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The Moscow Metro was opened with one single 11km long line consisting of 11 stations. As such, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. Initial plans for the metro date back to the Russian Empire. However, it was not until 1928 that construction on the first route began.
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Essentials
Operations
Stations
Lines
Renamed lines
Rolling stock
World War II
Modern Era
History
First four stages of construction
Cold War era
Industrialization
Mobilization
Patriotic influences
Moscow Central Circle urban railway (Line 14)
Logo
Ticketing
Expansions
Current plans
Metro 2
1982 escalator accident
2004 bombings
2005 Moscow blackout
2010 bombing
2014 pile incident
2014 derailment
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