Published on: 2026-04-28
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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Sergey Sobyanin gave the start to the excavation of the right tunnel between the stations “ZIL” and “Ostrov Mechty” of the under-construction Biryulyovskaya metro line.
“The metro line is important, residents have been waiting for it for many years, so we are working at an accelerated pace. Work is underway ahead of schedule on four stations. Active work is ongoing on five tunnels out of seven. Today we are launching the shield from ‘ZIL’ to ‘Island of Dreams.’ This is also an important stage of this work,” noted the Mayor of Moscow.
The tunnel boring complex “Victoria” with a diameter of six meters has to cover 1.49 kilometers. The maximum depth will be 24 meters. They plan to complete the passage in early 2027.
Earlier, in March 2026, the construction of the right running tunnel between the “Ostrov Mechty” and “Klenovyy Bulvar” stations was completed, and the construction of the left running tunnel from “Klenovyy Bulvar” towards “Kuryanov” began. Work on the left tunnel from the “Ostrov Mechty” station to “Klenovyy Bulvar” has been underway since December 2025.
The commissioning of the Biryulyovo metro line will be carried out in stages. The first stage is the construction of the section “ZIL” – “Kuryanovo” (8.65 kilometers, four stations), which is planned to be completed in 2028 (construction readiness of the section is 31 percent), and the work within the framework of the second stage on the section “Kuryanovo” – “Biryulyovo” (13.55 kilometers, six stations) will be completed in 2029. It is expected that in 2030 the passenger flow of the line will exceed 165 thousand people per day.
Construction of the Biryulyovskaya metro line
The first plans for the construction of the metro in Biryulyovo appeared as early as the early 1970s. At that time, on the site of the eponymous worker’s settlement and the adjacent territory, which became part of the capital in 1960, mass housing construction began. Subsequently, the creation of the Biryulyovo metro line was laid down in the general plan of the city of Moscow.
By the instruction of Sergey Sobyanin in 2021–2023Âdeveloped and approved the routing and layout projects of the Biryulyovskaya line sections.
The long-awaited branch will take off at the “ZIL” station and will come to the districtsÂBiryulyovo Vostochnoye and Biryulyovo Zapadnoye, where by 2030 about 260,000 people will live. Travel time to the center will decrease by 30 minutes. Residents of the Kuryanovo neighborhood in Pechatniki will also get the metro, making trips to the center more convenient and 2.5 times faster.
“The Biryulyovskaya branch will become the seventh new line to appear on the Moscow metro map in recent years. It will improve transportation services for more than one million people from eight districts of the capital,” wrote Sergey Sobyanin on his channel in
Source: Channel of the Mayor of Moscow inMessenger “Max”
Overall, the construction of the new line will improve transport services for over one million residents of the Danilovsky, Nagatinsky Zaton, Nagatino-Sadovniki, Pechatniki, Moskvorechye-Saburovo, Tsaritsyno, Biryulyovo Vostochnoye, and Biryulyovo Zapadnoye districts (including the population of new neighborhoods being built under the renovation program) and those who work there. In addition, the transport accessibility of the development area of “ZIL,” the entertainment park “Dream Island,” the Southern river station, the Kolomenskoye museum-reserve, and other important city facilities will improve.
The construction will also additionally connect the Bolshaya Koltsevaya, Troitskaya, and Zamoskvoretskaya metro lines, the MCC and the Paveletskoye direction of the Moscow railway, providing passengers with many new options for traveling around the city. As a result, by 2030, more than 130,000 passengers will use transfers daily.
The load on the sections of the Zamoskvoretskaya and the Bolshaya Koltsevaya metro lines will be additionally reduced. In particular, the stations “Tsaritsyno” and “Klenovy Bulvar” will be unloaded by more than 30 percent. The intensity of automobile traffic on the adjacent street and road network will also decrease, which, in turn, will improve the ecological situation.
Within the Biryulevskaya line, a stretch of more than 22 kilometers will have 10 stations built:
— “ZIL” — at the intersection of Likhachev Avenue with Lisitsky Street, near the eponymous MCC station and the “Lemana Pro” store (a transfer hub to the MCC and the Troitsk metro line);
— “Dream Island” — near the homonymous thematic amusement park, between Andropov Avenue and the Southern Landscape Park (transfer to the Zamoskvoretskaya metro line).
— “Maple Boulevard” — along the eponymous boulevard at the intersection with Novinki Street (transfer to the Large Circle Metro Line);
— “Kuryanovo” — located on the territory between Batyuninsky passage and the projected passage No. 5112, near the developing territory of the Pechatniki district;
— “Moskvorechye” — near the junction of Koshkina Street with Kashirskoye Highway;
— “Luganskaya” — along the Caucasian Boulevard near the junction with Yerevan Street;
— “Kaspiyskaya” — near the intersection of 6th Radial Street with Planned Drive No. 6631;
— “Lipetskaya” — along the eponymous street near the junction with Pedagogicheskaya street;
— “Lebedyanskaya” — along Lipetskaya street near the junction with Lebedyanskaya street;
— “Biryulyovo” — along Bulatnikovskaya Street near the junction with Bulatnikovsky Drive, not far from the Biryulyovo-Passazhirskaya railway station.
