Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
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The Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line (Line 3) is a line of the Moscow Metro
. Chronologically the second to open, now it connects with the district of Mitino and town of Krasnogorsk
to the northwest of Moscow with the east of the Russian capital passing through the city centre. Today there are 21 stations on the line, with the latter being 43.7 kilometres long and having the status of the longest line of the system.
on the Garden Ring
, further extended to the Kiyevsky Rail Terminal in 1937.
In 1938 the branch was split into a separate line, and a 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) stretch connecting Alexander Garden
and Kursky Rail Terminal
opened. Despite the World War II
the construction of the metro continued, and in 1944 three stations of the Pokrovsky radius.
The eastern part of the line was extended three more times, one being a stretch to Pervomayskaya temporary station inside a newly opened depot. It was replaced in 1961 by Izmaylovsky Park, Izmaylovskaya the new Pervomayskaya stations. These three stations demonstrated a change of design priorities strafing away from Stalinist architecture to new minimalism centipede designs of Nikita Khrushchev
. The line reached its present terminus in 1963 with an extension to Shcholkovskaya
.
The western end of the line has much more complex history. Though first stations of the west end were built sub-surface, given their importance in the centre of Moscow and the threat of a Nuclear War, these would be useless as bomb shelters. So as to solve this problem a decision to build a parallel deep level section, and close the older stations was made. The section was opened in 1953.
The line was planned to be extended west to the District of Fili
, but yet another policy change prevented that extension from being built. Nikita Khrushchev was impressed by a large network of surface-level stations during his visit to the United States. Because of that he promoted the idea of building the Filoyvsky Radius at-ground. Filyovskaya Line
consisting of four stations was opened in 1958.
Filyovskaya Line turned out to be an ill-attempted experiment and in 2003, more than 50 years after the western terminus opening, Park Pobedy station was opened. It took 15 years to construct the deepest station of the Metro (though most of the time it was conserved due to the shortage of funding in the late 1990s). In 2008 the western part of the line was extended further to the district of Strogino annexing some of the Filyovskaya Line stations and totally extending by approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi). In the end of 2009 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line became the first line of the system to cross the borders of Moscow providing rapid transit service to the city of Krasnogorsk
inhabitants.
* A section to Kiyevskaya via Alexandrovsky Sad was an integral part of the line until 1953.
** Upon the 1961 extension, temporary station Pervomayskaya was closed, along with a segment of track.
In 1953, after the closure of the shallow stations between Ploshchad Revolyutsii and Kievskaya and replacing them with the present deep ones, more westward extensions were to begin. However, Nikita Khrushchev
's inspiration after visiting New York Subway prompted all works to be cancelled and the shallow stations to be reopened with a westward surface path creating the Filyovskaya Line
. Although the construction of a surface station was fast enough to reach the western districts of Moscow by mid 1960s, the Russian winter climate, took its toll on the operation and management of the Filyovskaya Line.
In addition to that the northwestern districts of Moscow, being Strogino and Mitino housing massifs, which were built in the late 1970s-1980s remain isolated and all of the transit lies on bus and tram routes to Shchukinskaya
and Tushinskaya
of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
. Which makes the latter line one of the busiest in the system.
By the mid-1980s it was clear that a complex reconstruction was needed to solve the problem in Western Moscow. Three separate developments were to start. Because the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line had relatively small passenger traffic, it was decided to have it take up the main share of the transit load. For the first part the deep radius would follow the Kutuzovsky Avenue with three stations. Then, the line would annex the western terminal stations of the Filyovskaya Line, and continue to Strogino and Mitino. Work began in the late 1980s, for the opening of the first station (a future cross-platform transfer to the Solntsevsko-Mytishchenskaya chordial line) to open in early 1990s and the remaining part of the bypass by the turn of the decade. However the first station in the bypass was not opened until 2003 (Park Pobedy) and the quantity of the remaining two: Minskaya and Slavyansky Bulvar
, were cut to accommodate for only the latter one, which opened in September 2008.
After a long debate on how to accommodate for the junction at Kuntsevskaya, under pressure from the local people, a cross-platform transfer will be set up in the reconstructed surface station, and the remaining Filovskaya stations, Molodyozhnaya and Krylatskoe will be annexed to the APL.
