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The Zamoskvoretskaya Line (formerly '''Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya''') is a line of the Moscow Metro . Opened in 1938 , chronologically it became the third line, and it includes Mayakovskaya station, which is one of the best-known and most-photographed in the entire system. The Zamoskvoretskaya Line is typically coloured green on Metro maps. It is the third-longest Metro line with 36.8 km of track and it cuts Moscow on a Northwest-Southeast axis. N.B. The modern Kakhovskaya line between 1969 and 1984 was an integral part of the present line, and from 1984 to 1995 a branch of it. TIMELINE
NAME CHANGES TRANSFERS The Kashirskaya transfer is a cross-platform one. ROLLING-STOCK The line is served by the Sokol (No 2) and Zamoskvoretskoe (No 7) depots to which, respectively, 39 and 36 eight-carriage are assigned. The line began receiving 81-714/717 trains in 1980, replacing older E types in a programme which was finished in 1987. Some of these were upgraded to the .5 standard. When the Kakhovskaya branch separated from the main line, seven six-carriage trains were formed for it at the Zamoskvoretskoe depot. RECENT EVENTS AND FUTURE PLANS Today the line is one of the busiest in Moscow. The world-famous station Mayakovskaya recently had a second exit opened to the surface. In the south an extension to , was built in 1938 between the modern Tverskaya and Teatralnaya, but was never opened and tunnels were built around it. It is possible in the distant future that this station will be completed. |
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