Moscow Extends Purple Metro Line to Kуркино
The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (purple) line of the Moscow Metro will be extended from the 'Planernaya' station to the Kurkino district in the northwest of the city.
Consensus
- The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskayа (purple) metro line will be extended from 'Planernaya' station to the Kуркиno district in Moscow.
- The extension will include two new stations with project names 'Novokurkinskoye Shosse' and 'Kуркиno'.
- The new section will be 5.1 km long and built underground.
- The extension is expected to improve transport access for approximately 350,000 people living and working in Kуркиno, Khimki, and Putilkovo.
- The project will reduce travel time to central Moscow by about half.
- Project planning will begin in 2027, with construction taking three to four years.
- The extension is made possible after the launch of the Big Circle Line (BKL) and MCD-3.
- The 'Planernaya' station, currently the terminus, will be relieved of 20% of its current passenger load.
Points of divergence
- The second station may be named 'Khimkinskaya' station, and it is planned to be built near a new school in the area. — vesti
- The daily passenger volume is estimated at 26,000 for 'Novokurkinskoye Shosсе' and 43,000 for 'Kуркиno'. — kommersant
- The 'Planernaya' station was opened on December 30, 1975, and four new stations have been added to the purple line in the last 15 years. — kommersant
- Sobyanin announced plans to build 34 new metro stations in Moscow by the end of 2032. — kommersant
- The project names for the stations are not yet finalized, though 'Novokurkinskoye Shosе' and 'Kуркиno' are used as project names. — vedomosti
Coverage (12 sources)
- In Moscow, the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya metro line will be extended to the Kurkino area — РИАМО
- The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya metro line will be extended to the Kurkino area. Sergey Sobyanin announced this in his channel at MAKS. — Город Москва
- Decision made to extend the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya metro line to the Kurkino area — Мэр Москвы Сергей Собянин
- The purple branch of the Moscow Metro will be extended to Kurkino — Коммерсантъ
- Sobyanin announces extension of Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya metro line to Kurkino — Вести
- Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin announced a decision to extend the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya metro line to the Kurkino area. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Extension of the purple branch of the Moscow Metro in Kurkino — Ведомости
- Sobyanin says extension of the "Purple" Moscow Metro line from "Planernaya" to the Kurkino district will be prolonged. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line will be extended from the 'Planernaya' station to the Kurkino area — Новости Москвы
- Sobyanin announced decision to extend Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line to Kurkino — Вечерняя Москва
- Purple metro branch will be extended to the Kurkino district in Moscow — НТВ Москва
- Sobyanin announces extension of Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line to the Kurkino area — Москва 24
Key entities
- Kurkino
- Sergei Sobyanin
- Moscow
- Planernaya
- Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya
- Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya
- MKAD
- Khimki
- Violet
- Khimkinskaya
- Yulia Ivanko Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya
- Max
- Kovrino
- Krasnogorsk
- Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya
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