And you wonder what is the average depth of Moscow subway stations?

The Moscow metro is fraught with many secrets and mysteries. There are still talks that it has been brought to all important administrative buildings. And some even discuss about whole lines for transportation of important persons. Every year, more and more adventurers go in search of adventure under the earth. The average depth of the Moscow metro stations is 24 meters, if you do not take into account the calculation of land areas. With the release of the book of the famous Russian writer D. Glukhovsky, interest in such adventures has only grown. Today we will condemn the features of the Moscow stations and we.

A bit of history

The first metro line was opened in London as early as1836 year. Her construction was carried out by a company called Metropolitan Railways. This phrase can be translated as "Metropolitan Railways". But it is from this word that the name of a new type of transport has been formed in many countries. Initially, the London Underground operated on steam traction. In 1890 it was electrified. The next metro was New York. In 1868 several ground stations were opened here. The first underground line in this city was opened in 36 years. Next began to use the new form of transport in Chicago. The Metropolitan opened here in 1892. Russia has somewhat lagged behind on this issue. Metro here first appeared in 1935, in Moscow. And only 20 years later - in St. Petersburg.

To date, the longest remainsthe New York subway. It includes 26 lines and annually transports 1.6 billion people. But the Shanghai subway is the most dynamically developing. By 2025, it is planned to build 21 additional lines. Passenger traffic per day is 5 million people.

Underground construction

The general trend is immediately evident ifcarefully look at the depth of the stations. The closer to the center, the greater the average depth of the Moscow Metro stations. This is due to dense buildings, a lot of historical monuments, an intersection with the river. The exception is the parts of the Filevskaya and Sokolnicheskaya lines, which were built in the 30s of the last century by an open method. The peculiarity of the ground in the north of the city led to the need for the depth of the Moscow metro stations here to be greater than in other outlying areas. This trend is maintained up to the Petrovsky-Razumovskaya and VDNKh.

The average depth of Moscow metro stations is connectedwith features of the area. It crosses the river 23 times. Most of the structures run underwater, not bridges. The Moscow Metro channel crosses only once. The newer sites are traditionally located closer to the ground.

Average depth of Moscow metro stations

With the release of the famous fantasy trilogythe domestic writer more and more "stalkers" are looking for adventures under the ground. The scheme of the depth of the Moscow metro is a very popular topic for discussion between them on the Internet. All stations can be classified according to their design type. There are two single-span stops: "Volzhskaya" and "Marino". Their depth is 8 meters. There are also 4 two-, 64 three- and two-four-span stations. Their depth is 11, 9 and 7 meters. In the Moscow metro there are also 31 one-and 74 three-vaulted stations. The average depth is 12 and 44 meters. In addition, the Moscow metro includes 16 ground stations, not counting the monorail. Among them there are both open and closed.

Depth of Moscow metro stations

The design largely determines the technicalcharacteristics of underground structures in a particular area. The greatest depth of occurrence of stations of the Moscow underground on the Ring line - 41 meters. Most of them are three-vaulted. The biggest depth of the Moscow metro is 84 meters. Such a technical characteristic is different from Victory Park. The highest is the "Sparrow Hills". It rises 10 meters above the ground.

Technical Characteristics of Lines

Most of the metro stations are three-vaulted. All of them are deeper than 25 meters, "Timiryazevskaya" is the only exception. A significant part of the stations are three-span. Their depth is only 9 meters. If we consider not individual stations, but lines, then we can also calculate the features of their design. As mentioned above, it all depends on the terrain where they pass. Depth of Moscow metro stations Kakhovskaya line - 8 meters. This makes it the closest to the ground level. If you arrange the lines based on the increase in their depth, the list will look like this: Filevskaya, Sokolnicheskaya, Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya, Zamoskvoretskaya, Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya, Kaluga-Rizhskaya, Lublinskaya, Kalininskaya, Koltsevaya. The latter goes to the ground for 48 meters.

The deepest in the world

The first place in this parameter is for the Ukrainianstation "Arsenal". Its depth is 105.5 meters. It was launched on September 6, 1960. Originally it was decorated with a bas-relief dedicated to workers of the same-name plant, but after Ukraine gained independence it was dismantled. The second is the Russian "Admiralteyskaya" with a depth of 86 meters. It was put into operation on December 28, 2011. It is interesting that it was practically completed already in 1997, but because of problems with engineering work, construction was continued only after 10 years. The third place is behind the Korean station Puhung. It was built in 1987. In its design, marble images of the leaders of the DPRK are used. This is one of the two stations in Pyongyang, where excursions for tourists are held. The fourth place for the "Victory Park" in Moscow. The station is decorated in the style of the Great Patriotic War. Finally, in the fifth place is the deepest station in the US - the Washington Park Portland Metro. It was put into operation in 1998.

The depth of the Moscow metro is 24 meters. It encircles almost the entire Russian capital. And these are only quite official lines. And there are still mysterious abandoned stations and entire tunnels, which every year attract more and more adventurers. And this means that soon new facts will appear that can be shared.