Kalininskaya Line
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The Kalininskaya Line (Line 8) is a line of the Moscow Metro
. It was opened as the eastwards Perovo radius lines in 1979 and presently has 7 stations.
The engineers were able to introduce new designs, particularly for the Column stations
of Marksistskaya and Aviamotoronaya which were built without ventral crosspieces allowing a huge economy in time by abandoning the use of tubings. The shallow column station
of Novogireevo further demonstrated its parting with previous centipede roots by increasing inter-column width from six to seven and a half metres.
What makes the line unique is its name, as it was originally named after partially passing the Kalinin district, which disappeared in the 1990s. Thus the line is the only in Moscow which carries the name of a figurehead, Mikhail Kalinin
rather than the area it serves.
In 1986 the line's first extension opened, with the station Tretyakovskaya, the third cross-platform
transfer in Moscow Metro was set up this way. It was planned for the line to continue and link up with the Arbatskaya
station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
, allowing it to be split and the old route Aleksandrovsky Sad—Ploshchad Revolyutsii
route to be reused, whilst the Kalininskaya line, now operating to Kievskaya
would extend southwestwards. (See Solntsevskaya Line
for more details.)
This was not to be realised, and the western extension plans stalled for more than two decades due to the financial instability of the 1990s and other priorities.
The Tretyakovskaya transfer is cross-platform one.
to Moscow-City business district. According to most recent pronouncement of the city government (June 24, 2008), the stations names are set (east to west) as:
The decree does not mention previously planned transfers to existing Kropotkinskaya
station of the Sokolnicheskaya Line
, Smolenskaya
station of the Filyovskaya Line
, Smolenskaya
station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
or the yet nonexistent station of the Ring
called Rossiyskaya. However, the decree concerns only naming of the stations and does not constitute a real construction plan.
station as a future transfer with the Filyovskaya Line
and the Third Interchange Circuit. The line will continue to the Park Pobedy station and to the Ramenki district with Lomonosovsky Prospekt and Ramenki stations constructed. After that the line is proposed to pass further to the Solntsevo
district.
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...
. It was opened as the eastwards Perovo radius lines in 1979 and presently has 7 stations.
History
The line's pilot stage, which would see it extending from Taganskaya through Lefortovo and into the eastern districts of Perovo, Novogireevo and Veshnyaki was opened for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The line bears all traits of the late 1970s architecture and engineering. No longer pressed for economy designs and aesthetics, the architects were given full freedom to use advanced materials.The engineers were able to introduce new designs, particularly for the Column stations
Deep column station
The deep column station is a type of subway station, consisting of a central hall with two side halls, connected by ring-like passages between a row of columns...
of Marksistskaya and Aviamotoronaya which were built without ventral crosspieces allowing a huge economy in time by abandoning the use of tubings. The shallow column station
Shallow column station
The shallow column station is a type of construction of subway stations, with the distinguishing feature being an abundance of supplementary supports for the underground cavity...
of Novogireevo further demonstrated its parting with previous centipede roots by increasing inter-column width from six to seven and a half metres.
What makes the line unique is its name, as it was originally named after partially passing the Kalinin district, which disappeared in the 1990s. Thus the line is the only in Moscow which carries the name of a figurehead, Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...
rather than the area it serves.
In 1986 the line's first extension opened, with the station Tretyakovskaya, the third cross-platform
Cross-platform
In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...
transfer in Moscow Metro was set up this way. It was planned for the line to continue and link up with the Arbatskaya
Arbatskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya)
Arbatskaya is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Along with Smolenskaya and Kievskaya, it was built in 1953 to replace an older, parallel section of track which has since become part of the Filyovskaya Line...
station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
The Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line 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...
, allowing it to be split and the old route Aleksandrovsky Sad—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...
route to be reused, whilst the Kalininskaya line, now operating to Kievskaya
Kievskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya)
Kiyevskaya , named for the nearby Kiyevsky Rail Terminal, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1953, it is lavishly decorated in the quasi-baroque style that predominated in the early 1950s...
would extend southwestwards. (See Solntsevskaya Line
Solntsevskaya Line
Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line is a future Moscow Metro line that will see the expansion of the metro to the Solntsevo District in Moscow.-First project - radius:...
for more details.)
This was not to be realised, and the western extension plans stalled for more than two decades due to the financial instability of the 1990s and other priorities.
