#11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line#11A Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Bolshaya Koltsevaya line
Geographic map showing the approximate path of the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line (in teal) in the whole Moscow Metro network (in dark grey) including Central Circle and Monorail
Overview
Other name(s)Large Circle Line
Native nameБольшая Кольцевая линия
LocaleMoscow
Stations31
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemMoscow Metro
Operator(s)Moskovsky Metropoliten
Rolling stock81-760/761
81-760A/761A/763A
81-765.3/766.3/767.3
81-765.4/766.4/767.4
81-775/776/777
History
Opened11 August 1969 (Kakhovskaya line stations)
26 February 2018 (Bolshaya Koltsevaya stations)
1 March 2023 (circle completed)
Technical
Line length62.5 km (38.8 mi) (including branch)
57.538 km (35.752 mi)[1][2] (circle only)
CharacterUnderground
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
ElectrificationThird rail
Route map
Savyolovskaya
Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Savyolovskaya Ground transferSavyolovsky railway stationTransfer for #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Savyolovsky
 Petrovsky Park
Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Dinamo
 CSKA
 Khoroshyovskaya
Transfer for #7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line at Polezhayevskaya Ground transferTransfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Khoroshyovo
future #17 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line (from 2027)
 Shelepikha
Transfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Shelepikha Ground transferTransfer for #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Testovskaya
 Delovoy Tsentr
Transfer for #4A Filyovskaya line at Vystavochnaya Transfer for #8A Solntsevskaya line at Delovoy Tsentr Ground transferTransfer for #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Testovskaya
 Narodnoye Opolcheniye
(Transfer for #17 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line at Karamyshevskaya)
 Mnyovniki
 Terekhovo
 Kuntsevskaya
Transfer for #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line at KuntsevskayaTransfer for #4 Filyovskaya line at Kuntsevskaya Ground transferTransfer for #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Kuntsevskaya
 Davydkovo
 Aminyevskaya
Ground transferAminyevskaya railway station
 Michurinsky Prospekt
Transfer for #8A Solntsevskaya line at Michurinsky Prospekt
 Prospekt Vernadskogo
Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Prospekt Vernadskogo
 Novatorskaya
(Transfer for #16 Troitskaya line at Novatorskaya)
 Vorontsovskaya
Transfer for #6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line at Kaluzhskaya
 Zyuzino
 Kakhovskaya
Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Sevastopolskaya
Varshavskoye yard
 Varshavskaya
 Kashirskaya
Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Kashirskaya via cross-platform interchange
 Klenovy Bulvar
(Transfer for #18 Biryulyovskaya line at Klenovyy Bulvar)
 Nagatinsky Zaton
 Pechatniki
Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Pechatniki Ground transferTransfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Pechatniki
 Tekstilshchiki
Transfer for #7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line at Tekstilshchiki Ground transferTransfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Tekstilshchiki
to Nekrasovskaya line
 Nizhegorodskaya
Karacharovo railway station Transfer for #15 Nekrasovskaya line at Nizhegorodskaya Transfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Nizhegorodskaya
Nizhegorodskoye yard
 Aviamotornaya
Ground transferNovaya railway station Transfer for #8 Kalininskaya line at Aviamotornaya
 Lefortovo
 Elektrozavodskaya
Ground transferElektrozavodskaya railway station Transfer for #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line at Elektrozavodskaya
 Sokolniki
Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Sokolniki
 Rizhskaya
Transfer for #6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line at Rizhskaya Ground transferRizhsky railway station Transfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Rizhsky
 Maryina Roshcha
Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Maryina Roshcha

The Bolshaya Koltsevaya line (Russian: Большая кольцевая линия), known in English as the Big Circle Line,[3] designated Line 11 and 11A[4] is a rapid transit line of the Moscow Metro. It is the third circle line on the system, running outside of the existing circle Koltsevaya line and interlocking with Moscow Central Circle.

