Moscow Metro (Московский метрополитен)

The Moscow Metro stands as a monumental symbol of the grandeur of urban engineering and architecture, intertwined with the rich tapestry of Russia's capital since its inauguration on May 15, 1935. Emerging during the Soviet era, the Moscow Metro was a testament to the vision of increasing mass transit while incorporating the richness of Stalinist architecture. With its extensive network of 14 lines and over 240 stations, the metro system serves not only as an important means of transportation, but also as a reflection of Moscow's historical and cultural narrative. From the deep, cavernous stations decorated with intricate mosaics to the practical efficiency of its operations, the Moscow Metro goes beyond mere functionality, standing as a testament to the city's resilience, artistry, and unwavering commitment to progress.

OperatorGovernment of Moscow
Operation start15 May 1935
Total Lines17 Metro Lines
Total Station257 Active Stations
Metro City/CountryMoscow Russia
Official Webhttps://mosmetro.ru/

StationLayoutOperation starts
Bulvar RokossovskogoColumn, Triple-Span1 August 1990
Bulvar RokossovskogoColumn, Triple-Span1 August 1990
CherkizovskayaSingle-Vault, Shallow1 August 1990
Preobrazhenskaya PloshchadColumn, Triple-Span31 December 1965
SokolnikiColumn, Triple-Span15 May 1935
SokolnikiColumn, Triple-Span15 May 1935
KrasnoselskayaColumn, Double-Span15 May 1935
KomsomolskayaColumn, Triple-Span15 May 1935
KomsomolskayaColumn, Triple-Span15 May 1935
Krasnye VorotaPylon, Triple-Vault15 May 1935
Chistye PrudyPylon, Triple-Vault15 May 1935
LubyankaPylon, Triple-Vault15 May 1935
Okhotny RyadPylon, Triple-Vault15 May 1935
Biblioteka Imeni LeninaSingle-Vault, Shallow15 May 1935
KropotkinskayaColumn, Triple-Span15 May 1935
Park KulturyColumn, Triple-Span15 May 1935
Park KulturyColumn, Triple-Span15 May 1935
FrunzenskayaPylon, Triple-Vault1 May 1957
SportivnayaPylon, Triple-Vault1 May 1957
Vorobyovy GoryWithin Bridge12 January 1959
UniversitetPylon, Triple-Vault12 January 1959
Prospekt VernadskogoColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1963
Prospekt VernadskogoColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1963
Yugo-ZapadnayaColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1963
TroparyovoSingle-Vault, Shallow8 December 2014
RumyantsevoColumn, Triple-Span18 January 2016
SalaryevoColumn, Triple-Span15 February 2016
Filatov LugSurface, Open20 June 2019
ProkshinoSurface, Open20 June 2019
OlkhovayaSingle-Span, Shallow20 June 2019
KommunarkaColumn, Triple-Span20 June 2019
KhovrinoColumn, Double-Span31 December 2017
BelomorskayaColumn, Double-Span20 December 2018
Rechnoy VokzalColumn, Triple-Span31 December 1964
Vodny StadionColumn, Triple-Span31 December 1964
VoykovskayaColumn, Triple-Span31 December 1964
SokolColumn, Double-Span11 September 1938
AeroportSingle-Vault, Shallow11 September 1938
DinamoPylon, Triple-Vault11 September 1938
BelorusskayaPylon, Triple-Vault11 September 1938
BelorusskayaPylon, Triple-Vault11 September 1938
MayakovskayaColumn, Triple-Vault11 September 1938
TverskayaPylon, Triple-Vault20 July 1979
TeatralnayaPylon, Triple-Vault11 September 1938
NovokuznetskayaPylon, Triple-Vault20 November 1943
PaveletskayaColumn, Triple-Vault20 November 1943
PaveletskayaColumn, Triple-Vault20 November 1943
AvtozavodskayaColumn, Triple-Span1 January 1943
AvtozavodskayaColumn, Triple-Span1 January 1943
TekhnoparkSurface, Open28 December 2015
KolomenskayaColumn, Triple-Span11 August 1969
KashirskayaColumn, Triple-Span11 August 1969
KashirskayaColumn, Triple-Span11 August 1969
KantemirovskayaSingle-Vault, Shallow30 December 1984
TsaritsynoColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1984
OrekhovoColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1984
DomodedovskayaColumn, Triple-Span7 September 1985
KrasnogvardeyskayaSingle-Vault, Shallow7 September 1985
Alma-AtinskayaSingle-Vault, Shallow24 December 2012
