Moscow completes tunnel between SberCity and Novorizhskaya stations
The right tunnel between 'SberCity' and 'Novorizhskaya' stations on Moscow's Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya Line has been completed, with the 'Sofia' shield advancing 2.52 km under challenging geological conditions, including beneath the Moskva River. Construction continues on the left tunnel and a new section from the future 'Novorizhskaya' depot.
Consensus
- The right tunnel between 'SberCity' and 'Noverizhskaya' stations on the Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya line has been completed.
- The 'Sofia' tunneling shield completed a 2.52 km passage.
- Maximum depth of tunneling was 25 meters.
- Tunneling occurred under challenging geological conditions.
- The tunnel passed under the Moskva River for approximately 50 meters.
- The 'Sofia' shield passed through hard and semi-hard clays, water-saturated soils, and water-bearing limestone.
- The left tunnel is being constructed in parallel using the 'Alexander' shield.
- The left tunnel is 2.54 km long.
- Station 'SberCity' is nearly 60% complete.
- Station 'Novorizhskaya' is more than 40% complete.
- The 'Olesya' shield has begun tunneling from the future 'Novorizhskay' depot to the 'Novorizhskaya' station.
- The 'Olesya' shield will travel over 1 km at a depth of up to 35 meters.
Points of divergence
- The 'Sofia' shield completed the tunnel at a maximum depth of 25 meters. — vm
- The 'Olesya' shield began tunneling from the future 'Novorizhkoe' depot to 'Novorizhskaya'. — tg_mosrutop
- The 'Alexander' shield is constructing the left tunnel. — tg_mos_sobyanin
- The 'Alexander' shield is constructing the left 2.54 km tunnel. — ntv
- The first section of the Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya metro line was opened on September 5. — interfax
Coverage (6 sources)
- Sergey Sobyanin. Main things for the day — Вечерняя Москва
- Completion of excavation of the right transfer tunnel between stations 'SberCity' and 'Novorizhskaya'. The 'Sofia' shield has passed 2.52 km... — Город Москва
- Completed excavation of the right transfer tunnel between stations "SberCity" and "Novorizhskaya" of the Rublevo-Arhangelskaya line of metro... — Мэр Москвы Сергей Собянин
- In the capital metro, tunnel excavation between 'SberCity' and 'Novorizhskaya' was completed — НТВ Москва
- Completion of excavation of one of the tunnels between stations 'SberCity' and 'Novorizhskaya' — Интерфакс
- Sobyanin: Completion of right tunnel excavation from 'SberCity' to 'Novorizhskaya' — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- SberCity
- Novorizhskaya
- Sergei Sobyanin
- Moscow
- Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya
- Moscow River
- INTERFAX.RU
- Max
- MKAD
- Tyutchevskaya
- Evening Moscow
- Shield