The opening date of the Big Circle Line in Moscow in the metro

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-18 00:05

After the launch of the Moscow Small Ring and Moscow Central Diameters, the construction of the Big Circle Metro Line came to the fore. Many Muscovites are interested in when it will be opened.

Large circular line in numbers

After commissioning, the BCL will have a length of almost 70 km. The first sites were opened in 2018. Although the plans were developed from the middle of the twentieth century, only in the new millennium they returned to the issue again, but the terms were constantly postponed due to the difficulty of passing some tunnels.

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The table below shows the history of the phased introduction of the parts of the large ring.

Stages	Plot, construction features	Stations
2011-2013	First step	Expanded construction at 24 sites
January 2017	Second phase	Rubtsovskaya - Aviamotornaya
February 2017		Rzhevskaya, Sheremetyevskaya, Stromynka
June 2017		Aminevskoe highway, Michurinsky prospect, Vernadsky prospect, Zyuzino, Novatorov street, Vorontsovskaya
November 2017		Textile workers, Printers, Nagatinsky Zaton, Maple Boulevard
February 2018	First section opened	Business Center, Shlepikha, Khoroshevskaya, CSKA Moscow, Perrovsky Park, Savelovskaya
March 2019		Karamyshevskaya, street of the People's Militia

The pace of construction of the big ring is increasing every day. It will become the longest underground ring road in the world.

BCL news

Today, a large number of excavation complexes are working on construction. According to the Moscow government, 75% of the tunnels have already been dug.

Muscovites cannot wait to open the Big Circle Line in Moscow, which will greatly simplify the journey from work to home for many. This especially worries those who travel from outside the Moscow Ring Road.

Excavation works are carried out by complexes with romantic names. A huge shield with the name Rosa began its movement from the station Zyuzino.

Now he was replaced by another, who is called Natalya. Its route was determined under the Sevastopol Avenue and the Kotlovka River.

The southern part is considered the most difficult to pass. Here, 2 tunnels are being built at once for each direction of movement. Already on January 2, the mayor of Moscow hosted the technical launch of 4 BCL stations.

The shortest Kakhovskaya line is now closed, it will be included in the BCL. But during the operation of the two stages, they are pretty outdated. Therefore, today active work is underway here to improve and replace old equipment.

In the coming year, it is planned to open as many as 3 sites.

So when will the entire Big Circle Line of Moscow open? The deadlines are no longer postponed, and the Department of Transport states that the ring for passenger traffic will be fully opened in 2023.

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Interesting facts about the Big Ring

And although the ring has not yet been completed, Muscovites are already learning very interesting facts about it.

1. At the Kurskaya metro station, there is a sign that says that it will be part of the Big Ring. The sign was hung in 1947.
2. It will be possible to make 19 transfers from BCL stations.
3. On the portal "Active Citizen" there is a vote on various issues related to construction.
4. The "elder brother" of the new ring road celebrated its 65th anniversary. The stations connecting almost all the metropolitan railway stations were erected in the 50s of the twentieth century.
5. All tunneling shields are named with female names.
6. The tunnels have increased security measures. In any critical situation, passengers are evacuated in a quarter of an hour.
7. At the Lefortovskaya station, the design uses elements associated with the Lefortovo Palace.
8. Now the longest subway ring is considered to be the subway located in Beijing. The length of the lines is 57 km. But soon our road will bypass the Chinese one.

Until the end of construction, the BCL will acquire new secrets and legends.

Summarize

1. The BCL is being built in stages, the first stations have already been opened.
2. The ring will have 31 stations and transfers on all lines, MCC and MCD.
3. The entire Big Circle Line will be open by 2023.