Moscow: New station opened

[Dmitri]

On 02.09.2006, a new station named "Mezhdunarodnaya" ("International") has been opened. The staiton is predicted to be the most useless one on the whole network .

Station photo (© Russos)
3D Panorama (requires QuickTime) (© Andrey Ilyin)

(News delayed due to my A/L).

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I like the line of little lights near the edge. That'd look quite cool at an open air station on Lu metals, especially late at night....

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I like the decor of the station. However, the platform seems very narrow compared to other Moscow Metro platforms, and also seems to have a curve at one end, again unusual on the Moscow Metro.

One question concerning the operation of line 4. I think I'm right in saying that 30tph run along the main line, and 4tph on the branch, with 34tph on the core section. If so, then do trains depart from Krylatskoye at even 2min intervals, or do they usually depart from Krylatskoye at 1min45intervals, with a 3min30sec interval every 15mins for the train from the branch to slot into the service further down the line?

[Dmitri]

stephenk said:

However, the platform seems very narrow compared to other Moscow Metro platforms, and also seems to have a curve at one end, again unusual on the Moscow Metro.

The whole branch was originally marketed as 'mini-metro' (to avoid need of being compliant with metro building standards, I think ). The original plan contemplated 90 m stations, which were lengthened to the more reasonable 120 m after the tunnels were already built. BTW, for that very reason, platforms at the previous station ("Delovoy Centr") have curves at the ends .

One question concerning the operation of line 4. I think I'm right in saying that 30tph run along the main line, and 4tph on the branch, with 34tph on the core section. If so, then do trains depart from Krylatskoye at even 2min intervals,

Yes, and on the stations closer to the "Kievskaya", the interval is gradually increased. Incidentally, it is a common practice used in Moscow Metro whenever you need to stuff a train between the two.

or do they usually depart from Krylatskoye at 1min45intervals, with a 3min30sec interval every 15mins for the train from the branch to slot into the service further down the line?

No - a train that departed with 3:30 interval can burst causing a huge mess .