Moscow Metro, officially known as ?????????? ????????????, is the rapid transit system serving Moscow, Russia, and neighboring Moscow Oblast towns such as Krasnogorsk, Reutov, and Lyubertsy. Opened in 1935, it has grown into one of the world's most extensive and heavily used metro systems, renowned for its architecturally ornate stations, efficiency, and reliability. The Moscow Metro plays a crucial role in the city's public transportation network, facilitating millions of passenger journeys daily and contributing significantly to urban mobility and connectivity within the Russian capital and its suburbs.
10 stations of the Big Circle Line (BCL) of the Moscow Metro will open by the end of the year. This new section will be the longest one put into operation at one time; its length is about 20 km. BCL will be the longest circle metro line in the world. Its length is 70 kilometers, which is 3.5 times longer the existing Line 5 (Circle Line) and a quarter longer than the Beijing loop line (Line 10) - so far the leader in length in the world.
«On 15 October, the Moscow Metro has fully launched the Face Pay service, which allows passengers to pay the fare with biometry at all stations of the network», — announced Maksim Liksutov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport, in his personal column.
The ground-based metro Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) project caused series of positive social and economic effects. It also revived the previously industrial and unattractive areas around the railway. For example, Kuryanovo station of MCD 2 became a driver of the eponymous district.
On Moscow City Day, Moscow announced finishing construction of three new stations of the Big Circle Line and launched a test train along the new section from Mnyovniki to Davydkovo stations.
Since the beginning of 2021, the smart video analytics system Sfera created in Moscow Metro has helped to detect 1032 people in the metro, reports the city’s Department of Transport