Opening of the first section of metro line 17 in Moscow and improving transportation for millions of residents

Passenger traffic began on the first section of Metro Line 17 in Moscow, which connected five new stations between Delovoye Tsentre and General Karbyshev Boulevard. Thanks to the launch of this section, more than 550,000 residents in five areas will be able to reach the city center faster, with travel time reduced by three times.

Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in the opening ceremony of the new section, making the "Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya" line the seventeenth line of the Moscow metro. In the future, it will be extended to Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya, and in the long term to Krasnogorsk.

The new line improved transportation services for residents of Presnensky, Khoroshevo-Mnevniki, Shukhino, Dorogomilovo and Filiovsky Park districts, and passengers also gained convenient transfer points to the Moscow Central Circle (MCC), lines 8A, 4A, 4, and the metro's Big Circle Line.

“Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin opened traffic on the first section of line 17 between Delovoye Tcenter and General Karbyshev Boulevard stations,” said Maxim Likhutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow Government of Transport and Industry. “Nearly 290,000 jobs are concentrated nearby. By 2030, due to the construction of commercial and social facilities, this number will grow to 400,000. The launch of this direction has become a powerful incentive for the development of the capital.”

It is expected that the number of flights on the first section after its opening will exceed 90,000 flights per day. By 2030, passenger flow on the entire Metro Line 17 is expected to rise by about three times, exceeding 250,000 passengers per day.

The launch of the new line will also contribute to redistributing traffic and relieving pressure on the Zvenigorodskoye Highway and Marshal Zhukov Street. The development of neighboring areas will also provide favorable conditions to increase the number of jobs by approximately 35%.

The line is served by modern Russian trains of the "Moscow-2026" model, which include updated seats, connected corridors between the cars, and wide doors, as well as a large number of ports for charging electronic devices.

The next section of the line, extending from “General Karbyshev Boulevard” to “Novorezhskaya” station, is scheduled to open in 2027, and will be extended in 2030 from “Novorezhskaya” to “Izomrodnye Kholmy”.

The Solntsevo depot will service the line, and will be joined in the future by the new Novorezhskoye depot, whose construction is scheduled to be completed in 2027.