Expansion timeline of the Moscow Metro
Below is the history of the expansion of the Moscow Metro in Moscow, Russia.
The line number only reflects the section it serves today. The original line the station served at the time of opening may be different due to lines being divided, shifted to or merged with other lines afterwards.
Timeline list
No. | Segment | Date | New stations | Segment length (km) | Total stations | Total length (km) | Notes |
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1 | ![]() ![]() | 1935-05-15 | 13 | 12.0 | 13 | 12.0 | Branch from Okhotny Ryad to Smolenskaya |
2 | ![]() | 1937-03-20 | 1 | 1.4 | 14 | 13.4 | |
3 | ![]() ![]() | 1938-03-13 | 2 | 3.2 | 16 | 15.7 | |
4 | ![]() | 1938-09-11 | 6 | 8.5 | 22 | 24.2 | Excluding Tverskaya |
5 | ![]() | 1943-01-01 | 1 | 6.2 | 23 | 30.4 | Excluding Novokuznetskaya and Paveletskaya |
6 | ![]() | 1943-11-20 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 30.4 | |
7 | ![]() | 1944-01-18 | 3 | 7.1 | 28 | 37.5 | Excluding Elektrozavodskaya |
8 | ![]() | 1944-05-15 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 37.5 | |
9 | ![]() | 1950-01-01 | 6 | 6.5 | 35 | 44.0 | |
10 | ![]() | 1952-01-30 | 4 | 7.0 | 39 | 51.0 | |
11 | ![]() | 1953-04-05 | 3 | 3.9 | 38 | 50.9 | Ploshchad Revolyutsii — Kiyevskaya segment through Aleksandrovsky Sad closed (4 stations, 4.0 km). |
12 | ![]() | 1954-03-14 | 2 | 5.9 | 40 | 56.8 | |
13 | ![]() | 1954-09-24 | 1 | 1.5 | 41 | 58.3 | Temporary station opened until 1961. |
14 | ![]() | 1957-05-01 | 2 | 2.5 | 43 | 60.8 | |
15 | ![]() | 1958-05-01 | 4 | 4.5 | 47 | 65.3 | |
16 | ![]() | 1958-11-07 | 2 | 2.3 | 53 | 70.7 | Aleksandrovsky Sad — Kiyevskaya segment reopened (4 stations, 3.1 km). |
17 | ![]() | 1959-01-12 | 2 | 4.5 | 55 | 75.2 | |
18 | ![]() | 1959-11-07 | 1 | 1.7 | 56 | 76.9 | |
19 | ![]() | 1961-10-13 | 3 | 3.5 | 59 | 80.4 | |
20 | ![]() | 1961-10-21 | 2 | 3.8 | 60 | 82.7 | Segment leading to temporary Pervomayskaya station closed (1,5 km). |
21 | ![]() | 1962-10-13 | 5 | 8.1 | 65 | 90.8 | Excluding Shabolovskaya |
22 | ![]() | 1963-07-22 | 1 | 1.6 | 66 | 92.4 | |
23 | ![]() | 1963-12-30 | 2 | 4.5 | 68 | 96.9 | |
24 | ![]() | 1964-04-15 | 1 | 1.5 | 69 | 98.4 | Temporary station opened until 1974. |
25 | ![]() | 1964-12-30 | 3 | 6.2 | 72 | 104.6 | |
26 | ![]() ![]() | 1965-07-05 | 1 | 3.8 | 73 | 108.4 | Excluding Kuntsevskaya |
27 | ![]() | 1965-08-31 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 108.4 | |
28 | ![]() | 1965-12-31 | 1 | 2.5 | 75 | 110.9 | |
29 | ![]() | 1966-12-31 | 7 | 12.9 | 82 | 123.8 | |
