Solntsevskaya Line
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Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line is a future Moscow Metro
line that will see the expansion of the metro to the Solntsevo District in Moscow
.
was added in 1984 and redeveloped as a typical bedroom raion
. The Moscow Metro since the completion of the Frunzesnky
and Filyovsky radii
in the mid 1960s, left a vast region which has called for an additional metro radius since the 1971 general plan of Moscow.
The original plan proposed to utilise the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
by turning from its western terminus at Kievskaya
to the southwest and continuing along the Michurin avenue all the way into Solntsevo. Moreover in doing so the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line would cease to exist, as the planned Perovsky radius
would dock with Arbatskaya, and the deep 1953 section of the line would join the new Kiyevsko-Perovskaya Line, whilst the historic Aleksandrovsky Sad - Ploshchad Revolyutsii
service would restart creating a new Filyovsko-Izmaylovskaya Line. See map 1, 2.
However this plan was never realised, partly because the Moscow Metro was required in other districts, partly because the Filyovskaya Line's construction was such that prevented a high-speed operation due to the vast amount of surface sections.
were becoming over-loading the existing service. Simultaneously Moscow's Urban Rapid-Transit planning body - Metrogiprotrans was continuing to debate whether it was suitable of splitting the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line and the whole classical ring-radial layout of the metro. Owning to the disadvantages of the over-congested centre, initially in 1984 I.Burdakov published an article in Pravda
where he proposed a set of chordial and semi-chordial lines that would bypass the city centre and the Koltsevaya Line
, or at least have some of the transfers outside the ring, which applies to the latter group and the Lyublinskaya Line
was to result of this.
Eventually Metrogiprotrans welcomed the idea, and suggested a set of four chordial lines that would appear as standard radii but instead of passing through Koltsevaya Line
would pass instead outside the city centre. Not only would this relieve main congestion zones by offering passengers a second transfer contour, the project also solved one of Mosocow's most oldest pending plans the second ring, as the chords would naturally form one, and a ring service could be organised. see map.
For Solntsevo was placed at the end of a Solntsevo-Mytishchinskaya Line, which would begin in the adjacent to Moscow city of Mytishchi
in the northeast, follow the Yaroslavl Highway until docking with VDNKh
with a cross-platform transfer, and then wrap around the city centre on a north western edge: Marina Roshcha, Dinamo, Begovaya, Moscow-City
and finally Park Pobedy, after which it would resume its previous path and continue all the way to Solnsevo, and then beyond it to Vnukovo airport.
The chord was planned to be the second order after the Stroginsko-Biryulyovskaya
one was to be opened in the mid 1990s. However the Soviet Union
collapsed before any of those projects could be realised.
brought severe financial trouble to the Metro, and the Metro administration to reality that it would never have the means to construct such major sections as the chordial lines. As an alternative in the late 1990s Metrogiprotrans proposed a set of Light Metro lines to raions located beyond MKAD
. Thus in 2001-03 the Butovskaya Light Metro Line
was built and opened. Although the novelty of the idea was initially welcomed soon the designs drawbacks became all the more apparent, and one by one other Light Metro projects: Kosino, and Zhulebino were cancelled in favour of a conventional one station extension beyond MKAD. The Solntsevo Light Metro Line however, was to be the second Light Metro to be launched after the BLLM, continued to be drawn on most Moscow Metro maps.
The light Metro line was to begin at the existing terminus of the Sokolnicheskaya Line
, Yugo-Zapadnaya
, where an underground station transfer would be organised. It would then turn northwest until reaching the Michurin avenue and then follow it into Solntsevo in total containing seven stations: Nikulinskaya, Olimpiyskaya Derevnya, Vostrekovo, Tereshkovo, Solntsevo, Borovskoye Shosse and Novoperedelkino, with a planned extension to Vnukovo airport afterwards.