Timeline
| Segment | Date opened | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Marksistskaya Marksistskaya Marksistskaya is a station of the Moscow Metro's Kalininskaya Line. It was opened along with the initial segment on 30 December 1979. The station is named after the Markisistskaya Street and its architectural theme is the purity of Marxist ideals.... –Novogireevo Novogireevo Novogireyevo is a Moscow Metro station on the Kalininskaya Line. It was constructed in 1979 in Moscow's Novogireyevo District, as the final terminus of the Perovo radius. The station has entrances at both ends, and is at a depth of nine metres. About 110,000 passengers use Novogireyevo station... |
December 30, 1979 | 11.4 km |
| Marksistskaya Marksistskaya Marksistskaya is a station of the Moscow Metro's Kalininskaya Line. It was opened along with the initial segment on 30 December 1979. The station is named after the Markisistskaya Street and its architectural theme is the purity of Marxist ideals.... –Tretyakovskaya Tretyakovskaya Tretyakovskaya is a cross-platform station on the Moscow Metro serving the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya and the Kalininskaya Lines. It is named after the nearby State Tretyakov Gallery. Unlike Kitay-gorod which was purpose-built as a cross-platform interchange station, Tretyakovskaya operated normally... |
January 25, 1986 | 1.7 km |
| Total: | 7 Stations | 13.1 km |
Transfers
| # | Transfer to | At |
|---|---|---|
| 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... |
Tretyakovskaya Tretyakovskaya Tretyakovskaya is a cross-platform station on the Moscow Metro serving the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya and the Kalininskaya Lines. It is named after the nearby State Tretyakov Gallery. Unlike Kitay-gorod which was purpose-built as a cross-platform interchange station, Tretyakovskaya operated normally... |
| 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.... |
Marksistskaya Marksistskaya Marksistskaya is a station of the Moscow Metro's Kalininskaya Line. It was opened along with the initial segment on 30 December 1979. The station is named after the Markisistskaya Street and its architectural theme is the purity of Marxist ideals.... |
| 6 | Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line 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... |
Tretyakovskaya Tretyakovskaya Tretyakovskaya is a cross-platform station on the Moscow Metro serving the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya and the Kalininskaya Lines. It is named after the nearby State Tretyakov Gallery. Unlike Kitay-gorod which was purpose-built as a cross-platform interchange station, Tretyakovskaya operated normally... |
| 7 | Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya is the busiest line of the Moscow Metro... |
Marksistskaya Marksistskaya Marksistskaya is a station of the Moscow Metro's Kalininskaya Line. It was opened along with the initial segment on 30 December 1979. The station is named after the Markisistskaya Street and its architectural theme is the purity of Marxist ideals.... |
| 10 Rail |
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 railway line |
Ploshchad Ilicha Ploshchad Ilicha Ploshchad Il'icha is a station on the Moscow Metro's Kalininskaya Line. It was opened on 30 December 1979 as part of the line's first stage.... |
| Rail | Kazansky railway line | Aviamotornaya Aviamotornaya Aviamotornaya is a station on the Kalininskaya line of the Moscow Metro subway system. It opened on 30 December 1979. On 17 February 1982, Aviamotornaya station was the site of a major accident in which eight people died because deteriorating escalators of the station malfunctioned... |
| Rail | Gorkovsky railway line | Ploshchad Ilicha Ploshchad Ilicha Ploshchad Il'icha is a station on the Moscow Metro's Kalininskaya Line. It was opened on 30 December 1979 as part of the line's first stage.... - closiest Novogireeevo Novokosino-under construction |
The Tretyakovskaya transfer is cross-platform one.
Rolling stock
The line is served by the Novogireevo depot (№ 12). 25 81-717/714 eight-carriage trains are assigned to it since the line was opened in 1979, and by one new 81-717.6K/714.6K eight-carriage train.Recent developments and future plans
The line currently exists as a single radius, but for a long time an extension through the city centre and then on westwards has been planned.City centre
The current plan is to extend from TretyakovskayaTretyakovskaya
Tretyakovskaya is a cross-platform station on the Moscow Metro serving the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya and the Kalininskaya Lines. It is named after the nearby State Tretyakov Gallery. Unlike Kitay-gorod which was purpose-built as a cross-platform interchange station, Tretyakovskaya operated normally...
to Moscow-City business district. According to most recent pronouncement of the city government (June 24, 2008), the stations names are set (east to west) as:
- Kadashovskaya near the eponymous embankment in Yakimanka DistrictYakimanka DistrictYakimanka District is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. Population: It is named after the former church of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne...
- Volkhonka
- Plyushchikha
- Konyushkovskaya near the White House of Russia
- Tryokhgorka near Moscow Expocenter
- Delovoy Tsentr (new) with a transfer to MezhdunarodnayaMezhdunarodnayaMezhdunarodnaya is a northern terminus of one of the 2 branches of the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. The station was built as part of the second stage and completed the branch of the Filyovskaya Line into the Moscow-City business centre...
The decree does not mention previously planned transfers to existing Kropotkinskaya
Kropotkinskaya
Kropotkinskaya is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. One of the better-known Metro stations, it was designed by Alexey Dushkin and Ya...
station of the 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...
, Smolenskaya
Smolenskaya (Filyovskaya)
Smolenskaya is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was opened in 1935 as part of the first Metro line. Designed by S.G. Andriyevsky and T.N. Makarychev, the station features gray marble pillars with flared bases and walls faced with white ceramic tile...
station of 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...
, Smolenskaya
Smolenskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya)
Smolenskaya is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was built in 1953 to replace an older station of the same name, though this was later reopened as part of the Filyovskaya Line...
station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
The Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line 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...
or the yet nonexistent station of the Ring
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....
called Rossiyskaya. However, the decree concerns only naming of the stations and does not constitute a real construction plan.
Solntsevsky radius
After its pass through the Moscow's centre, the line will continue into the MIBC with the Delovoi TsentrDelovoi Tsentr
Vystavochnaya is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was opened on 10 September 2005, and called Delovoy tsentr before 1 June 2009...
station as a future transfer with 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...
and the Third Interchange Circuit. The line will continue to the Park Pobedy station and to the Ramenki district with Lomonosovsky Prospekt and Ramenki stations constructed. After that the line is proposed to pass further to the Solntsevo
Solntsevo
Solntsevo may refer to:*Solntsevo District, a district in Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia*Solntsevo , name of several inhabited localities in Russia...
district.