30 | ![]() ![]() | 1969-08-11 | 4 | 9.5 | 86 | 133.3 | Kashirskaya — Kakhovskaya segment opened as part of ![]() |
31 | ![]() | 1970-12-30 | 2 | 3.9 | 88 | 137.2 | |
32 | ![]() | 1970-12-30 | 1 | 2.1 | 89 | 139.3 | |
33 | ![]() | 1971-12-31 | 2 | 3.2 | 91 | 142.5 | |
34 | ![]() | 1972-12-30 | 5 | 7.2 | 96 | 149.7 | |
35 | ![]() | 1974-08-12 | 2 | 3.6 | 97 | 151.8 | Temporary segment to the old Kaluzhskaya station closed (1.5 km) |
36 | ![]() | 1975-12-17 | 2 | 4.1 | 99 | 155.9 | |
37 | ![]() | 1975-12-30 | 4 | 9.6 | 103 | 165.5 | Excluding Spartak |
38 | ![]() | 1978-09-29 | 4 | 8.1 | 107 | 173.6 | |
39 | ![]() | 1979-07-20 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 173.6 | |
40 | ![]() | 1979-12-30 | 6 | 11.4 | 114 | 185.0 | |
41 | ![]() | 1980-11-05 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 185.0 | |
42 | ![]() | 1983-11-04 | 8 | 13.0 | 122 | 198.0 | ![]() |
43 | ![]() | 1984-12-30 | 3 | 6.4 | 125 | 204.4 | Segment soon closed due to flooding. Re-opened in 1985. |
44 | ![]() | 1985-09-07 | 2 | 3.4 | 127 | 207.8 | |
45 | ![]() | 1985-11-06 | 1 | 1,1 | 128 | 208.9 | |
46 | ![]() | 1986-01-23 | 2 | 2.8 | 130 | 211.7 | |
47 | ![]() | 1986-01-25 | 1 | 1.7 | 131 | 213.4 | |
48 | ![]() | 1987-11-06 | 2 | 2.9 | 133 | 216.3 | |
49 | ![]() | 1987-12-31 | 1 | 1.6 | 134 | 217.9 | |
50 | ![]() | 1988-12-31 | 3 | 4.2 | 137 | 222.1 | |
51 | ![]() | 1989-12-31 | 1 | 1.9 | 138 | 224.0 | |
52 | ![]() | 1990-01-17 | 2 | 3.6 | 140 | 227.6 | |
53 | ![]() | 1990-08-03 | 2 | 3.8 | 142 | 231.4 | |
54 | ![]() | 1991-03-07 | 5 | 8.5 | 147 | 239.9 | |
55 | ![]() | 1992-12-31 | 1 | 2.6 | 148 | 242.5 | |
56 | ![]() | 1994-07-15 | 1 | 2.0 | 149 | 243.6 | |
57 | ![]() ![]() | 1995-11-20 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 243.6 | Kashirskaya—Kakhovskaya branch of ![]() ![]() |
58 | ![]() | 1995-12-28 | 6 | 12.1 | 156 | 256.6 | Excluding Dubrovka |
59 | ![]() | 1996-12-25 | 3 | 5.4 | 159 | 262.0 | |
60 | ![]() | 1999-12-11 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 262.0 | |
61 | ![]() | 2000-08-31 | 1 | 2.0 | 161 | 264.0 | |
62 | ![]() | 2001-12-12 | 1 | 1.4 | 162 | 265.4 | |
63 | ![]() | 2002-12-26 | 1 | 2.0 | 164 | 267.4 | ![]() |
64 | ![]() | 2003-05-06 | 1 | 3.2 | 165 | 270.6 | |
65 | ![]() | 2003-12-27 | 5 | 5.5 | 170 | 276.1 | |
66 | ![]() | 2004-11-20 | 6 | 4.7 | Was not considered a part of Moscow Metro until 2016. | ||
67 | ![]() | 2005-09-10 | 1 | 2.2 | 171 | 278.3 | Branch off ![]() |
68 | ![]() | 2006-08-30 | 1 | 0.5 | 172 | 278.7 | |
69 | ![]() | 2007-08-30 | 1 | 3.72 | 173 | 282.42 | Excluding Sretensky Bulvar |
