Moscow Metro

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The Moscow Metro is a major rapid transit system in Moscow renowned for its extensive network, high passenger capacity, and ornately decorated stations often likened to underground palaces.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf metro system
public transport network
rapid transit system
annualRidership over 2 billion passengers
architecturalStyle Soviet monumental classicism
Stalinist architecture (historic stations)
contemporary minimalist design (new stations)
characteristic high passenger capacity
ornately decorated stations
short headways
connectsWith Moscow Central Circle
Moscow Central Diameters
Moscow Monorail
Moscow bus network
Moscow tram network
country Russia
dailyRidership several million passengers
electrification third rail
fareMedia Troika card
contactless bank cards
fareSystem flat fare
fareZoneSystem single zone
hasDepot multiple rolling stock depots across the network
hasFeature Wi‑Fi on trains and in stations
extensive transfer hubs
mobile phone coverage in tunnels
hasLine Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line
Big Circle Line
Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line
Butovskaya Line
Filevskaya Line
Kalininsko–Solntsevskaya Line
Koltsevaya Line
Lyublinsko–Dmitrovskaya Line
Moscow Central Circle
Nekrasovskaya Line
Serpukhovsko–Timiryazevskaya Line
Sokolnicheskaya Line
Solntsevskaya Line
Tagansko–Krasnopresnenskaya Line
Zamoskvoretskaya Line
inception 1935-05-15
locatedIn Moscow
nickname underground palaces
notableStation Kievskaya
Komsomolskaya
Mayakovskaya
Novoslobodskaya
Ploshchad Revolyutsii
numberOfLines more than 15
numberOfStations more than 200
openingDate 1935-05-15
operator Moscow Metro self-linksurface differs
surface form: Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise
owner Moscow
surface form: City of Moscow
primaryLanguage Russian
purpose urban mass transit
safetyFeature extensive CCTV surveillance
platform edge markings
serves Moscow
surface form: Moscow metropolitan area
signageLanguage English
Russian
systemLength over 400 km
ticketingSystem QR-code tickets
contactless smart card
trackGauge 1520 mm

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Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line system Moscow Metro
Big Circle Line system Moscow Metro
Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line system Moscow Metro
Butovskaya Line system Moscow Metro
Koltsevaya Line system Moscow Metro
Nekrasovskaya Line system Moscow Metro
Sokolnicheskaya Line system Moscow Metro
Solntsevskaya Line system Moscow Metro
Zamoskvoretskaya Line system Moscow Metro