The Moscow Metro opened the doors of its 200th station — Salaryevo — on Monday. According to The Railway Gazette, the 1·9 km section from Rumyantsevo to Salaryevo follows on from the opening of the previous extension, a 2·5 km section from Troparyevo to Rumyantsevo, on January 18.
The Moscow Metro opened the doors of its 200th station — Salaryevo — on Monday. According to The Railway Gazette, the 1·9 km section from Rumyantsevo to Salaryevo follows on from the opening of the previous extension, a 2·5 km section from Troparyevo to Rumyantsevo, on January 18.
“It is a huge event. The new station will serve a large district of New Moscow,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said at the opening ceremony, the RBC news agency reported.
The Salaryevo station became the southernmost stop of the Moscow Metro's Red Line. It is located beyond the Moscow Ring Road, MKAD, — between Kievskoye Shosse and the village of Salaryevo.
"Salaryevo" is the second station of the Moscow Metro, which opened with the beginning of this year. Less than a month ago at the Sokolniki Line (Red Line) has opened the station "Rumyantsevo".
The Moscow Times informs the metro is set to open many new stations in the next few years — expanding the transportation system to both distant districts of the capital and the Moscow region.