Initially it was planned for construction to begin in 2004, but the rising problems of the Butovskaya Line made Moscow planners rethink the idea, and in 2005 the plan was remodelled and two stations Nikulinskaya and Vostryakovo were removed from the project, but the start of construction was continuously put off 2009 in 2006, 2012 in 2007 and in 2008 the project was cancelled altogether.
would not be wise, as its central facilities are the oldest in the system and might not handle the additional load. So in 2008 Moscow Metro published a new revised general plan which effectively returned most of the 1980s chordial projects. The new Solnstevskaya Line would begin at Park Pobedy
, which was initially envisioned as a future transfer between the Mitinsko-Biryulyovskaya and the same Solntsevko-Mytishcinskaya chords, and then continue south with four stations: Minskaya, Mosfilmovskaya, Lomonosovsky Prospekt, Michurinsky Prospekt and Olimpiyskaya Derevnya. Afterwards it is likely to have two or three stations in Solntsevo itself.
The plan of having the northern route of the chord is still under question, but it is more than likely that the extension to the existing provision at Delovoy Tsentr
will take place. Construction of the line is planned to begin soon after the Mitino-Strogino extension is completed circa 2011, with opening planned for 2015. It has also been suggested that the radius can linked to the Kalininskaya Line
after that extends to Delovoy Tsentr itself.
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...
line that will see the expansion of the metro to the Solntsevo District in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.
First project - radius
Historically, most of the today's Western Administrative District became part of Moscow only in 1960, while the district of Solntsevo, which is located beyond MKADMKAD
MKAD is a ring road encircling the City of Moscow.The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian МКАД, for Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога .The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise Russia's largest metropolis...
was added in 1984 and redeveloped as a typical bedroom raion
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
. The Moscow Metro since the completion of the Frunzesnky
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...
and Filyovsky radii
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...
in the mid 1960s, left a vast region which has called for an additional metro radius since the 1971 general plan of Moscow.
The original plan proposed to utilise 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...
by turning from its western terminus at 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...
to the southwest and continuing along the Michurin avenue all the way into Solntsevo. Moreover in doing so the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line would cease to exist, as the planned Perovsky radius
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:...
would dock with Arbatskaya, and the deep 1953 section of the line would join the new Kiyevsko-Perovskaya Line, whilst the historic 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...
service would restart creating a new Filyovsko-Izmaylovskaya Line. See map 1, 2.
However this plan was never realised, partly because the Moscow Metro was required in other districts, partly because the Filyovskaya Line's construction was such that prevented a high-speed operation due to the vast amount of surface sections.
Second project - chord
In 1984 Solntsevko became part of Moscow, and the adjacent districts within MKADMKAD
MKAD is a ring road encircling the City of Moscow.The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian МКАД, for Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога .The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise Russia's largest metropolis...
were becoming over-loading the existing service. Simultaneously Moscow's Urban Rapid-Transit planning body - Metrogiprotrans was continuing to debate whether it was suitable of splitting the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line and the whole classical ring-radial layout of the metro. Owning to the disadvantages of the over-congested centre, initially in 1984 I.Burdakov published an article in Pravda
Pravda
Pravda was a leading newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1912 and 1991....
where he proposed a set of chordial and semi-chordial lines that would bypass the city centre and the 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....
, or at least have some of the transfers outside the ring, which applies to the latter group and the 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...
was to result of this.
Eventually Metrogiprotrans welcomed the idea, and suggested a set of four chordial lines that would appear as standard radii but instead of passing through 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....
would pass instead outside the city centre. Not only would this relieve main congestion zones by offering passengers a second transfer contour, the project also solved one of Mosocow's most oldest pending plans the second ring, as the chords would naturally form one, and a ring service could be organised. see map.
For Solntsevo was placed at the end of a Solntsevo-Mytishchinskaya Line, which would begin in the adjacent to Moscow city of Mytishchi
Mytishchi
Mytishchi is a city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies to the northeast of Russia's capital Moscow, on the Yauza River and the Moscow–Yaroslavl railroad. The city is the oblast's largest center for industry and education...
in the northeast, follow the Yaroslavl Highway until docking with VDNKh
VDNKh
VDNKh may refer to:* The former name of the exhibition centers in former Soviet Republics** All-Russia Exhibition Centre ** National Complex Expocenter of Ukraine...
with a cross-platform transfer, and then wrap around the city centre on a north western edge: Marina Roshcha, Dinamo, Begovaya, Moscow-City
Delovoy Tsentr
Delovoy Tsentr is a planned station of the Kalininskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It is expected to be opened by 2015....
and finally Park Pobedy, after which it would resume its previous path and continue all the way to Solnsevo, and then beyond it to Vnukovo airport.