70 | ![]() | 2007-12-29 | 1 | 0 | 174 | 282.42 | |
71 | ![]() | 2008-01-07 | 2 | 11.68 | 176 | 292.2 | Excluding Slavyansky Bulvar. Kuntsevskaya – Krylatskoye segment detached from ![]() ![]() |
72 | ![]() | 2008-09-07 | 1 | 0 | 177 | 292.2 | |
73 | ![]() | 2009-12-26 | 3 | 6.6 | 180 | 298.8 | |
74 | ![]() | 2010-06-19 | 2 | 3.07 | 182 | 301.2 | |
75 | ![]() | 2011-12-02 | 3 | 4.5 | 185 | 305.7 | |
76 | ![]() | 2012-08-30 | 1 | 3.2 | 186 | 308.9 | |
77 | ![]() | 2012-12-24 | 1 | 3.09 | 187 | 311.7 | |
78 | ![]() | 2012-12-28 | 1 | 2 | 188 | 313.1 | |
79 | ![]() | 2013-11-09 | 2 | 4.6 | 190 | 317.5 | |
80 | ![]() | 2014-01-31 | 2 | 3.4 | 192 | 320.9 | Segment of Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line that is not connected to the rest. |
81 | ![]() | 2014-02-27 | 2 | 4.5 | 194 | 325.4 | |
82 | ![]() | 2014-08-27 | 1 | 0 | 195 | 325.4 | |
83 | ![]() | 2014-12-08 | 1 | 2.1 | 196 | 327.5 | |
84 | ![]() | 2015-09-21 | 1 | 1.5 | 197 | 329 | |
85 | ![]() | 2015-12-28 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 329 | |
86 | ![]() | 2016-01-18 | 1 | 2.5 | 199 | 331.5 | |
87 | ![]() | 2016-02-15 | 1 | 1.8 | 200 | 333.3 | |
88 | ![]() | 2016-09-10 | 26 | 54 | Excluding Sokolinaya Gora, Dubrovka, Zorge, Panfilovskaya and Koptevo | ||
89 | ![]() | 2016-09-16 | 3 | 4.4 | 203 | 337.7 | |
90 | ![]() | 2016-10-11 | 2 | 0 | |||
91 | ![]() | 2016-11-01 | 1 | 0 | |||
92 | ![]() | 2016-11-04 | 1 | 0 | |||
93 | ![]() | 2016-11-08 | 1 | 0 | |||
94 | ![]() | 2017-03-16 | 3 | 8.5 | 206 | 346.2 | |
95 | ![]() | 2017-12-31 | 1 | 3.3 | 207 | 349.5 | Excluding Belomorskaya |
96 | ![]() | 2018-02-26 | 5 | 10.2 | 212 | 359.7 | |
97 | ![]() | 2018-03-22 | 3 | 4.9 | 215 | 364.6 | |
98 | ![]() | 2018-08-30 | 7 | 14.2 | 222 | 378.8 | |
99 | ![]() | 2018-12-20 | 1 | 0 | 223 | 378.8 | |
100 | ![]() | 2018-12-30 | 1 | 1.9 | 224 | 380.7 | |
101 | ![]() | 2019-06-03 | 4 | 5.6 | 228 | 386.3 | |
102 | ![]() | 2019-06-20 | 4 | 9.4 | 232 | 395.7 | |
103 | ![]() ![]() | 2020-03-27 | 6 | 15.1 | 238 | 409.1 | |
104 | ![]() | 2020-12-31 | 1 | 1.0 | 239 | 410.1 | |
105 | ![]() | 2021-04-01 | 2 | 4.6 | 241 | 414.7 | |
106 | ![]() | 2021-12-07 | 9 | 23.9 | 250 | 438.6 | |
107 | ![]() | 2023-03-01 | 8 | 10.5 | 258 | 449.1 | |
108 | ![]() | 2023-09-06 | 2 | 5.5 | 260 | 454.6 | |
109 | ![]() | 2023-09-07 | 3 | 6 | 263 | 460.6 | |
No. | Segment | Date | New stations | Segment length (km) | Total stations | Total length (km) | Notes |
Graphic timeline
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Moscow Metro growth. See or edit source data.
