MOSCOW, 2nd March, 2023 (WAM) — Moscow on Wednesday opened the 70-km Big Circle Line (BCL), the longest subway line in the world, state news agency (TASS) reported.
The Big Circle Line will improve transportation for 34 districts in Moscow with a population of 3.3 million people and considerably reduce the burden on other subway lines.
The Big Circle Line project ranks as Russia’s biggest subway-building project in recent decades and also one of the world’s largest ones. The line spans 70 kilometres and numbers 31 stations.