In 1989 the first part of the plan was completed with the extension to Krylatskoye. Then in 2003 the deepest station in the Metro, Park Pobedy was opened as the first part of the southern bypass. In 2008 the stations Slavyansky Bulvar and a redesigned Kuntsevskaya opened and the Filyovskaya Line's underground stations Molodyozhnaya and Krylatskoye were annexed by the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line, nearly doubling its present length and certainely the passenger load. Simultaneously the two station extension to Strogino was completed, which included a combined automobile and Metro tunnel under an ecological preserve - Serebryany Bor (Silver Pinewood).
From there the line continues to Strogino with one interim station Troitse-Lykovo
expected to open around 2015. The station Strogino and the following segment, actually would eventually end up with the Stroginsky radius of the Kalininskaya Line
when the central segment is completed (not expected to take place before late 2010s or early 2020s). So both Strogino and Mitino will be served by the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line until then.
Some of the stations there are very old and many were built during the 1940s, and their age shows clearly in their appearance as well as their operational technology such as escalators. In May 2005 the station Semyonovskaya was closed for a year to replace its escalators and also to completely renovate and upgrade its vestibule. Elektrozavodskaya was closed in May 2007 and re-opened in late November 2008. Such a delay was caused by the supplier of the escalator equipment, who was late with completing the order. The next station in order on the Pokrovsky radius, and also the busiest of them, "Baumanskaya", is likely to be closed down for replacement of escalators in spring 2009, but it is not yet clear, when exactly. Second entrances were also planned for the majority of the stations, but these plans are in fact abolished.
In addition to the renovation works, new stations were planned for the line. In 1938, on the first stage of the line between Kurskaya and Ploshchad Revolyutsii, provisions for two future stations were built. Named Pokrovka and Maroseika, these were planned to be opened at a later date. The latter station in particular would have been very important as it would have facilitated a direct transfer to the Kitay-Gorod
station complex with Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya
and Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya
lines. Construction of these stations is not on the table, although when the Strogino extension opens, the rise in passenger traffic on the line demands them to be built.
In the very east another extension is proposed to Golyanovo. The station Schelkovskaya recently received a very major restoration replacing old ceramic tiles with modern aluminium planes.
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow and the neighbouring town of Krasnogorsk. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the Moscow Metro has 182 stations and its route length is . The system is...
. Chronologically the second to open, now it connects with the district of Mitino and town of Krasnogorsk
Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast
Krasnogorsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnogorsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, adjacent to the northwestern boundary of Moscow, on the Moskva River...
to the northwest of Moscow with the east of the Russian capital passing through the city centre. Today there are 21 stations on the line, with the latter being 43.7 kilometres long and having the status of the longest line of the system.
History
The history of the west–east axis is one of the most complicated in the Moscow Metro, and is partly due to the politics, namely constant changes of priorities. In 1935, when the first stage opened, a branch was built from Okhotny Ryad to the Smolenskaya SquareSmolenskaya Square
Smolenskaya Square is a square in the center of Moscow. The Garden Ring crosses the square. Arbat street runs towards it and ends near the Foreign Ministry skyscraper, the main building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. The later faces Smolenskaya square....
on the Garden Ring
Garden Ring
The Garden Ring, also known as the "B" Ring , is a circular avenue around the central Moscow, its course corresponding to what used to be the city ramparts surrounding Zemlyanoy Gorod in the 17th century....
, further extended to the Kiyevsky Rail Terminal in 1937.
In 1938 the branch was split into a separate line, and a 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) stretch connecting Alexander Garden
Alexander Garden
Alexander Gardens was one of the first urban public parks in Moscow, Russia. The park comprises three separate gardens, which stretch along all the length of the western Kremlin wall for between the building of the Moscow Manege and the Kremlin.-History:...
and Kursky Rail Terminal
Kursky Rail Terminal
Kursky Rail Terminal is one of the nine rail terminals in Moscow. It was built in 1896.There are currently plans in the pipeline to completely rebuild or refurbish the Kursky Rail Terminal.-Long distance from Moscow:-Long distance via Moscow:...
opened. Despite the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the construction of the metro continued, and in 1944 three stations of the Pokrovsky radius.
The eastern part of the line was extended three more times, one being a stretch to Pervomayskaya temporary station inside a newly opened depot. It was replaced in 1961 by Izmaylovsky Park, Izmaylovskaya the new Pervomayskaya stations. These three stations demonstrated a change of design priorities strafing away from Stalinist architecture to new minimalism centipede designs of Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964...
