Kommunarskaya line

The Kommunarskaya line (Russian: Коммунарская ли́ния) (Line 16)[1] is a planned line of the Moscow Metro that will initially extend to the settlement of Kommunarka in the Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug, or New Moscow. Future expansion plans could extend the line to the town of Troitsk.[2] The city plans to begin construction on the line in 2018.[2][3]

Kommunarskaya line
Overview
TypeRapid transit
SystemMoscow Metro
LocaleMoscow
TerminiKommunarka (west)
Ulitsa Novatorov (east)
Stations7
Operation
Opened2021 (planned)
OwnerMoskovsky Metropoliten
Operator(s)Moskovsky Metropoliten
CharacterUnderground
Technical
Line length19 km (12 mi)
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in)
ElectrificationThird rail

Current Timeline

The initial stage of the line will cover 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Moscow to Kommunarka and have seven stations. The city projects completion in 2021 at a cost of 49.8 billion rubles.[4]

Development

Following the expansion of the city of Moscow, which doubled the city’s size, the city administration sought to increase public transit into the area, known as New Moscow. In 2014, the Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, undertook a visit to China where he signed an agreement with the China Railway Construction Corporation and China International Fund to build a line to New Moscow and finance construction by developing real estate at the stations.[5][6] With the fall of the ruble in late 2014, negotiations over costs were held up and the Deputy Mayor for Construction Marat Khusnullin announced that the city would continue development using its own funds.[7]

By 2016, the city was again negotiating with CRCC for construction of the line. Rather than CRCC handing the whole project, the city wanted to split the work between Russian and Chinese workers.[8] The parties agreed not only on construction of the Kommunarskaya line, but also three stations of the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line, Michurinsky Prospekt, Aminyevskoye Shosse, and Prospekt Vernadskogo.[9]

Transfers
Transfer toAt
 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Ulitsa Novatorov
 Sokolnicheskaya line Kommunarka (Moscow Metro)

References
  1. Map of planned construction Kommunarskaya line has been tentatively designated as line 16
  2. "Строительство метро до Троицка могут начать в 2018 году" (in Russian). Moscow Complex for Construction and Urban Development. 2017-09-25.
  3. "New metro line construction from Ulitsa Novatorov to Stolbovo station to begin in 2018". City of Moscow. 2017-07-19.
  4. "На миллиард дешевле" (in Russian). Moskovskaya Perspektiva. 2018-09-18.
  5. "Китайским инвесторам предложили построить линию метро до Коммунарки" (in Russian). Moscow Complex for Construction and Urban Development. 2014-04-20.
  6. "Chinese firms to build Moscow's new subway". Global Construction Review. 2014-05-21.
  7. "М.ХУСНУЛЛИН: ПРИОСТАНОВКА ПЕРЕГОВОРОВ С ИНВЕСТОРАМИ ИЗ КИТАЯ НЕ ВЛИЯЕТ НА ПОДГОТОВКУ К СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВУ МЕТРО" (in Russian). Moscow City News Agency. 2014-11-12.
  8. "Китайцы идут валютным курсом". Moscow Complex for Construction and Urban Development. 2016-05-10.
  9. "Около 500 китайских инженеров приедут в Москву для строительства метро" (in Russian). Moscow Complex for Construction and Urban Development. 2017-02-14.
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