Moscow Metro
rapid transit system in Moscow agglomeration
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Summary
Moscow Metro is a rapid transit[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of rapid transit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,918 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: Order of Lenin[3], Order of the Red Banner of Labour[4]
- Member of: Community of Metros Benchmarking Group[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Moscow[6], Krasnogorsk Urban Settlement[7], Reutov[8], Moscow metropolitan area[9], Krasnogorsk[10]
- Country: Russia[11], Soviet Union[12]
- Item operated: Sokolnicheskaya line[13], Zamoskvoretskaya Line[14], Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line[15], Filyovskaya Line[16]
- Operator: Moskovskiy metropoliten[17]
- Named after: Vladimir Lenin[18]
- Part of: public transportation in Moscow[19]
- Commons category: Moscow Metro[20]
- Has part(s): Koltsevaya line[21], Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line[22], Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line[23], Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line[24], Solntsevskaya Line[25], Kalininskaya Line[26], Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line[27], Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line[28], Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line[29], Butovskaya Line[30], Moscow Central Circle[31], Nekrasovskaya Line[32], Troitskaya line[33], Moscow Monorail[34]
- Inception: January 1, 1935[35]
- Coordinate location: 55.7502, 37.6186[36]
- Significant event: 2010 Moscow Metro bombings[37], 2014 Moscow Metro derailment[38], construction[39]
- Official website: http://mosmetro.ru/[40]
- Topic's main category: Category:Moscow Metro[41]
- Commons gallery: Московский метрополитен[42]
- Track gauge: 1520 mm track gauge[43]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[44]
- Daily patronage: 177,000[45], 2,836,000[46], 6,334,000[47], 1,000,000[48], 279,000[49], 1,500,000[50], 3,000,000[51], 4,500,000[52], 7,500,000[53], 8,000,000[54]
- Topic has template: Template:Moscow Metro station[55], Template:Moscow Metro Lines[56]
- Official name: Московский метрополитен имени Владимира Ильича Ленина[57]
- Date of official opening: May 15, 1935[58]
- Owner of: Moscow Central Circle[59]
- Length: 360[60]
- History of topic: history of the Moscow Metro[61]
Why It Matters
Moscow Metro has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
FAQs
What awards did Moscow Metro receive?
Honors received include Order of Lenin[3] and Order of the Red Banner of Labour[4].