Pyatnitskoye ShosseColumn, Double-Span28 December 2012
MitinoSingle-Vault, Shallow26 December 2009
VolokolamskayaColumn, Triple-Span26 December 2009
MyakininoSurface, Single-Span26 December 2009
StroginoSingle-Vault, Shallow7 January 2008
KrylatskoyeSingle-Vault, Shallow31 December 1989
MolodyozhnayaColumn, Triple-Span5 July 1965
KuntsevskayaSurface, Open7 January 2008
KuntsevskayaSurface, Open7 January 2008
KuntsevskayaSurface, Open7 January 2008
Slavyansky BulvarSingle-Vault, Shallow7 September 2008
Park PobedyPylon, Triple-Vault6 May 2003
Park PobedyPylon, Triple-Vault6 May 2003
KiyevskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 April 1953
KiyevskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 April 1953
KiyevskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 April 1953
KiyevskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 April 1953
SmolenskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 April 1953
SmolenskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 April 1953
SmolenskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 April 1953
ArbatskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 April 1953
ArbatskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 April 1953
ArbatskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 April 1953
Ploshchad RevolyutsiiPylon, Triple-Vault13 March 1938
KurskayaPylon, Triple-Vault13 March 1938
KurskayaPylon, Triple-Vault13 March 1938
BaumanskayaPylon, Triple-Vault18 January 1944
ElektrozavodskayaPylon, Triple-Vault15 May 1944
ElektrozavodskayaPylon, Triple-Vault15 May 1944
SemyonovskayaPylon, Triple-Vault18 January 1944
PartizanskayaColumn, Triple-Span18 January 1944
IzmaylovskayaSurface, Open21 October 1961
PervomayskayaColumn, Triple-Span21 October 1961
ShchyolkovskayaColumn, Triple-Span22 July 1963
PionerskayaSurface, Open13 October 1961
Filyovsky ParkSurface, Open13 October 1961
BagrationovskayaSurface, Open13 October 1961
FiliSurface, Open7 November 1959
KutuzovskayaSurface, Open7 November 1958
KutuzovskayaSurface, Open7 November 1958
StudencheskayaSurface, Open7 November 1958
Aleksandrovsky SadColumn, Four-Span15 May 1935
Aleksandrovsky SadColumn, Four-Span15 May 1935
MezhdunarodnayaColumn, Triple-Vault30 August 2006
VystavochnayaColumn, Triple-Span10 September 2005
KrasnopresnenskayaPylon, Triple-Vault14 March 1954
OktyabrskayaPylon, Triple-Vault1 January 1950
OktyabrskayaPylon, Triple-Vault1 January 1950
DobryninskayaPylon, Triple-Vault1 January 1950
TaganskayaPylon, Triple-Vault1 January 1950
TaganskayaPylon, Triple-Vault1 January 1950
Prospekt MiraPylon, Triple-Vault30 January 1952
Prospekt MiraPylon, Triple-Vault30 January 1952
NovoslobodskayaPylon, Triple-Vault30 January 1952
MedvedkovoColumn, Triple-Span30 September 1978
BabushkinskayaSingle-Vault, Shallow30 September 1978
SviblovoColumn, Triple-Span30 September 1978
Botanichesky SadColumn, Triple-Span30 September 1978
Botanichesky SadColumn, Triple-Span30 September 1978
VDNKhPylon, Triple-Vault1 May 1958
AlekseyevskayaPylon, Triple-Vault1 May 1958
RizhskayaPylon, Triple-Vault1 May 1958
RizhskayaPylon, Triple-Vault1 May 1958
SukharevskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 January 1972
TurgenevskayaPylon, Triple-Vault5 January 1972
Kitay-gorodColumn, Triple-Vault3 January 1971
Kitay-gorodColumn, Triple-Vault3 January 1971
TretyakovskayaPylon, Triple-Vault3 January 1971
TretyakovskayaPylon, Triple-Vault3 January 1971
ShabolovskayaPylon, Triple-Vault6 November 1980
Leninsky ProspektColumn, Triple-Span13 October 1962
AkademicheskayaColumn, Triple-Span13 October 1962
ProfsoyuznayaColumn, Triple-Span13 October 1962
Novye CheryomushkiColumn, Triple-Span13 October 1962
KaluzhskayaColumn, Triple-Span12 August 1974
BelyayevoColumn, Triple-Span12 August 1974
KonkovoSingle-Vault, Shallow6 November 1987
Tyoply StanColumn, Triple-Span6 November 1987
YasenevoColumn, Triple-Span17 January 1990
NovoyasenevskayaColumn, Triple-Span17 January 1990
PlanernayaColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1975
SkhodnenskayaSingle-Vault, Shallow30 December 1975
TushinskayaColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1975
SpartakColumn, Triple-Span27 August 2014
ShchukinskayaColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1975
Oktyabrskoye PoleColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1972
PolezhayevskayaColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1972
BegovayaColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1972
Ulitsa 1905 GodaColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1972
BarrikadnayaPylon, Triple-Vault30 December 1972
PushkinskayaColumn, Triple-Vault17 December 1975
Kuznetsky MostColumn, Triple-Vault17 December 1975
ProletarskayaColumn, Triple-Span31 December 1966
Volgogradsky ProspektColumn, Triple-Span31 December 1966
TekstilshchikiColumn, Triple-Span31 December 1966
TekstilshchikiColumn, Triple-Span31 December 1966
KuzminkiColumn, Triple-Span31 December 1966
Ryazansky ProspektColumn, Triple-Span31 December 1966
VykhinoSurface, Open31 December 1966
Lermontovsky ProspektSingle-Vault, Shallow9 November 2013
ZhulebinoColumn, Double-Span9 November 2013
KotelnikiColumn, Double-Span21 September 2015
NovokosinoSingle-Vault, Shallow30 August 2012
NovogireyevoColumn, Triple-Span30 December 1979
PerovoSingle-Vault, Shallow30 December 1979
Shosse EntuziastovPylon, Triple-Vault30 December 1979
Shosse EntuziastovPylon, Triple-Vault30 December 1979
AviamotornayaColumn, Triple-Vault30 December 1979
AviamotornayaColumn, Triple-Vault30 December 1979
Ploshchad IlyichaPylon, Triple-Vault30 December 1979
MarksistskayaColumn, Triple-Vault30 December 1979
Delovoy TsentrColumn, Triple-Span31 January 2014
Delovoy TsentrColumn, Triple-Span31 January 2014
Delovoy TsentrColumn, Triple-Span31 January 2014
MinskayaColumn, Double-Span16 March 2017
Lomonosovsky ProspektColumn, Double-Span16 March 2017
RamenkiColumn, Double-Span16 March 2017
Michurinsky ProspektColumn, Triple-Span30 August 2018
Michurinsky ProspektColumn, Triple-Span30 August 2018
OzyornayaColumn, Double-Span30 August 2018
GovorovoColumn, Double-Span30 August 2018
SolntsevoColumn, Double-Span30 August 2018
Borovskoye ShosseColumn, Double-Span30 August 2018
NovoperedelkinoColumn, Double-Span30 August 2018
RasskazovkaColumn, Double-Span30 August 2018
PykhtinoSurface, Open (Semi-Underground)6 September 2023
Aeroport VnukovoColumn, Double-Span6 September 2023
AltufyevoSingle-Vault, Shallow15 July 1994
BibirevoColumn, Triple-Span31 December 1992
OtradnoyeSingle-Vault, Shallow1 March 1991
VladykinoColumn, Triple-Span1 March 1991
VladykinoColumn, Triple-Span1 March 1991
Petrovsko-RazumovskayaColumn, Triple-Vault1 March 1991
Petrovsko-RazumovskayaColumn, Triple-Vault1 March 1991
TimiryazevskayaSingle-Vault, Deep1 March 1991
TimiryazevskayaSingle-Vault, Deep1 March 1991
DmitrovskayaPylon, Triple-Vault1 March 1991
SavyolovskayaPylon, Triple-Vault31 December 1988
SavyolovskayaPylon, Triple-Vault31 December 1988
MendeleyevskayaColumn, Triple-Vault31 December 1988
Tsvetnoy BulvarPylon, Triple-Vault31 December 1988
ChekhovskayaPylon, Triple-Vault31 December 1987
BorovitskayaPylon, Triple-Vault23 January 1986
PolyankaColumn, Triple-Vault23 January 1986
SerpukhovskayaPylon, Triple-Vault8 November 1983
TulskayaSingle-Vault, Shallow8 November 1983
NagatinskayaColumn, Triple-Span8 November 1983
NagornayaColumn, Triple-Span8 November 1983
Nakhimovsky ProspektSingle-Vault, Shallow8 November 1983
SevastopolskayaColumn, Triple-Span8 November 1983
ChertanovskayaColumn, Triple-Span8 November 1983
YuzhnayaSingle-Vault, Shallow8 November 1983
PrazhskayaColumn, Triple-Span6 November 1985
Ulitsa Akademika YangelyaSingle-Vault, Shallow31 August 2000
AnninoSingle-Vault, Shallow12 December 2001
Bulvar Dmitriya DonskogoColumn, Triple-Span26 December 2002
FiztekhColumn, Triple-Span7 September 2023
LianozovoColumn, Triple-Span7 September 2023
