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Moscow Opens First Tram Diameter T1, a 27-Kilometer Surface Metro Line

City leaders bill the cross-city route as a surface metro designed to cut travel times on key corridors.

Overview

  • T1 links the University metro station with Metrogorodok across 27 km, serving 64 closely spaced stops with six-minute headways.
  • Fifty new Lionok-Moskva trams with autonomous running capability enter service on the corridor, while routes 13 and 39 continue to operate and cut average waits to four minutes on shared segments.
  • The line connects 13 districts, four mainline rail terminals and 24 stations across the city’s rail backbone.
  • City plans indicate a second 33 km tram diameter launching in spring to connect Chertanovskaya with Novogireevo on MCD-4, which officials say will improve service for over one million residents.
  • Moscow’s broader rail build-out continues with four Troitskaya Line stations opened this autumn, 19 more stations under construction, 26.9 km and 13 stations slated for 2026–2028, and a metro fleet topping 6,700 cars with 79% modern trains plus over 700 Moskva-2026 cars due within two years.