References
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- Stations list
- Bridges
- Metro-2
- Moscow Central Diameters
![#1 Sokolnicheskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Moskwa_Metro_Line_1.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_1.svg.png)
- Potapovo
- Kommunarka
- Olkhovaya
- Prokshino
- Filatov Lug
- Salaryevo
- Rumyantsevo
- Troparyovo
- Yugo-Zapadnaya
- Prospekt Vernadskogo
- Universitet
- Vorobyovy Gory
- Sportivnaya
- Frunzenskaya
- Park Kultury
- Kropotkinskaya
- Biblioteka Imeni Lenina
- Okhotny Ryad
- Lubyanka
- Chistye Prudy
- Krasnye Vorota
- Komsomolskaya
- Krasnoselskaya
- Sokolniki
- Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad
- Cherkizovskaya
- Bulvar Rokossovskogo
![#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Moskwa_Metro_Line_2.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_2.svg.png)
- Khovrino
- Belomorskaya
- Rechnoy Vokzal
- Vodny Stadion
- Voykovskaya
- Sokol
- Aeroport
- Dinamo
- Belorusskaya
- Mayakovskaya
- Tverskaya
- Teatralnaya
- Novokuznetskaya
- Paveletskaya
- Avtozavodskaya
- Tekhnopark
- Kolomenskaya
- Kashirskaya
- Kantemirovskaya
- Tsaritsyno
- Orekhovo
- Domodedovskaya
- Krasnogvardeyskaya
- Alma-Atinskaya
![#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Moskwa_Metro_Line_3.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_3.svg.png)
- Pyatnitskoye Shosse
- Mitino
- Volokolamskaya
- Myakinino
- Strogino
- Krylatskoye
- Molodyozhnaya
- Kuntsevskaya
- Slavyansky Bulvar
- Park Pobedy
- Kiyevskaya
- Smolenskaya
- Arbatskaya
- Ploshchad Revolyutsii
- Kurskaya
- Baumanskaya
- Elektrozavodskaya
- Semyonovskaya
- Partizanskaya
- Pervomayskaya (closed)
- Izmaylovskaya
- Pervomayskaya
- Shchyolkovskaya
![#4 Filyovskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Moskwa_Metro_Line_4.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_4.svg.png)
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![#5 Koltsevaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Moskwa_Metro_Line_5.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_5.svg.png)
- (← Loop towards Krasnopresnenskaya)
- Belorusskaya
- Novoslobodskaya
- Suvorovskaya
- Prospekt Mira
- Komsomolskaya
- Kurskaya
- Taganskaya
- Paveletskaya
- Dobryninskaya
- Oktyabrskaya
- Park Kultury
- Kiyevskaya
- Krasnopresnenskaya
- (Loop towards Belorusskaya →)
![#6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Moskwa_Metro_Line_6.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_6.svg.png)
- Novoyasenevskaya
- Yasenevo
- Tyoply Stan
- Konkovo
- Belyayevo
- Kaluzhskaya
- Kaluzhskaya (closed)
- Novye Cheryomushki
- Profsoyuznaya
- Akademicheskaya
- Leninsky Prospekt
- Shabolovskaya
- Oktyabrskaya
- Tretyakovskaya
- Kitay-gorod
- Turgenevskaya
- Sukharevskaya
- Prospekt Mira
- Rizhskaya
- Alekseyevskaya
- VDNKh
- Botanichesky Sad
- Sviblovo
- Babushkinskaya
- Medvedkovo
![#7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Moskwa_Metro_Line_7.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_7.svg.png)
- Planernaya
- Skhodnenskaya
- Tushinskaya
- Spartak
- Shchukinskaya
- Oktyabrskoye Pole
- Polezhayevskaya
- Begovaya
- Ulitsa 1905 Goda
- Barrikadnaya
- Pushkinskaya
- Kuznetsky Most
- Kitay-gorod
- Taganskaya
- Proletarskaya
- Volgogradsky Prospekt
- Tekstilshchiki
- Kuzminki
- Ryazansky Prospekt
- Vykhino
- Lermontovsky Prospekt
- Zhulebino
- Kotelniki
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![#9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Moskwa_Metro_Line_9.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_9.svg.png)
- Altufyevo
- Bibirevo
- Otradnoye
- Vladykino
- Petrovsko-Razumovskaya
- Timiryazevskaya
- Dmitrovskaya
- Savyolovskaya
- Mendeleyevskaya
- Tsvetnoy Bulvar
- Chekhovskaya
- Borovitskaya
- Polyanka
- Serpukhovskaya
