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).
By number of stations the Moscow Metro is ranked 8th, cf. List of metro systems. The deepest station of Moscow Metro, Park Pobedy, is the third-deepest metro station of the world.
Active stations
Physical characteristics
Of the Moscow Metro's 236 stations, 80 are deep underground, 114 are shallow, and 42 (25 of them on the Central Circle) are at or above ground level. Of the latter there are 12 ground-level stations, four elevated stations, and one station (Vorobyovy Gory) on a bridge.
The deep stations comprise 55 triple-vaulted pylon stations, 19 triple-vaulted column stations, and one single-vault station.
The shallow stations comprise 72 spanned column stations (a large portion of them following the "centipede" design), 33 single-vaulted stations (Kharkov technology), and three single-spanned stations.
Two stations have three tracks, and one has double halls. Seven of the stations have side platforms (only one of which is subterranean). In addition, there were two temporary stations within rail yards.
Gallery of station types
- Timiryazevskaya – single-span underground station
- Bratislavskaya – double-span column underground station
- Bulvar Rokossovskogo – triple-span column underground station
- Aleksandrovsky Sad, the only four-span column station
- Chistyye Prudy – triple-vault pylon underground station
- Filatov Lug, open surface station
Key to transfer details
Symbol | Description | Exit fare-paid area? |
---|---|---|
none | Direct connection to other station | no |
( ) | Indirect connection via station on another line | |
[ ] | Cross-platform interchange with other line | |
{ } | Out of station interchange inside dedicated transport hub | yes[1] |
< > | Out of station interchange across street |
- ↑ Pre-transfer journey must be completed within 90 minutes.
List
Expansion dynamics
Notes
- A. ^ All ridership statistics are daily average passengers for 2007.
References
- General
- Annual report for the year 2007 (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow, Russia: GUP Moskovsky Metropoliten. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- Depth and type
- Alexey Goncharov (May 2014). Схема глубин заложения и конструкций станций московского метрополитена (in Russian). Retrieved 9 March 2015.
External links
(in English)
- UrbanRail.Net
- KartaMetro.info: lines, stations, and exits on Moscow map and satellite imagery; public transportation near metro stations
(in Russian)
- Official website
- Metro.ru : information, history, maps, art
- MetroWalks Moscow: photos of all metro stations
- Metro.Molot.ru : lines, stations, plans, articles
- Моё Метро ("My Metro"): stations, cars, links
- yapriedu.ru/metro/: interactive scheme of the system
- ↑ "Какие станции московского метро были переименованы и почему?". AiF (in Russian). 10 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2023.