Bolshaya Koltsevaya line

#11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Bolshaya Koltsevaya line
Geographic map showing the approximate path of the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line (in teal) in the whole Moscow Metro network (in dark grey) including Central Circle, MCD and Monorail
Overview
Other name(s)Large Circle Line
Native nameБольшая Кольцевая линия
LocaleMoscow
Stations29
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemMoscow Metro
Operator(s)Moskovsky Metropoliten
Rolling stock81-775/776/777
History
Opened11 August 1969 (Kakhovskaya line stations)
26 February 2018 (Bolshaya Koltsevaya stations)
1 March 2023 (circle completed)
Technical
Line length57.538 km (35.752 mi)[1][2]
CharacterUnderground
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
ElectrificationThird rail
Route map

Legend
Savyolovskaya
Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Savyolovskaya Ground transferTransfer for #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Savyolovsky
 Petrovsky Park
Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Dinamo
 CSKA
Khoroshyovskaya
Transfer for #7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line at Polezhayevskaya Ground transferTransfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Khoroshyovo
 Narodnoye Opolcheniye
(Transfer for #17 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line at Bulvar Generala Karbysheva)
 Mnyovniki
Terekhovo
Kuntsevskaya
Transfer for #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line at KuntsevskayaTransfer for #4 Filyovskaya line at Kuntsevskaya Ground transferTransfer for #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Kuntsevskaya
 Davydkovo
Aminyevskoye yard
 Aminyevskaya
Ground transferTransfer for #D4 Line D4 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Aminyevskaya
 Michurinsky Prospekt
Transfer for #8A Solntsevskaya line at Michurinsky Prospekt
 Prospekt Vernadskogo
Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Prospekt Vernadskogo
 Novatorskaya
Transfer for #16 Troitskaya line at Novatorskaya
 Vorontsovskaya
Transfer for #6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line at Kaluzhskaya
 Zyuzino
Kakhovskaya
Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Sevastopolskaya
Zamoskvoretskoye yard
 Varshavskaya
Kashirskaya
Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Kashirskaya via cross-platform interchange
 Klenovy Bulvar
(Transfer for #18 Biryulyovskaya line at Klenovyy Bulvar)
 Nagatinsky Zaton
Pechatniki
Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Pechatniki Ground transferTransfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Pechatniki
 Tekstilshchiki
Transfer for #7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line at Tekstilshchiki Ground transferTransfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Tekstilshchiki
to Nekrasovskaya line
 Nizhegorodskaya
Transfer for #D4 Line D4 (Moscow Central Diameters) at NizhegorodskayaTransfer for #15 Nekrasovskaya line at Nizhegorodskaya Transfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Nizhegorodskaya
Nizhegorodskoye yard
 Aviamotornaya
Ground transferTransfer for #D3 Line D3 (Moscow Central Diameters) at AviamotornayaTransfer for #8 Kalininskaya line at Aviamotornaya
 Lefortovo
Elektrozavodskaya
Ground transferTransfer for #D3 Line D3 (Moscow Central Diameters) at ElektrozavodskayaTransfer for #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line at Elektrozavodskaya
 Sokolniki
Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Sokolniki
 Rizhskaya
Transfer for #6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line at Rizhskaya Ground transferRizhsky railway station Transfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Rizhsky
 Maryina Roshcha
Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Maryina Roshcha Ground transferTransfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Maryina RoshchaTransfer for #D4 Line D4 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Maryina Roshcha
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The Bolshaya Koltsevaya line (Russian: Большая кольцевая линия), known in English as the Big Circle Line,[3] designated Line 11[4] is a rapid transit line of the Moscow Metro. It is the third circle line on the system, running outside of the existing circle Koltsevaya line and interlocking with the Moscow Central Circle.

The first section of the line opened on 26 February 2018 with the remaining stations opened on 1 March 2023.[5] The line includes 29 stations, including three from the former Kakhovskaya line, and is 57.5 km (35.7 mi) long, which makes it the longest metro circle line in the world, surpassing Line 10 of Beijing Subway by 514 m (1,686 ft).[6] In November 2017 the city estimated the total cost of the project at 501 billion rubles, up from earlier estimates of 378.9 billion rubles.[7]

Formerly known as the Third Interchange Contour, the city adopted "Bolshaya koltsevaya liniya" as the official name of the line after a vote via the "Active Citizen" web portal.[8]

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  2. ^ "IMG 20230327 063939 969 — Postimages". postimg.cc.
  3. ^ "Seventy km and 31 stations: Building the Big Circle Line / News / Moscow City Web Site". Moscow City Web Site. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Scheme Moscow Metro". mosmetro.ru. Archived from the original on 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  5. ^ "Big Circle Line completed in Moscow". www.railjournal.com. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Moscow Metro launches World's longest metro circle line - Big Circle Line 11". Metro Rail Today. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  7. ^ "Строительство второго кольца метро подорожало до 500 млрд руб". RBC. 2017-11-23. Archived from the original on 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  8. ^ "Большая кольцевая линия: "активные граждане" выбрали название для новой ветки метро" (in Russian). City of Moscow. 2017-12-28. Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2017-12-28.