Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
Segment Date opened Length
Prospekt Mira - VDNKh 1 May 1958 4.5 km
Oktyabrskaya - Novye Cheryomushki 13 October 1962 12.6 km
Novye Cheryomushki -Kaluzhskaya ( temporary ) 15 April 1962 14.1 km
Oktyabrskaya - Kitay-gorod 30 December 1970 3.1 km
Prospekt Mira - Kitay-gorod 31 December 1971 3.1 km
Novye Cheryomushki - Belyayevo 12 August 1974 2.2 km
VDNKh - Medvedkovo 30 September 1978 8.1 km
Shabolovskaya 6 November 1980 N/A
Belyayevo - Tyoply Stan 6 November 1987 2.9 km
Tyoply Stan - Novoyasenevskaya 17 January 1990 3.6 km
Total : 24 Stations 37.8 km
Timeline
The Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line (, ) is a line of the Moscow Metro, that originally existed as two separate radial lines, Rizhskaya and Kaluzhskaya opened in 1958 and 1962, respectively. Only in 1971 were they united into a single line as the central section connecting the stations Oktyabrskaya to Prospekt Mira was completed. It was also the first line in Moscow to have a cross-platform transfer. The Rizhsky radius is roughly aligned with a northern avenue Prospekt Mira, while the Kaluzhskiy radius generally follows a southwestern street Profsoyuznaya Ulitsa. Presently, the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line is the third busiest in the system with a passenger traffic rate of 1.015 million per day. It has a bi-directional length of , and a travel time of 56 minutes, typically it is coloured orange on Metro maps and numbered 6.