Maskoŭskaja line

The Maskoŭskaja line (also referred to as Maskowskaya line or Moskovskaya line) (Belarusian: Маскоўская лінія; Russian: Московская линия, romanized: Moskovskaya liniya; lit: "Moscow line") is a line of the Minsk Metro that serves Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The line was opened along with the Metro in 1984 with the original eight station segment, and crosses the city on a northeast–southwest axis. Currently, it comprises 15 stations and 19.1 km (11.9 mi) of track.

Maskoŭskaya line
Ploshcha Yakuba Kolasa station
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Minsk Metro
Termini	Uručča Malinawka
Stations	15
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Minsk Metro
History
Opened	1984
Technical
Line length	19.1 km (11.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)[1]
Route map Legend Uručča Barysaŭski trakt Uschod Maskoŭskaja Park Čaliuskincaŭ Akademiya Navuk Ploshcha Yakuba Kolasa Ploshcha Pyeramohi Kastrychnitskaya Ploshcha Lyenina Instytut Kultury Hrushawka Mikhalova Pyatrowshchyna Malinawka This diagram: view talk edit

Timeline

Segment	Date opened
Instytut Kultury–Maskowskaya	26 June 1984
Maskoŭskaja–Uschod	30 December 1986
Uschod–Uručča	7 November 2007
Instytut Kultury–Pyatrowshchyna	7 November 2012
Pyatrowshchyna–Malinawka	3 June 2014

Transfers

#	Transfer to	At
2	Awtazavodskaya line	Kastrychnitskaya
3	Zelenaluzhskaya line	Ploshcha Lyenina

Rolling stock

The line is served by the Moskovskoe depot (№ 1), and currently has 21 five carriage 81-717/714 and the modernised 81-717.5M/714.5M trains assigned to it.

Recent developments and future plans

A 5.2 km extension has been constructed to the southwest of the city and contains three stations: Hrushawka, Mikhalova, and Pyatrowshchyna. It was opened on 7 November 2012.

The last extension was on 3 June 2014, when Malinawka was opened.