Moskovskaya Line
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Uruchie | |||||||||
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Borisovsky Trakt | |||||||||
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Vostok | |||||||||
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Moskovskaya | |||||||||
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Park Chelyuskintsev | |||||||||
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Akademiya Nauk | |||||||||
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Ploshchad Yakuba Kolasa | |||||||||
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Ploshchad Pobedy | |||||||||
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Oktyabrskaya | ||||||||
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Ploshchad Lenina | |||||||||
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Institut Kultury | |||||||||
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Grushevskaya | |||||||||
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Mikhalovo | |||||||||
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Petrovshchina | |||||||||
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The Moskovskaya Line (Belarusian: Маскоўская; Russian: Московская), is a line of the Minsk Metro. The line was opened along with the Metro in 1984 with the original eight station segment, and crosses the city on a Northeast-Southwest axis. Currently it comprises of nine stations and 9.5 kilometres of track.
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[edit] Timeline
| Segment | Date opened |
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| Institut Kultury-Moskovskaya | June 30, 1984 |
| Moskovskaya-Voskhod | December 26, 1986 |
[edit] Transfers
| # | Transfer to | At |
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| 2 | Avtozavodskaya Line | Oktyabrskaya |
[edit] Rolling stock
The line is served by the Moskovskoe depot (№ 1), and currently has 21 five carriage 81-717/714 and the modernised 81-717.5M/714.5M trains assigned to it.
[edit] Recent developments and future plans
Two extensions are planned. The first one, involving Borisovskiy Trakt and Uruchye, is to open in 2007 to the northeast. It will be the first section of the Minsk metro outside the Minsk Automobile Ring Road. On the opposite end of the line a three station extension: Grushevskaya, Mikhailovo, and Petrovshchina. It is planned to open in 2008.