The first section of the line opened on 26 February 2018 with the remaining stations opened on 1 March 2023. The line includes 31 stations including three from the former Kakhovskaya line and is over 62 km (39 mi) long including a branch to Moscow International Business Center that is a part of future Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line. The circle line itself is 57.5 km (35.7 mi) long, which makes it the longest metro circle line in the world, surpassing Line 10 of Beijing Subway by 514 m (1,686 ft).[5] In November 2017 the city estimated the total cost of the project at 501 billion rubles, up from earlier estimates of 378.9 billion rubles.[6]

Formerly known as the Third Interchange Contour, the city adopted "Bolshaya koltsevaya liniya" as the official name of the line after a vote via the "Active Citizen" web portal.[7]

Name

The working name of the project since inception was the Third Interchange Contour; however, prior to the opening of the line, the city authorities consulted residents to help decide on the name. In an initial survey on the Active Citizen survey website in October 2017, only 34% of the city’s residents voted to keep the working name.[8]

Although retaining the working name was the most popular option, members of the city’s council on transportation infrastructure suggested another vote. Two reasons cited by transport expert Kirill Yankov were that all of the lines’ names to this point were in the feminine grammatical gender and that all the other line names were generally understood from a point of view of geography.[9] The city held another vote on its website to allow citizens to choose between the existing name or the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line (Large Circle Line). Of the alternate names suggested by voters in the first vote, Bolshaya Koltsevaya was the most popular, with 9,000 votes.

In the second vote, Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line was selected with 53.3% of the votes versus 36.5% for the Third Interchange Contour.[7]

Development

Initial construction timetable for the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line

The original plans called for a line that is 58 kilometres (36 mi) with 27 new stations.[10]

The entire project was supposed to be completed by 2020–2021.[11][12][13][14][15] By 2018, the completion date had been postponed until 2023.[16]

First sections

First section with a temporal branch with five stations from Delovoy Tsentr to Petrovsky Park.

The five stations from Petrovsky Park to Delovoy Tsentr opened on 26 February 2018.[17] Savyolovskaya was opened on 30 December 2018.

Further extension

The northeastern section was initially scheduled to be completed in 2018, but was delayed for two years until it was opened on 27 March 2020 and 31 December 2020. On 1 April 2021, the section between Khoroshyovskaya and Mnyovniki was opened. This section includes the part of the line from Elektrozavodskaya to Nizhegorodskaya.[18] The existing, short, three-station Kakhovskaya line was incorporated into the line. Kakhovskaya was reopened on 7 December 2021 after reconstruction within the segment to Mnyovniki. The sections from Savyolovskaya to Elektrozavodskaya and from Kakhovskaya to Nizhegorodskaya opened on 1 March 2023.

Stations

#11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Main circle

Station Name Transfers Notes
English Russian
↑ Loop line towards Maryina Roshcha ↑
Savyolovskaya Савёловскаяpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Savyolovskaya Savyolovskaya
#D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) Transfer for #D4 Line D4 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Moscow Savyolovskaya Moscow Savyolovskaya
Petrovsky Park Петровский паркpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Dinamo Dinamo
CSKA ЦСКАpronunciationⓘ
Khoroshyovskaya Хорошёвскаяpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line at Polezhayevskaya Polezhayevskaya
Transfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Khoroshyovo Khoroshyovo		 ↓ Through service to Transfer for #11A Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Delovoy Tsentr Delovoy Tsentr via branch line
Narodnoye Opolcheniye Народное Ополчениеpronunciationⓘ #17 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line Narodnoye Opolcheniye
Mnyovniki Мнёвникиpronunciationⓘ
Terekhovo Тереховоpronunciationⓘ
Kuntsevskaya Кунцевскаяpronunciationⓘ #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Transfer for #4 Filyovskaya line at Kuntsevskaya Kuntsevskaya
#D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) Kuntsevskaya
Davydkovo Давыдковоpronunciationⓘ
Aminyevskaya Аминьевскаяpronunciationⓘ #D4 Line D4 (Moscow Central Diameters) Aminyevskaya
Michurinsky Prospekt Мичуринский проспектpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #8A Solntsevskaya line at Michurinsky Prospekt Michurinsky Prospekt
Prospekt Vernadskogo Проспект Вернадскогоpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Prospekt Vernadskogo Prospekt Vernadskogo
Novatorskaya Новаторскаяpronunciationⓘ #16 Troitskaya line Novatorskaya
Vorontsovskaya Воронцовскаяpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line at Kaluzhskaya Kaluzhskaya
Zyuzino Зюзиноpronunciationⓘ
Kakhovskaya Каховскаяpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Sevastopolskaya Sevastopolskaya
Varshavskaya Варшавскаяpronunciationⓘ
Kashirskaya Каширскаяpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Kashirskaya Kashirskaya
Klenovy Bulvar Кленовый бульварpronunciationⓘ #18 Biryulyovskaya line Klenovy Bulvar
Nagatinsky Zaton Нагатинский Затонpronunciationⓘ
Pechatniki Печатникиpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Pechatniki Pechatniki
#D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) Transfer for #D5 Line D5 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Pechatniki Pechatniki
Tekstilshchiki Текстильщикиpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line at Tekstilshchiki Tekstilshchiki
#D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) #D5 Line D5 (Moscow Central Diameters) Tekstilshchiki
Nizhegorodskaya Нижегородскаяpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #15 Nekrasovskaya line at Nizhegorodskaya Nizhegorodskaya
Transfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Nizhegorodskaya Nizhegorodskaya
Transfer for #D4 Line D4 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Nizhegorodskaya Nizhegorodskaya		 ↑ Through service to Transfer for #15 Nekrasovskaya line at Nekrasovka Nekrasovka
Aviamotornaya Авиамоторнаяpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #8 Kalininskaya line at Aviamotornaya Aviamotornaya
#D3 Line D3 (Moscow Central Diameters) Aviamotornaya
Lefortovo Лефортовоpronunciationⓘ
Elektrozavodskaya Электрозаводскаяpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line at Elektrozavodskaya Elektrozavodskaya
#D3 Line D3 (Moscow Central Diameters) Transfer for #D5 Line D5 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Elektrozavodskaya
Sokolniki Сокольникиpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Sokolniki Sokolniki
#D3 Line D3 (Moscow Central Diameters) #D5 Line D5 (Moscow Central Diameters) Mitkovo
Rizhskaya Рижскаяpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line at Rizhskaya Rizhskaya
#D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) #D3 Line D3 (Moscow Central Diameters) Transfer for #D4 Line D4 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Rizhskaya Rizhskaya
Maryina Roshcha Марьина Рощаpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Maryina Roshcha Maryina Roshcha
#D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) #D4 Line D4 (Moscow Central Diameters) Maryina Roshcha
↓ Loop line towards Savyolovskaya ↓

