Moscow Metro is one of the most popular means of public transport.The development of the underground today allows millions of people in the capital and nearby suburbs quickly get from one end of town to another, even in the busiest time.The Moscow subway actually ensures uninterrupted operation the main economic, political and financial artery of the country.How, then, it is expected to further develop the subway?
Moscow Metro Moscow Metro is considered to be one of the largest in the world.Today, the annual volume of traffic equals impressive numbers - about 5 billion people.Every year, this number is only growing, and many people have the feeling that the subway is no longer able to cope with the carriage of passengers, especially this becomes evident in the so-called peak hours.According to experts, the need for new subway stations experiencing nearly 2 million people, to ensure that their needs should be laid more than 100 kilometers of roads.
Tasks previous years
the first time that the development of the metro - it is a necessity, not a luxury, spoke in 2002.The Decree of the Moscow Government dated May 7, before the city was given the following ambitious goals:
- creation of new lines (Lublin, Mitinsky, Solntsevo branches).
- organization of new plants and new ways of working lines (Serpukhov, Taganskaya, Zamoskvoretskaya branches).
- Organization Skytrain Station in Moscow.
- Organization additional inputs on the busiest subway stations.
, among other things, to treat long-term plans and objectives for the reconstruction of the existing stations, as well as most of the rolling stock.Today, more than 12 years later, we can sum up the results and declare with confidence that the underground development plan which was submitted in 2002, greatly expanded and improved.
Development Plan until 2020
However, Moscow authorities and the leadership of the underground are not going to stop on achieved results.There is now a plan ensuring the development of the underground until 2020, the relevant information appeared in the press in 2012.All designs have been approved by the metropolitan mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, who said about the need to focus all resources on the development of the Moscow subway.In print and on the Internet have been published draft schemes subway that truly impressed by all the inhabitants of the city.The main tasks include:
- building 150 kilometers of new lines.
- opening of 70 new stations.
- Create the second ring of the Moscow subway.
One look at a map to understand how to change the Moscow Metro.The scheme will enable the development of the operational movement of the residents of the most remote corners of the capital.This fact will allow to remove congestion from the most problematic highways and help minimize traffic jams in these areas.Extensive construction is under way in the east and south-east of the capital, as well as the near suburbs.In 2015, the Moscow metro will be built in the town of Lyubertsy.Large-scale projects today require a decent financial costs, the city allocated for new projects to 100 billion rubles a year.
which stations will be open
The last new metro stations opened in Moscow, shows the active work are "Novokosino" and "Alma-Ata", the latter, incidentally, was created under the working title "Brateevo" butat the last moment it was renamed.With such a large-scale operation in the near future, only 13% of the capital's population will live in areas not covered by the metro.And this figure is less than half that of what is called in at the moment.A number of new stations will be opened in the center (Volkhonka, Plyushchikha, Suvorov), as well as on the territory of New Moscow (Rumyantsevo, Troparevo, Solntsevo).Completely new metro line will connect the west of the city of the first and second ring, as well as Business Center station.In the south, the city plans to work on creating bridges between the gray and orange branch in Butovo district.Work on the opening of new stations and will be held in the north of the capital, deserves special attention Chelobitevo item intended for unloading Mytishchi direction.
Metro in St. Petersburg
Never before Moscow metro development plan which was presented recently, is not built such a significant pace.However, such active work is carried out not only in the capital of Russia, but also in several other cities.Thus, large-scale events will be held until 2020 and in St. Petersburg.Until 2012, the main forces were sent to complete the work already started and the opening lines of the Frunze district and Kupchino.In addition, it has been renovated and opened new stations, a depot for the trains.In total, the city planned to build 70 kilometers of lines, which will be open about 41 new stations.To ensure the smooth operation will be built 7 electrodepot.The development of the underground in the northern capital city will also help solve the problem of traffic jams.
