“There are reasonable and expedient stages in the construction of the metro.
From 1936 to 2010, about 305 km of the metro were built, not counting the branches of the depot, etc.
These are 178 stations.
During the period from 2010 to 2020, we built 177 km and in fact 60 underground metro stations, well, we consider the MCC stations - plus 30 - this is actually our surface metro, because it operates in a mode close to the metro, ”he said in the fields Moscow Urban Forum.
According to him, in the future, it is not planned to build the metro at such a huge pace, there will be a transition to "finer settings", for example, the authorities may point-to-point approach to the extension of existing lines, their connection.
“We have built 90 stations, we plan about 25-30 in the next four years and literally within two years we will plan new projects, already beyond the first, most powerful stage, in order to start fine tuning,” Bochkarev said.
He stressed that these will not be isolated stations, but not on such a scale.
“We made a fantastic leap forward.
We had our own technologies, our methods, involvement, heroic work every day, but then we will move to a more relaxed regime, ”he added.
Earlier, Transmashholding showed the head car of the new Ivolga 3.0 passenger train at the Moscow Urban Forum. The train is designed for use in the overground metro mode.