#11A Bolshaya Koltsevaya line MIBC branch

Initial route of the Line 11, designated as 11A since December 2020, when the new part of the main circle was opened

Station Name Transfers Notes
English Russian
Shelepikha Шелепихаpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Shelepikha Shelepikha ↓ Through service to Transfer for #8A Solntsevskaya line at Rasskazovka Rasskazovka in 2018–2020
Delovoy Tsentr Деловой центрpronunciationⓘ Transfer for #4A Filyovskaya line at Vystavochnaya Vystavochnaya
Transfer for #8A Solntsevskaya line at Delovoy Tsentr Delovoy Tsentr

Maps

References

  1. ↑ "Не 70 км, а 57,5! Как московские власти «удлинили» Большую кольцевую линию метро". 22 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "IMG 20230327 063939 969 — Postimages".
  3. ↑ "Seventy km and 31 stations: Building the Big Circle Line / News / Moscow City Web Site". Moscow City Web Site. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Scheme Moscow Metro". Archived from the original on 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  5. ↑ "Moscow Metro launches World's longest metro circle line - Big Circle Line 11". Metro Rail Today. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  6. ↑ "Строительство второго кольца метро подорожало до 500 млрд руб". RBC. 2017-11-23. Archived from the original on 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  7. 1 2 "Большая кольцевая линия: «активные граждане» выбрали название для новой ветки метро" (in Russian). City of Moscow. 2017-12-28. Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  8. ↑ "За название для Третьего пересадочного контура метро проголосовали больше 280 тысяч человек" (in Russian). City of Noscow. 2017-10-08. Archived from the original on 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
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  10. ↑ 30 километров тоннелей Второго кольца метро будут двухпутными (in Russian). Moscow Complex of City Planning Policies and Construction. 2014-08-21. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  11. ↑ "Большая кольцевая линия метро". Moscow Complex for Urban Development and Construction. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  12. ↑ "New Metro Ring Line On Track for 2018 | Business". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  13. ↑ "Метро". stroi.mos.ru. Archived from the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  14. ↑ "Метро до «Нижней Масловки» дойдет в 2018 году". tripsmile.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  15. ↑ "Пять станций Второго кольца метро могут открыть в 2017 году – Бочкарев". stroi.mos.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  16. ↑ "Большая кольцевая линия московского метро замкнется в 2022 году". mosday.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  17. ↑ "Запуск Третьего пересадочного контура перенесли на следующий год" (in Russian). Вести. 2017-12-18. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
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