. The line reached its present terminus in 1963 with an extension to Shcholkovskaya
Shcholkovskaya
Shcholkovskaya is a Metro station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line. It is an Eastern terminus of the line. Its name owes to the location near the Shchyolkovo highway. It opened in 1963 and was built at 8 m below the ground to the standardized pillar-trispan design, which was commonly used from the...
.
The western end of the line has much more complex history. Though first stations of the west end were built sub-surface, given their importance in the centre of Moscow and the threat of a Nuclear War, these would be useless as bomb shelters. So as to solve this problem a decision to build a parallel deep level section, and close the older stations was made. The section was opened in 1953.
The line was planned to be extended west to the District of Fili
Fili
A fili was a member of an elite class of poets in Ireland, up into the Renaissance, when the Irish class system was dismantled.-Elite scholars:According to the Textbook of Irish Literature, by Eleanor Hull:-Oral tradition:...
, but yet another policy change prevented that extension from being built. Nikita Khrushchev was impressed by a large network of surface-level stations during his visit to the United States. Because of that he promoted the idea of building the Filoyvsky Radius at-ground. Filyovskaya Line
Filyovskaya Line
Filyovskaya Line , or Line 4, is a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the sixth to open, it connects the major eastern districts of Dorogomilovo and Fili along with the Moscow City with the city centre...
consisting of four stations was opened in 1958.
Filyovskaya Line turned out to be an ill-attempted experiment and in 2003, more than 50 years after the western terminus opening, Park Pobedy station was opened. It took 15 years to construct the deepest station of the Metro (though most of the time it was conserved due to the shortage of funding in the late 1990s). In 2008 the western part of the line was extended further to the district of Strogino annexing some of the Filyovskaya Line stations and totally extending by approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi). In the end of 2009 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line became the first line of the system to cross the borders of Moscow providing rapid transit service to the city of Krasnogorsk
Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast
Krasnogorsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnogorsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, adjacent to the northwestern boundary of Moscow, on the Moskva River...
inhabitants.
Timeline
| Segment | Date opened | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Kiyevskaya – Aleksandrovsky Sad detached from Sokolnicheskaya Line Sokolnicheskaya Line The Sokolnicheskaya Line is the first line of the Moscow Metro, dating back to 1935 when the system opened. Presently the line has 19 stations with a total of of track... |
March 13, 1938 | 4 km |
| Aleksandrovsky Sad – Kurskaya Kurskaya-Radialnaya Kurskaya , also known as Kurskaya-Radialnaya, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It is named for the Kursky Rail Terminal located nearby. Designed by L.M... |
March 13, 1938 | 4 km |
| Kurskaya Kurskaya-Radialnaya Kurskaya , also known as Kurskaya-Radialnaya, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It is named for the Kursky Rail Terminal located nearby. Designed by L.M... – Partizanskaya |
January 18, 1944 | 7.1 km |
| Elektrozavodskaya | May 15, 1944 | N/A |
| Ploshchad Revolyutsii Ploshchad Revolyutsii Ploshchad Revolyutsii is one of the most famous stations of the Moscow Metro. It is located on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line and opened in 1938. The architect was Alexey Dushkin. The station features red and yellow marble arches resting on low pylons faced with black Armenian marble... – Kiyevskaya |
April 5, 1953 | 3.9 |
| Partizanskaya – Pervomayskaya (old) | September 24, 1954 | 1.5 km |
| Partizanskaya – Pervomayskaya (new) | October 21, 1961 | 3.8 |
| Pervomayskaya Pervomayskaya (Metro) Pervomayskaya :* Pervomayskaya * Pervomayskaya * Pervomayskaya * Pervomayskaya... – Shcholkovskaya Shcholkovskaya Shcholkovskaya is a Metro station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line. It is an Eastern terminus of the line. Its name owes to the location near the Shchyolkovo highway. It opened in 1963 and was built at 8 m below the ground to the standardized pillar-trispan design, which was commonly used from the... |
July 22, 1963 | 1.6 km |
| Kiyevskaya – Park Pobedy | May 6, 2003 | 3.2 km |
| Park Pobedy – Kuntsevskaya | January 7, 2008 | 4.9 km |
| Kuntsevskaya – Krylatskoye detached from Filyovskaya Line Filyovskaya Line Filyovskaya Line , or Line 4, is a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the sixth to open, it connects the major eastern districts of Dorogomilovo and Fili along with the Moscow City with the city centre... |
