The Historical Evolution of Moscow Metro

During the "First Five-Year Plan" period (1928- 1932), in order to improve the traffic situation in the capital and relieve the pressure of trams, La KaGanovic, the first secretary of the Moscow Municipal Committee, delivered a speech at the plenary session of 193 1 United Nations * *.

Since 1932, thousands of young people have devoted themselves to subway construction. 1 935 On May 15, the first subway line in Moscow (1line) marked by the red line was opened to traffic. This is also the first subway line in the Soviet Union, with a total length of 1 1.6 km. From Suo Corini Base Station to Cultural Park Station, stop 13 along the way. On the eve of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow opened two subway lines: Green Line (Line 2, from Sokol Station to Theatre Station) and Blue Line (Line 3, from Albat Station to Kursk Station).

1935 On May 15, the Soviet government officially opened the Moscow subway for military reasons. Its construction took only three years, and two lines were built in the first phase. The first line from Kornic Park to Smolensk Square in the city center, *** 13 station, with a length of 1 1.6 km. Later, three or four lines were built and all five lines were opened to traffic at 1943. In the late 1940s, there was a circular subway that ran through all the lines.

194110/0/0 15, the Soviet national defense commission ordered the Moscow subway to be closed and the equipment in the subway to be dismantled within three hours.

1950, the first section of the loop from Cultural Park to Kursk Station was opened to traffic;

1952, the loop line extends from Kursk Station to Belarus Station;

On March 1954, the Belarussian Station of the Ring Road docked with the Cultural Park Station.

1955165438+10. In October, the Soviet Central Committee and the Soviet Council of Ministers adopted the Resolution on Eliminating the Burden of Construction and Engineering. Therefore, the new subway construction in Moscow began to develop based on simplicity, economy and space saving.

1962, the world's earliest traffic automation system was put into trial operation in Moscow subway.

On May 20th13rd15th, Moscow people celebrated its birth as a city festival for the first time. On this day, Moscow literary celebrities held concerts and art exhibitions. Some old revolutionaries who participated in the subway construction and the Soviet Patriotic War also told people about the history of the subway and its role in the war years.