From the moment the line is launched, the newest trains of Russian production will operate on it, and the stations will be equipped with all the usual passenger services: modern navigation and turnstiles, as well as ticket vending machines of the capital’s production. In addition, the stations will be adapted for people with limited mobility.
Initially, the trains operating on the line will be serviced at the “Yuzhnoye” electric depot, and subsequently at the new “Biryulyovskoye” electric depot.
Construction of five stations has already begun — these are “ZIL”, “Dream Island”, “Maple Boulevard”, “Luganskaya”, and “Kaspiyskaya”. Work is underway there on the installation of barrier structures and the development of excavation pits.
Preparatory work is underway at the remaining stations of the Biryulyovskaya line. The designer and general contractor is JSC “Mosinjproekt”.
Construction of the “Dream Island” metro station is more than 20 percent completeMonolithic work at the ZIL metro station is more than halfway completedSobyanin: Construction of the “Kaspiyskaya” station of the Biryulyovskaya metro line has begun
Station “ZIL”
The future station “ZIL” of the Biryulyovskaya metro line is located in the Danilovsky district and is expected to become part of a namesake transport hub (Troitskaya, Biryulyovskaya metro lines and MCC). Currently, it is used by more than 16 thousand people daily (including transfers). It is expected that by 2030 the hub will be in demand by more than 30 thousand passengers daily, including over 14 thousand people transferring to the MCC and the Troitskaya metro line.
Thanks to the new metro station “ZIL,” the transportation service for more than 100 thousand residents of the Danilovsky district will improve. For example, travel time to the “Klenovy Bulvar” station of the Large Circle Line will be reduced sixfold.
The shallow laying station will be equipped with two vestibules, underground and aboveground, with exits on both sides of Likhachev Avenue. One of the vestibules will be integrated with the namesake station of the Moscow Central Circle — for passengers, a single convenient transfer circuit will be arranged, where they will be able to transfer between MCC stations, as well as the Troitskaya and Biryulyovskaya metro lines, without going outside. In addition, five elevators will be installed for passengers with limited mobility.
In the design of the above-ground part of the station in memory of the former “ZIL” plant, elements of industrial aesthetics are planned to be used. The columns and ceiling of the platform section will be faced with panels made of stainless polished steel, and the floor will be laid with natural thermally treated dark granite. One of the bright accents in the station design will be an artistic panel on the track wall.
The development of the ground for the “ZIL” station and the removal of engineering communications from the construction zone are now being completed, as well as the installation of the main structures. The overall readiness of the facility is 38 percent.
Results of the implementation of the Moscow Metro construction program
Since 2011, the Moscow Government has completed the construction and reconstruction of more than 260 kilometers of lines, 127 stations, 14 electric depots (including the car repair plant “Brateyevo”) of the Moscow Metro and the MCC.
In addition, together with OAO “RZhD”, ground metro lines — Moscow Central Diameters (MCD): MCD-1, MCD-2, MCD-3, and MCD-4 — have been put into operation. These are 303 kilometers of tracks and 138 stations.
List of new lines and stations of the Moscow Metro, MCC, MCD
Lublin-Dmitrovskaya line:
— the section from Maryino station to Zyablikovo station (three stations);
— the section from the “Maryina Roshcha” station to the “Fiztekh” station (nine stations).
Kalininskaya and Solntsevskaya lines:
— the section from the “Novogireevo” station to the “Novokosino” station (one station);
— the section from the “Business Center” station to the “Vnukovo Airport” station (14 stations).
The Zamoskvoretskaya line:
— the section from Krasnogvardeyskaya station to Alma-Atinskaya station (one station);
— “Technopark” station;
— the section from the “Rechnoy Vokzal” station to the “Khovrino” station (two stations).
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line:
— the section from “Mitino” station to “Pyatnitskoye Shosse” station (one station).
Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line:
— the section from “Vyhino” station to “Kotelniki” station (three stations);
— Spartak station.
Butovskaya line:
— the section from “Starokachalovskaya Street” station to “Bitsevsky Park” station (two stations).
Sokolnicheskaya line:
— the section from the “Yugo-Zapadnaya” station to the “Potapovo” station (eight stations).
Nekrasovskaya line — eight stations.
Big ring line — 31 stations.
Troitskaya line:
— the section from the “ZIL” station to the “Novomoskovskaya” station (11 stations).
Moscow Central Ring — 31 stations.
Moscow central diameters (MCD-1, MCD-2, MCD-3, MCD-4) — 138 stations, of which 54 are transfer points to metro lines, MCC, and MCD.
Electric depots (including reconstruction) — “Mitino”, “Brateyevo” (car repair plant), “Pechatniki”, “Vyhino”, “Planernoe”, “Nizhegorodskoe”, “Likhobory”, “Solntsevo”, “Vladykino”, “Rudnevo”, “Sokol”, “Aminyevskoye”, “Yuzhnoe” (“Brateyevo-2”) and “Stolbovo”.
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