Metro essentials

  • 1935first line opened: Sokolniki — Park Kultury
  • ≈70 kmBig Circle Line, completed as a ring in 2023
  • ≈84 mdepth of Park Pobedy station
  • 76bronze figures at Ploshchad Revolyutsii

Then / now: rings and diameters

The diagram shows how the MCC, the Big Circle Line and the MCD diameters were added to the radial lines and the Circle line. Move the slider to compare the network before 2016 and today. Schematic, not to scale.

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Cargando el esquema…

Cómo contamos: cada línea en una estación de transbordo cuenta como una estación aparte (como en las estadísticas del metro): Kíevskaya en tres líneas son tres estaciones. Fechas de apertura de Wikidata y OpenStreetMap, comprobadas el 7 de noviembre de 2026. Años de apertura según Wikidata y OpenStreetMap; en los MCD, el año de puesta en marcha del diámetro. El monorraíl, cerrado en 2025, no aparece en el esquema de 2016.

How the network grew

  1. 1935

    The first line

    13 stations from Sokolniki to Park Kultury, with a branch to Smolenskaya.

  2. 1938–1943

    New radii

    Mayakovskaya, Ploshchad Revolyutsii and other stations open — even during the war.

  3. 1950–1954

    The Circle line

    The ring joins the railway terminals and radial lines into one network.

  4. 2016

    MCC

    Passenger service begins on the Moscow Central Circle.

  5. 2019

    First diameters

    MCD-1 and MCD-2 are launched.

  6. 2023

    BCL completed

    The Big Circle Line becomes the world’s longest metro ring.

Stations worth going underground for

  • 1938

    Mayakovskaya

    Alexey Dushkin’s light steel arches and mosaic ceilings after designs by Alexander Deyneka.

  • 1952

    Komsomolskaya (Circle)

    Alexey Shchusev’s grand hall with a yellow vault and Pavel Korin’s mosaics.

  • 1952

    Novoslobodskaya

    Glowing stained glass in brass frames — an underground cathedral of light.

  • 1938

    Ploshchad Revolyutsii

    Matvey Manizer’s sculptures in the arches, touched for luck.

  • 1935

    Kropotkinskaya

    A calm, light hall with lotus-like columns — a classic of the first stage.

  • 1954

    Kievskaya (Circle)

    Mosaic panels in gilded frames beneath a high vault.

Using the metro

Trains run frequently and the map is duplicated in English. Interchanges are marked with line colours; at large hubs it helps to check the exit number in advance.

Current operating hours, restrictions and fares are published by the Moscow Metro — check them before you travel.

Un resumen independiente. Consulte horarios, tarifas y normas de visita en los sitios oficiales.