Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
| 7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line | |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Rapid transit |
| System | Moscow Metro |
| Locale | Moscow |
| Termini |
Planernaya (north-west) Kotelniki (south-east) |
| Stations | 23 |
| Daily ridership | 1,370,200 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 31 December 1966 |
| Operator(s) | Moskovsky Metropoliten |
| Character | Underground with parts at-grade |
| Rolling stock |
Ezh3, Em508T, 81-717/714, 81-760/761 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 42 km (26 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) |
| Electrification | Third rail |
The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (Russian: Таганско-Краснопресненская линия, IPA: [tɐˈɡanskə krəsnɐˈprʲesʲnʲɪnskəjə ˈlʲinʲɪjə]) (formerly Zhdanovsko-Krasnopresnenskaya, Ждановско-Краснопресненская) (Line 7) is the busiest line of the Moscow Metro. Built in 1966-1975 and extended in 2013–15, it cuts Moscow on a northwest-southeast axis and contains 23 stations.
Tagansko–Krasnopresnenskaya Line is classic example of Soviet urban planning, sometimes referred to as the seventh stage of the Metro. Construction began in early 1960s and in 1966 the first complete segment was opened. In the practice of Moscow radial line openings, it began at the ring and left through to the new housing massifs on the southeast of Moscow, originally called the Zhdanovskaya Line (Ждановская линия). The construction of the new radius was designed to maximize the efficiency of it with the land-based transportation. All the stations were built on major transport links and the stations Tekstilschiki and Vykhino were integrated into a single transport complex with the railroad stations.
The path began at the Taganka Square (on the ring) and followed the Marxist street/Volgograd avenue through the districts of Pechatniki, Kuzminki and Tekstilshchiki. On its final stretch the line deviates from the Volgograd avenue and crosses onto the Ryazan avenue and terminates at a combined cross-platform transfer to the railways at Vykhino.
Although the geology of the line was unfavourable, so to cut down costs, the builders adopted a cut-and cover method for tunnel construction building them out of large concrete boxes. In some cases, like second stretch of the Volgogrdsky Prospekt-Tekstilshchiki path, in a rare case for Moscow, the track goes on the surface, as with the approach to Vykhino.
In a similar logic that was shown when building the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, it was decided to postpone the central section in favour of building the new radial line, however after the opening of the new Zhdanovskaya Line in late 1966, the passenger traffic between it and the former Kaluzhskaya Line overstretched the capacity of the ring between Oktyabrskaya and Taganskaya. The two presented itself a unique opportunity and in late 1970 Moscow Metro's first cross-platform transfer point was opened at Kitay-Gorod.
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