Kolzewaya Line
| Line 5 "Kolzewaja" | |
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| Opening: | January 1, 1950 |
| Length: | 19.4 km |
| Number of stations: | 12 |
| Total travel time: | 30 minutes |
| Number of passengers on weekday average: | 767,900 |
The Kolzewaja Line ( Russian Кольцевая линия - " Ring Line "), also called "Line 5", is a line of the Moscow Metro . It has an (approximately) ring-shaped course and therefore connects most of the other lines of the Moscow Metro.
Stations
- Park Kultury ( ), transfer to the station of the same name on line 1
- Oktjabrskaja ( ), transfer to the station of the same name on line 6
- Dobryninskaya ( ), to transfer to the station Serpukhovskaya the line 9
- Pawelezkaja ( ), change to the station of the same name on line 2
- Taganskaja ( ), you can change to the station of the same name on line 7 and to the Marxistskaya stationon line 8
- Kurskaja ( ), change to the station of the same name on line 3 and to the Chkalovskaya stationon line 10 , as well as to the local and long-distance trains at Kursk station
- Komsomolskaja ( ), transfer to the station of the same name on line 1
- Prospect Mira ( ), you can change to the station of the same name on line 6
- Novoslobodskaya ( ), to transfer to the station Mendelejewskaja the line 9
- Belorusskaja ( ), transfer to the station of the same name on line 2
- Krasnopresnenskaya ( ), to transfer to the station Barrikadnaya the line 7
- Kievskaya ( ), possibility to change to the stations of the same name on lines 3 and 4 , as well as to the local and long-distance trains in Kiev station
architecture
The Kolzewaya Line is architecturally considered to be one of the most beautiful lines on the Moscow Metro. Since its construction fell on the late Stalin era, which was also characterized by the strong building boom in the style of socialist realism that is typical for it , all stations along the line had to do justice to their intended purpose at the time as “palaces for the people”. Each station was built according to its individual project, which was developed by renowned architects of the time. One example is the Komsomolskaya station from Alexei Shtusev's project , which was posthumously awarded a state premium for this in 1951 : a 12-meter-wide and 9-meter-high station hall supported by marble columns with mosaics and bas-reliefs on the ceilings - including the eight gemstone mosaics of the Painter Pawel Korin , on which, among other things, famous Russian generals are depicted. The stained glass and mosaics of the Novoslobodskaya station are also from Korin . The Kievskaya station contains numerous mosaics on the theme of Russian- Ukrainian friendship in its hall, which is supported by pylons and illuminated by elaborate chandeliers . The walls clad in black marble are characteristic of the Park Kultury station .
Depot and vehicles
The vehicles for the ring line are provided by the Krasnaya Presnya depot , which is located not far from the Krasnopresnenskaya station. It was put into operation in 1954. From 1950 to 1954 the vehicles were temporarily maintained in the Sokol depot on line 2.
Up to 2006, type 81-717 / 714 six-car trains operated on the ring line . At the end of 2008 the depot received the first train of the newly developed modification of the type 81-740 / 741 . After the test phase in 2009, the units in this series replaced the previous type. In December 2011, the conversion of the vehicle fleet was completed.
history
There have been plans for a ring line in the Moscow subway since its early days in the 1930s. According to a project from 1938, the ring line should run much further away from Moscow city center and therefore be much longer. In 1943, however, it was decided to build the line in its current form in order to relieve the transfer stations in the center. The line was also supposed to connect all Moscow terminus stations with each other (an exception was only made in the case of the Riga station and the Zavyolovo regional station ). The Kolzewaja Line was laid completely underground. Numerous geological features had to be taken into account during construction: the Moskva river is crossed under at four points , and the line often runs through karst areas . Among other things, this made a particularly wide construction of the tunnel walls necessary.
The line was completed in three construction phases. The first section opened on January 1, 1950 and covered the southern 6.5 kilometers from the Park Kultury station to Kurskaya . On January 30, 1952, a 7 km long section from Kurskaya to Belorusskaya was added. On March 14, 1954, the ring was closed with the commissioning of the 5.9 km long western section from Belorusskaya to Park Kultury .
In the time after completion, three stations of the line were renamed. In 1961 the Kaluschskaja and Serpuchowskaja stations were renamed Oktjabrskaja and Dobryninskaja ; In 1966 the Botanichesky Sad station was given its current name, Prospekt Mira .
Expansion planning
Although the ring itself is complete, there are currently plans for two more stations on existing routes on the Kolzewaya Line. One station has the project name Ploshchad Suvorova and is to be built between Novoslobodskaja and Prospekt Mira with the option of changing to the extended line 10 ; Since this station is only considered necessary when that line is extended far to the north, it is not expected to go into operation before 2015. A new station is also planned for the future on the Kievskaya - Krasnopresnenskaya section , which will provide a transfer option to line 8 , the extension of which to the west is also planned.
