Moscow Metro to Commission 8 Stations in 2016

By end-2016 Moscow Metro is to commission 8 new stations, the Gudok quotes Moscow Vice Mayor Marat Khusnullin. Three stations will be commissioned at the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya Line and five stations at the Third Transfer Circuit.

Moscow has built 15,500 m of tunnels in 2016. In total of 300 construction sites are operating employing 55,000.

“Moscow Mayor took a very important decision - despite challenges, metro construction will not be stopped”, Mr. Khusnullin said. “Over 620 B RUB will be invested into it in 2016 - 2018 under the Dedicated Investment Program - it makes over a half of all the costs allocated for transportation construction”.