- Tulskaya
- Nagatinskaya
- Nagornaya
- Nakhimovsky Prospekt
- Sevastopolskaya
- Chertanovskaya
- Yuzhnaya
- Prazhskaya
- Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya
- Annino
- Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo
![#10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Moskwa_Metro_Line_10.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_10.svg.png)
- Fiztekh
- Lianozovo
- Yakhromskaya
- Seligerskaya
- Verkhniye Likhobory
- Okruzhnaya
- Petrovsko-Razumovskaya
- Fonvizinskaya
- Butyrskaya
- Maryina Roshcha
- Dostoyevskaya
- Trubnaya
- Sretensky Bulvar
- Chkalovskaya
- Rimskaya
- Krestyanskaya Zastava
- Dubrovka
- Kozhukhovskaya
- Yuzhny Port
- Pechatniki
- Volzhskaya
- Lyublino
- Bratislavskaya
- Maryino
- Borisovo
- Shipilovskaya
- Zyablikovo
![#11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Moskwa_Metro_Line_11.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_11.svg.png)
- (← Loop towards Maryina Roshcha)
- Savyolovskaya
- Petrovsky Park
- CSKA
- Khoroshyovskaya
- Narodnoye Opolcheniye
- Mnyovniki
- Terekhovo
- Kuntsevskaya
- Davydkovo
- Aminyevskaya
- Michurinsky Prospekt
- Prospekt Vernadskogo
- Novatorskaya
- Vorontsovskaya
- Zyuzino
- Kakhovskaya
- Varshavskaya
- Kashirskaya
- Klenovy Bulvar
- Nagatinsky Zaton
- Pechatniki
- Tekstilshchiki
- Nizhegorodskaya
- Aviamotornaya
- Lefortovo
- Elektrozavodskaya
- Sokolniki
- Rizhskaya
- Maryina Roshcha
- (Loop towards Savyolovskaya →)
![#12 Butovskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Moskwa_Metro_Line_12.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_12.svg.png)
![#13 Moscow Monorail](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Moskwa_Metro_Line_13.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_13.svg.png)
![#14 Moscow Central Circle](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Moskwa_Metro_Line_14.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_14.svg.png)
- (← Loop towards Likhobory)
- Okruzhnaya
- Vladykino
- Botanichesky Sad
- Rostokino
- Belokamennaya
- Bulvar Rokossovskogo
- Lokomotiv
- Izmaylovo
- Sokolinaya Gora
- Shosse Entuziastov
- Andronovka
- Nizhegorodskaya
- Novokhokhlovskaya
- Ugreshskaya
- Dubrovka
- Avtozavodskaya
- ZIL
- Verkhniye Kotly
- Krymskaya
- Ploshchad Gagarina
- Luzhniki
- Kutuzovskaya
- Delovoy Tsentr
- Shelepikha
- Khoroshyovo
- Zorge
- Panfilovskaya
- Streshnevo
- Baltiyskaya
- Koptevo
- Likhobory
- (Loop towards Okruzhnaya →)
![#15 Nekrasovskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Moskwa_Metro_Line_15.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_15.svg.png)
- Nizhegorodskaya
- Stakhanovskaya
- Okskaya
- Yugo-Vostochnaya
- Kosino
- Ulitsa Dmitriyevskogo
- Lukhmanovskaya
- Nekrasovka
![#16 Troitskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Moskwa_Metro_Line_16.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_16.svg.png)
- Troitsk
- Vatutinki
- Desyonovskoye
- Desna
- Rakitki
- Sosenki
- Kommunarka
- Bachurinskaya
- Kornilovskaya
- Tyutchevskaya
- Ulitsa Generala Tyuleneva
- Universitet Druzhby Narodov
- Ulitsa Novatorov
- Ulitsa Stroiteley
- Akademicheskaya
- Sevastopolsky Prospekt
![#17 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Moskwa_Metro_Line_17.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_17.svg.png)
- Ilyinskaya
- Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye
- Troitse-Lykovo
- Strogino
- Zhivopisnaya
- Bulvar Generala Karbysheva
- Prospekt Marshala Zhukova
- Presnya
- Shelepikha
- Delovoy Tsentr
![#18 Biryulyovskaya line](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Moskwa_Metro_Line_18.svg/18px-Moskwa_Metro_Line_18.svg.png)
- ZIL
- Ostrov Mechty
- Klenovy Bulvar
- Batyunino
- Moskvorechye
- Kavkazsky Bulvar
- 6th Radialnaya Ulitsa
- Lipetskaya
- Zagorye
- Biryulyovo