The Moscow Metro (Roushie: Моско́вский метрополите́н) is a rapid transit seestem servin Moscow, Roushie an the neighbourin Moscow Oblast touns o Krasnogorsk an Reutov. Appent in 1935 wi ane 11-kilometre (6.8 mi) line an 13 stations, it wis the first unnergrund railwey seestem in the Soviet Union. As o 2013, the Moscow Metro haes 194 stations an its route lenth is 360 km (220 mi).[1] The seestem is maistly unnergrund, wi the deepest section 74 metre (243 ft) at the Park Pobedy station. The Moscow Metro is the warld's seicont maist hivily uised rapid transit seestem efter Seoul Metropolitan Subway.

Moscow Metro
Owerview
Native nameМоско́вский метрополите́н
Moskovsky metropoliten
AwnerGovrenment o Moscow
LocaleFederal ceety o Moscow an
ceeties o Kotelniki, Krasnogorsk, Lyubertsy, Reutov in the Moscow Oblast
Roushie
Transit teepMetro
Nummer o lines15 (includin MCC an monorail)[1]
Nummer o stations212[1]
249 includin Moscow Monorail an Moscow Central Circle
Daily ridership9.715 million (heichest, Dec. 2016)[1]
Annual ridership2.378 billion (2016)[1]
Chief executiveViktor Kozlovsky
Wabsteidhttp://mosmetro.ru/
Operation
Begoud operation15 May 1935
Operator(s)Moskovsky Metropoliten
HeidweyPeak oors: 1-2 meenits
Aff-peak: 4–7 meenits
Technical
Seestem lenth360 km (220 mi)[1]
414 km (257 mi) including Moscow Central Circle
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11 2732 in)
Electrification825 V DC third rail,
3 kV DC owerheid line
Average speed41.61 km/h (25.86 mph)

References

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  1. a b c d e f Метрополитен в цифрах [Metropolitan in figures] (in Roushien). Moskovsky Metropoliten. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 17 Februar 2018. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "factsheet_ru" defined multiple times wi different content