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Moscow’s new metro stations and their first passengers

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Three new metro stations on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line – Mitino, Volokolamskaya and Myakinino – received their first passengers on December 26. 30.12.2009, Sputnik International

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Moscow’s new metro stations and their first passengers

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Three new metro stations on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line – Mitino, Volokolamskaya and Myakinino – received their first passengers on December 26.

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Three new metro stations on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line – Mitino, Volokolamskaya and Myakinino – received their first passengers on December 26.

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Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov attended the opening ceremony and took the first train to travel through the three new stations.

© RIA Novosti . Anton Denisov / Go to the mediabank“The Mitino district now has a metro station. Its residents will no longer feel cut off from the city,” the Moscow mayor said at the Mitino station, which is now the final stop on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. Photo: Moscow metro chief Dmitry Gayev and Mayor Yury Luzhkov.

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“The Mitino district now has a metro station. Its residents will no longer feel cut off from the city,” the Moscow mayor said at the Mitino station, which is now the final stop on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. Photo: Moscow metro chief Dmitry Gayev and Mayor Yury Luzhkov.

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The three new stations have extended the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line by six kilometers.

© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Sergeev / Go to the mediabank“The new section’s tracks have been laid using new technology, which makes this part of the metro one of the safest in the world,” Yury Luzhkov added. Photo: Train at the new Volokolamskaya station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line.

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“The new section’s tracks have been laid using new technology, which makes this part of the metro one of the safest in the world,” Yury Luzhkov added. Photo: Train at the new Volokolamskaya station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line.

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Only modern-type trains will travel along the new section.

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Myakinino is the first metro station to be constructed outside the city limits.

© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Sergeev / Go to the mediabankYury Luzhkov called the Myakinino unique as it has been funded by a private investor. The mayor believes that the station will help relieve chronic traffic jams in the Crocus City Mall area.

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Yury Luzhkov called the Myakinino unique as it has been funded by a private investor. The mayor believes that the station will help relieve chronic traffic jams in the Crocus City Mall area.

© RIA Novosti . Anton Denisov / Go to the mediabankMoscow metro chief Dmitry Gayev (center) announced that the stretch from Strogino to Mitino was ready to receive passengers. He added that it would be extended with a new Pyatnitskaya station in two and a half years.

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Moscow metro chief Dmitry Gayev (center) announced that the stretch from Strogino to Mitino was ready to receive passengers. He added that it would be extended with a new Pyatnitskaya station in two and a half years.