Moscow's metro expansion moves ahead of schedule

2016-05-11T17:14:00-04:00

The already rapid expansion of the Moscow metro may be picking up steam, if a flurry of announcements in recent days is to be believed. A brand-new portion of the Butovskaya metro line, which will link the southernmost stations of the orange and gray Lines, may be open to the public by the end of this week, Deputy Mayor Marat Khusnullin said Friday, RIA Novosti reported.

"The new line will include three stations — Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya, with a transfer to the gray line station Bulvar Dmitria Donskogo, Lesoparkovaya and Bitsevsky Park, which connects to the orange line station Novoyasenevskaya."

Moscow is in the midst of a major infrastructure-overhaul, with plans to increase the number of stations by nearly 40% by 2020. And, if the reports are correct, they're way ahead of schedule.

The master plan includes some 79 new stations, radically changing the city and how people get around in it.

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2015-07-15T18:11:00-04:00

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Archinect: You describe EMA as "reveal[ing] and leverag[ing] the hidden infrastructure of the city." In what other cities would you like to attempt similar infrastructura...

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