Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line

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Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
   
Altufyevo
Altufyevo
   
Bibirevo (Metro)
Bibirevo
Otradnoye
   
Vladykino
Vladykino
   
Petrovsko-Razumovskaya
Petrovsko-Razumovskaya
Timiryazevskaya
   
Dmitrovskaya
Dmitrovskaya
Savyolovskaya
   
Mendeleevskaya
Mendeleevskaya
   
Tsvetnoi Bulvar
Tsvetnoi Bulvar
   
Chekhovskaya
Chekhovskaya
   
Borovitskaya (Metro)
Borovitskaya
   
Polyanka
Polyanka
Serpukhovskaya
   
Tulskaya
Tulskaya
   
Nagatinskaya
Nagatinskaya
   
Nagornaya
Nagornaya
   
Nakhimovskiy Prospekt
Nakhimovskiy Prospekt
   
Sevastopolskaya (Metro)
Sevastopolskaya
   
Chertanovskaya
Chertanovskaya
   
Yuzhnaya (Metro)
Yuzhnaya
   
Prazhskaya
Prazhskaya
   
Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya
Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya
   
Annino (Metro)
Annino
Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo
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Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line (Russian: Серпуховско-Тимиря́зевская ли́ния) is a line of the Moscow Metro. It was first opened in 1983 as the Serpukhovsky radius and was extended north through the centre in the late 1980's before extending north as the Timiryazevsky radius during the early 1990s. Presently it is the World's longest subway line, cutting the city of Moscow on a north-south axis.

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[edit] Timeline

Segment Date opened
Serpukhovskaya-Yuzhnaya November 11, 1983 13.0 km
Yuzhnaya-Prazhskaya November 6, 1985 1.1 km
Serpukhovskaya-Borovitskaya January 23, 1986 2.8 km
Borovitskaya-Chekhovskaya December 31, 1987 1.6 km
Chekhovskaya-Savyolovskaya December 30, 1988 4.2 km
Savyolovskaya-Otradnoye March 3, 1991 8.5 km
Otradnoye-Bibirevo December 31, 1992 2.6 km
Bibirevo-Altufyevo July 15, 1994 2.0 km
Prazhskaya-Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya August 31, 2000 2.0 km
Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya-Annino December 12, 2001 1.4 km
Annino-Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo December 26, 2002 2.0 km
Total: 25 Stations 41.5 km

[edit] Transfers

# Transfer to At
1 Sokolnicheskaya Line Borovitskaya
2 Zamoskvoretskaya Line Chekhovskaya
3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line Borovitskaya
5 Koltsevaya Line Serpukhovskaya, Mendeleevskaya
7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line Chekhovskaya
11 Kakhovskaya Line Sevastopolskaya
L1 Butovskaya Light Metro Line Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo

[edit] Rolling stock

The line is served by the Varshavskoe (№ 8) and Vladykino (№ 14) depots. In 2005 it began a slow transition to eight carriage trains. As of November 2005, Vladykino completed its transition and presently has 43 eight-carriage trains assigned to them. Varshavskoe began later and completed its transition in March 2006 with 38 eight-carriage trains. The line received new 81-714/717 trains upon its opening in 1983. Due to its recent extensions various trains were added to its ever-growing stock, some surplus from other depots, others factory fresh 81-714.5/717.5 and 81-714.5M/717.5M. When the Butovskaya Light Metro Line opened, the Varshavskoe depot became home to the new three-carriage 81-740/741 "Rusich" (also known as "Skif") trains, 12 of which are currentely being used.

[edit] Recent events and future plans

Second exits at Petrovsko-Razumovskaya, Savyolovskaya and Timiryazevskaya are planned. However, in terms of extensions, the line is thought to be complete and no new building works are planned.

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Lines of the Moscow Metro
1 Sokolnicheskaya 2 Zamoskvoretskaya 3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya
4 Filyovskaya 5 Koltsevaya 6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya
7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya 8 Kalininskaya 9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya
10 Lyublinskaya 11 Kakhovskaya L1 Butovskaya