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Koltsevaya line

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Also known as Moscow Metro line 5

Moscow Metro line

Key facts

Locale
Moscow
Type
Rapid transit
System
Moscow Metro
Operator s
Moskovsky Metropoliten
Rolling stock
81-775/776/777
Opened
1 January 1950 ; 76 years ago ( 1 January 1950 )
Line length
19.4 km (12.1 mi)
Character
Underground
Track gauge
1,520 mm ( 4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in )
Electrification
Third rail

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
circle route
Country
Russia
Located in
Moscow
Continent
Europe
Image
Москва 2020.jpg
Length
19.4
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railway traffic side
right
transport network
Moscow Metro
topic has template
Q50380970
route diagram template
Template:Koltsevaya line RDT
Commons category
Koltsevaya Line
topic's main category
Category:Koltsevaya Line
Commons gallery
Кольцевая линия
vehicle normally used
Moscow-2020
color
brown
date of official opening
1950-00-00
sRGB color hex triplet
85412E
route number
5
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Encyclopedic overview

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The Koltsevaya line (Russian: Кольцева́я ли́ния, Ring line, IPA: [kəlʲtsɨˈvajə ˈlʲinʲɪjə]) (Line 5; Brown Line) is a line of the Moscow Metro system in Moscow, Russia. The line was built in 1950–1954 as a circle route orbiting central Moscow, and became crucial to the transfer patterns of passengers. The stations on the line were built at the height of Stalinist architecture, and include Komsomolskaya, Novoslobodskaya and Kiyevskaya.

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