The chord was planned to be the second order after the Stroginsko-Biryulyovskaya
Strogino-Mitino extension
The Strogino Mitino extension also known as the Strogino-Mition Line is one of the largest projects that Moscow Metro is currently embarked upon in the lengthening of the system and to serve the North-western Moscow Districts of Strogino and Mitino....
one was to be opened in the mid 1990s. However the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
collapsed before any of those projects could be realised.
Third Project - Light Metro
The dissolution of the Soviet UnionDissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the disintegration of the federal political structures and central government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , resulting in the independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union between March 11, 1990 and December 25, 1991...
brought severe financial trouble to the Metro, and the Metro administration to reality that it would never have the means to construct such major sections as the chordial lines. As an alternative in the late 1990s Metrogiprotrans proposed a set of Light Metro lines to raions located beyond MKAD
MKAD
MKAD is a ring road encircling the City of Moscow.The acronym is a transliteration of the Russian МКАД, for Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога .The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise Russia's largest metropolis...
. Thus in 2001-03 the Butovskaya Light Metro Line
Butovskaya Light Metro Line
Butovskaya Line is a Light Metro line of the Moscow Metro. The line symbolizes an experiment of building rapid-transit in areas where tunnel boring is considered expensive and impractical...
was built and opened. Although the novelty of the idea was initially welcomed soon the designs drawbacks became all the more apparent, and one by one other Light Metro projects: Kosino, and Zhulebino were cancelled in favour of a conventional one station extension beyond MKAD. The Solntsevo Light Metro Line however, was to be the second Light Metro to be launched after the BLLM, continued to be drawn on most Moscow Metro maps.
The light Metro line was to begin at the existing terminus 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...
, Yugo-Zapadnaya
Yugo-Zapadnaya
Yugo-Zapadnaya , is the southwestern terminus of the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Like dozens of other Metro stations dating to the 1960s , the station was built according to the standard pillar-trispan or "centipede" design. The architect was Ya.V. Tatarzhinskaya. Visually...
, where an underground station transfer would be organised. It would then turn northwest until reaching the Michurin avenue and then follow it into Solntsevo in total containing seven stations: Nikulinskaya, Olimpiyskaya Derevnya, Vostrekovo, Tereshkovo, Solntsevo, Borovskoye Shosse and Novoperedelkino, with a planned extension to Vnukovo airport afterwards.
Initially it was planned for construction to begin in 2004, but the rising problems of the Butovskaya Line made Moscow planners rethink the idea, and in 2005 the plan was remodelled and two stations Nikulinskaya and Vostryakovo were removed from the project, but the start of construction was continuously put off 2009 in 2006, 2012 in 2007 and in 2008 the project was cancelled altogether.
Сurrent project
By the mid-2000s Moscow Metro was faced with two realities, the first was that financial situation has drastically improved, many of the long standing projects could now be completed. The second one was the drastic rise in passenger traffic, meant that the existing radii (where most of the congestion takes place) would already be filled to the brink, and adding Solntsevo's passengers to the Sokolnicheskaya LineSokolnicheskaya 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...
would not be wise, as its central facilities are the oldest in the system and might not handle the additional load. So in 2008 Moscow Metro published a new revised general plan which effectively returned most of the 1980s chordial projects. The new Solnstevskaya Line would begin at Park Pobedy
Park Pobedy
Park Pobedy , is a Moscow Metro station in the Dorogomilovo District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between Slavyansky Bulvar and Kiyevskaya stations...
, which was initially envisioned as a future transfer between the Mitinsko-Biryulyovskaya and the same Solntsevko-Mytishcinskaya chords, and then continue south with four stations: Minskaya, Mosfilmovskaya, Lomonosovsky Prospekt, Michurinsky Prospekt and Olimpiyskaya Derevnya. Afterwards it is likely to have two or three stations in Solntsevo itself.
The plan of having the northern route of the chord is still under question, but it is more than likely that the extension to the existing provision at Delovoy Tsentr
Delovoy Tsentr
Delovoy Tsentr is a planned station of the Kalininskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It is expected to be opened by 2015....
will take place. Construction of the line is planned to begin soon after the Mitino-Strogino extension is completed circa 2011, with opening planned for 2015. It has also been suggested that the radius can linked to 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:...
after that extends to Delovoy Tsentr itself.