January 7, 2008 | 4.3 km |
| Krylatskoye – Strogino Strogino (Metro) Strogino is a Moscow Metro station in the Strogino District, North-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between Myakinino and Krylatskoye stations... |
January 7, 2008 | 6.6 km |
| Slavyansky Bulvar Slavyansky Bulvar Slavyansky Bulvar is a Moscow Metro station in the Kuntsevo District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between Kuntsevskaya and Park Pobedy stations... |
September 7, 2008 | N/A |
| Strogino Strogino (Metro) Strogino is a Moscow Metro station in the Strogino District, North-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between Myakinino and Krylatskoye stations... – Mitino |
December 26, 2009 | 6.6 km |
| Total | 21 stations | 44.3 km |
Name changes
| Station | Previous name(s) | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Partizanskaya | Izmaylovsky Park Kultury i Otdykha imeni Stalina | 1944–1946 |
| Izmaylovskaya | 1946–1962 | |
| Izmaylovsky Park | 1962–2005 | |
| Izmaylovskaya | Izmaylovsky Park | 1961–1962 |
| Semyonovskaya | Stalinskaya | 1944–1961 |
Transfers
| # | Transfer to | At |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sokolnicheskaya Line Sokolnicheskaya Line The Sokolnicheskaya Line is the first line of the Moscow Metro, dating back to 1935 when the system opened. Presently the line has 19 stations with a total of of track... |
Arbatskaya |
| 2 | Zamoskvoretskaya Line Zamoskvoretskaya Line Zamoskvoretskaya Line , formerly Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya , is a line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1938, chronologically it became the third line. There are twenty stations on the Zamoskvoretskaya line, and it spans , roughly crossing Moscow in a north-south direction. A normal trip along the... |
Ploshchad Revolyutsii Ploshchad Revolyutsii Ploshchad Revolyutsii is one of the most famous stations of the Moscow Metro. It is located on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line and opened in 1938. The architect was Alexey Dushkin. The station features red and yellow marble arches resting on low pylons faced with black Armenian marble... |
| 4 | Filyovskaya Line Filyovskaya Line Filyovskaya Line , or Line 4, is a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the sixth to open, it connects the major eastern districts of Dorogomilovo and Fili along with the Moscow City with the city centre... |
Arbatskaya, Kiyevskaya, Kuntsevskaya |
| 5 | Koltsevaya Line Koltsevaya Line The Koltsevaya Line , , is a railway line of the Moscow Metro. The line was built in 1950-1954 encircling the central Moscow, and became crucial to the transfer patterns of passengers.... |
Kurskaya Kurskaya-Radialnaya Kurskaya , also known as Kurskaya-Radialnaya, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It is named for the Kursky Rail Terminal located nearby. Designed by L.M... , Kiyevskaya |
| 9 | Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line Serpukhovsko–Timiryazevskaya Line , sometimes colloquially referred to as Grey Line , is a line of the Moscow Metro. Originally opened in 1983, it was extended throughout the 1980s and early 90s and again in the early 2000s... |
Arbatskaya |
| 10 | Lyublinskaya Line Lyublinskaya Line Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line is the line of the Moscow Metro. First opened in 1995 as a semi-chordial radius it is at present in process of being extended through the centre and northwards... |
Kurskaya Kurskaya-Radialnaya Kurskaya , also known as Kurskaya-Radialnaya, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It is named for the Kursky Rail Terminal located nearby. Designed by L.M... |
Rolling stock
The line is served by the Izmailovo depot (#3) and it presently has 43 seven carriage trains assigned to it. Traditionally none of the trains that it received were factory-fresh and most of its rolling stock consisted of old trains models that other lines retired upon upgrade to newer ones, and thus all trains that are retired from this line are sent to the scrapyard, this was seen Am and Bm types in 1975 and the D type in 1995 and is currently taking place with the E type. Nowadays line is being served by 81-74x series 5-car trainsets of .1 and .4 modifications.The West
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964...
's inspiration after visiting New York Subway prompted all works to be cancelled and the shallow stations to be reopened with a westward surface path creating the Filyovskaya Line
Filyovskaya Line
Filyovskaya Line , or Line 4, is a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the sixth to open, it connects the major eastern districts of Dorogomilovo and Fili along with the Moscow City with the city centre...
. Although the construction of a surface station was fast enough to reach the western districts of Moscow by mid 1960s, the Russian winter climate, took its toll on the operation and management of the Filyovskaya Line.
