Population (people): 11,503,501
Number of stations: 196
Length (km): 328
Riders per annum (billions): 2.491

 

The Moscow metro is arguably the busiest in the world, carrying an average of 8-9 million passengers on a normal weekday. The system is almost entirely underground although some lines (1, 2, 4) cross the Moskva river and line 1 also the Yauza river on a bridge.

Line 1: Sokol’nicheskaya (Kirovsko-Frunzenskaya)
Identification Color: Red
Stations: 20
Length: 28.4 km

 

Line 2: Zamoskvoretskaya
Identification Color: Green
Stations: 21
Length: 40.0 km

 

Line 3: Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya
Identification Color: Dark Blue
Stations: 22
Length: 45.1 km

 

Line 4: Filyovskaya
Identification Color: Light Blue
Stations: 13
Length: 14.9 km

 

Line 5: Kol’tsevaya
Identification Color: Brown
Stations: 12
Length: 19.3 km – ring line

 

Line 6: Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya
Identification Color: Orange
Stations: 24
Length: – 37.9 km

 

Line 7: Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya
Identification Color: Purple
Stations: 22
Length: 40.7 km

 

Line 8: Kalininskaya
Identification Color: Mustard Yellow
Stations: Eastern part: 8 stations – 16.3 km; Western part: 2 stations – 2.4 km
Length: 28.4 km

 

Line 9: Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya
Identification Color: Grey
Stations: 25
Length: 41.5 km

 

Line 10: Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya
Identification Color: Lime green
Stations: 17
Length: 28.0 km

 

Line 11: Kakhovskaya
Identification Color: Aqua
Stations: 3
Length: 3.4 km

 

Line 12: Butovskaya
Identification Color: Light purple
Stations: 7
Length: 10.0 km