Мәскеу метросының Калужск-Рижск желісі

Moscow Metro line

The Kaluzhsko Rizhskaya line (Калу́жско Ри́жская ли́ния, ) is a line of the Moscow Metro, that originally existed as two separate radial lines, Rizhskaya and Kaluzhskaya opened in 1958 and 1962, respectively. Only in 1971 were they united into a single line as the central section connecting the stations Oktyabrskaya to Prospekt Mira was completed. It was also the first line in Moscow to have a cross platform transfer. The Rizhsky radius is roughly aligned with a northern avenue Prospekt Mira, while the Kaluzhskiy radius generally follows a southwestern street Profsoyuznaya Ulitsa. Presently, the Kaluzhsko Rizhskaya line is the third busiest in the system with a passenger traffic rate of 1.015 million per day. In May 2018, the first 81 765/766/767 train began operating on the line, ahead of schedule. In December 2020, the first 81 775/776/777 train began operating on the line. Subway car types used on the line over the years:
Type Dates Series G1958 1982 Series E, Ezh, Em 508 and Em 5091972 1996 Series 81 717/7141987 2023 Series 81 717.5/714.51989 2023 Series 81 717.5M/714.5M1993 2022 Series 81 760/7612017 2018 Series 81 760A/761A/763A2018 Series 81 765/766/7672018–present Series 81 765.3/766.3/767.32018–present Series 81 765.4/766.4/767.42019–present Series 81 775/776/7772020–present

Currently the line spans through the entire city and no extensions are planned in the nearby future. However several projects exist. The first one was to connect the town of Mytishchi in the Moscow Oblast with the Moscow Metro, this was however declared unnecessary by the mayor of the city. Another one was to extend from Bitsevsky Park to Annino of the Serpukhovsko Timiryazevskaya line, however it is unlikely this will be realized due to the preserved area of the Bitsa Park, and a newer project to bring the Butovskaya Light Metro line to the southern radius. The lack of transfer to the Serpukhovsko Timiryazevskaya line has led to a plan to build Yakimanka station between Oktyabrskaya and Tretyakovskaya, which will offer a transfer to Polyanka. Several projects also exist to modernize the older stations. A second entrance was added to VDNKh in 1997 and Akademicheskaya has had a restoration of its ceramic tiled walls replacing them with aluminium planes. Recently it has emerged that the Moscow circular railway will be converted into a form of urban transport. If so then the conserved transfer from Leninsky Prospekt to the railway station Ploschad Gagarina will be opened.