In addition to that the northwestern districts of Moscow, being Strogino and Mitino housing massifs, which were built in the late 1970s-1980s remain isolated and all of the transit lies on bus and tram routes to Shchukinskaya
Shchukinskaya
Shchukinskaya is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Named after the village of Schukino before it was consumed by Moscow and became a municipality in the 1940s, it was opened on 30 December 1975. The design follows the original pillar-trispan...
and Tushinskaya
Tushinskaya
Tushinskaya is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was designed by I.G. Petukhova and V.P. Kachurinets and opened on December 30, 1975. The station was built to a modified standard design, with gray-blue marble pillars and white marble walls with inlaid zigzag...
of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya is the busiest line of the Moscow Metro...
. Which makes the latter line one of the busiest in the system.
By the mid-1980s it was clear that a complex reconstruction was needed to solve the problem in Western Moscow. Three separate developments were to start. Because the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line had relatively small passenger traffic, it was decided to have it take up the main share of the transit load. For the first part the deep radius would follow the Kutuzovsky Avenue with three stations. Then, the line would annex the western terminal stations of the Filyovskaya Line, and continue to Strogino and Mitino. Work began in the late 1980s, for the opening of the first station (a future cross-platform transfer to the Solntsevsko-Mytishchenskaya chordial line) to open in early 1990s and the remaining part of the bypass by the turn of the decade. However the first station in the bypass was not opened until 2003 (Park Pobedy) and the quantity of the remaining two: Minskaya and Slavyansky Bulvar
Slavyansky Bulvar
Slavyansky Bulvar is a Moscow Metro station in the Kuntsevo District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between Kuntsevskaya and Park Pobedy stations...
, were cut to accommodate for only the latter one, which opened in September 2008.
After a long debate on how to accommodate for the junction at Kuntsevskaya, under pressure from the local people, a cross-platform transfer will be set up in the reconstructed surface station, and the remaining Filovskaya stations, Molodyozhnaya and Krylatskoe will be annexed to the APL.
In 1989 the first part of the plan was completed with the extension to Krylatskoye. Then in 2003 the deepest station in the Metro, Park Pobedy was opened as the first part of the southern bypass. In 2008 the stations Slavyansky Bulvar and a redesigned Kuntsevskaya opened and the Filyovskaya Line's underground stations Molodyozhnaya and Krylatskoye were annexed by the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line, nearly doubling its present length and certainely the passenger load. Simultaneously the two station extension to Strogino was completed, which included a combined automobile and Metro tunnel under an ecological preserve - Serebryany Bor (Silver Pinewood).
From there the line continues to Strogino with one interim station Troitse-Lykovo
Troitse-Lykovo (Metro)
Troitse-Lykovo is a future station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Supposed to be located along an existing segment of the line opened on January 7, 2008, the station itself is scheduled to be opened, according to various sources, between 2012 and 2015...
expected to open around 2015. The station Strogino and the following segment, actually would eventually end up with the Stroginsky radius of the Kalininskaya Line
Kalininskaya Line
The Kalininskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. It was opened as the eastwards Perovo radius lines in 1979 and presently has 7 stations.-History:...
when the central segment is completed (not expected to take place before late 2010s or early 2020s). So both Strogino and Mitino will be served by the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line until then.
The East
In addition to the renovation works, new stations were planned for the line. In 1938, on the first stage of the line between Kurskaya and Ploshchad Revolyutsii, provisions for two future stations were built. Named Pokrovka and Maroseika, these were planned to be opened at a later date. The latter station in particular would have been very important as it would have facilitated a direct transfer to the Kitay-Gorod
Kitay-Gorod (Metro)
Kitay-gorod is a Moscow Metro station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya and Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya lines. It is one of four stations within the Moscow Metro network providing cross-platform interchange ....
station complex with Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
The Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro, that originally existed as two separate radial lines, Rizhskaya and Kaluzhskaya opened in 1958 and 1962, respectively. Only in 1971 were they united into a single line as the central section connecting the stations Oktyabrskaya to Prospekt...
and Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya
Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya is the busiest line of the Moscow Metro...
lines. Construction of these stations is not on the table, although when the Strogino extension opens, the rise in passenger traffic on the line demands them to be built.
In the very east another extension is proposed to Golyanovo. The station Schelkovskaya recently received a very major restoration replacing old ceramic tiles with modern aluminium planes.