's deepest.


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