YakhromskayaColumn, Triple-Span7 September 2023
SeligerskayaColumn, Triple-Span22 March 2018
Verkhniye LikhoborySurface10 September 2016
OkruzhnayaPylon, Triple-Vault22 March 2018
OkruzhnayaPylon, Triple-Vault22 March 2018
FonvizinskayaPylon, Triple-Vault16 September 2016
ButyrskayaPylon, Triple-Vault16 September 2016
Maryina RoshchaPylon, Triple-Vault19 June 2010
Maryina RoshchaPylon, Triple-Vault19 June 2010
DostoyevskayaColumn, Triple-Vault19 June 2010
TrubnayaColumn, Triple-Vault30 August 2007
Sretensky BulvarPylon, Triple-Vault29 December 2007
ChkalovskayaPylon, Triple-Vault28 December 1995
RimskayaColumn, Triple-Vault28 December 1995
Krestyanskaya ZastavaColumn, Triple-Vault28 December 1995
DubrovkaColumn, Triple-Vault11 December 1999
DubrovkaColumn, Triple-Vault11 December 1999
KozhukhovskayaSingle-Vault, Shallow28 December 1995
PechatnikiColumn, Triple-Span28 December 1995
PechatnikiColumn, Triple-Span28 December 1995
VolzhskayaSingle-Span28 December 1995
LyublinoSingle-Vault, Shallow25 December 1996
BratislavskayaColumn, Double-Span25 December 1996
MaryinoSingle-Span25 December 1996
BorisovoSingle-Vault, Shallow2 December 2011
ShipilovskayaSingle-Vault, Shallow2 December 2011
ZyablikovoSingle-Vault, Shallow2 December 2011
ShelepikhaColumn, Triple-Span26 February 2018
ShelepikhaColumn, Triple-Span26 February 2018
Narodnoye OpolcheniyeColumn, Triple-Span1 April 2021
Narodnoye OpolcheniyeColumn, Triple-Span1 April 2021
KhoroshyovskayaColumn, Triple-Span26 February 2018
KhoroshyovskayaColumn, Triple-Span26 February 2018
CSKAColumn, Triple-Span26 February 2018
Petrovsky ParkColumn, Triple-Span26 February 2018
LefortovoColumn, Double-Span27 March 2020
NizhegorodskayaColumn, Triple-Span27 March 2020
NizhegorodskayaColumn, Triple-Span27 March 2020
NizhegorodskayaColumn, Triple-Span27 March 2020
Nagatinsky Zaton1 March 2023
Klenovy Bulvar1 March 2023
VarshavskayaColumn, Double-Span11 August 1969
KakhovskayaColumn, Triple-Span11 August 1969
ZyuzinoColumn, Double-Span7 December 2021
VorontsovskayaColumn, Triple-Span7 December 2021
NovatorskayaColumn, Double-Span7 December 2021
AminyevskayaColumn, Triple-Span7 December 2021
DavydkovoColumn, Double-Span7 December 2021
TerekhovoColumn, Triple-Span7 December 2021
MnyovnikiColumn, Triple-Span1 April 2021
Bittsevsky ParkSingle-Vault, Shallow27 February 2014
LesoparkovayaSingle-Vault, Shallow27 February 2014
Ulitsa StarokachalovskayaSingle-Span, Two Halls27 December 2003
Ulitsa SkobelevskayaElevated, Open27 December 2003
Bulvar Admirala UshakovaElevated, Open27 December 2003
Ulitsa GorchakovaElevated, Open27 December 2003
Buninskaya AlleyaElevated, Open27 December 2003
RostokinoSurface10 September 2016
BelokamennayaSurface10 September 2016
LokomotivSurface10 September 2016
IzmaylovoSurface10 September 2016
Sokolinaya GoraSurface11 October 2016
AndronovkaSurface10 September 2016
NovokhokhlovskayaSurface10 September 2016
UgreshskayaSurface10 September 2016
ZILSurface10 September 2016
Verkhniye KotlySurface10 September 2016
KrymskayaSurface10 September 2016
Ploshchad GagarinaUnderground10 September 2016
LuzhnikiSurface10 September 2016
KhoroshyovoSurface10 September 2016
ZorgeSurface4 November 2016
PanfilovskayaSurface8 November 2016
StreshnevoSurface10 September 2016
BaltiyskayaSurface10 September 2016
KoptevoSurface1 November 2016
LikhoborySurface10 September 2016
StakhanovskayaColumn, Triple-Span27 March 2020
OkskayaColumn, Triple-Span27 March 2020
Yugo-VostochnayaColumn, Triple-Span27 March 2020
KosinoColumn, Triple-Span3 June 2019
Ulitsa DmitriyevskogoColumn, Double-Span3 June 2019
LukhmanovskayaColumn, Triple-Span3 June 2019
NekrasovkaColumn, Double-Span3 June 2019
Ulitsa Sergeya EyzenshteynaElevated, Open20 November 2004
Vystavochny TsentrElevated, Open20 November 2004
Ulitsa Akademika KorolyovaElevated, Open20 November 2004
TeletsentrElevated, Open20 November 2004
Ulitsa MilashenkovaElevated, Open20 November 2004