We finished digging the left tunnel between the ZIL and Ostrov Mekhti stations on the Biryulyovskaya metro line.
The route passes under the Novinki border, the ground section of the Zamoskvoretskaya metro line, Lichchev and Andropov boulevards. The maximum burial depth is 29 m.
The work required almost jewelry precision. Immediately after the start, the Elena shield passed under the reversible cul-de-sac ends of the ZIL station on the Troitskaya line. The distance between it and the existing metro buildings was less than a meter.
To avoid the risk of damage to structures, we reduced the speed of penetration, carefully controlled the volume of soil removed and monitored possible deformations around the clock.
Now between the stations ZIL -. The excavation of the "Island of Dreams" of the right tunnel continues. It is led by Magen Victoria.
Also, "Olga" makes a tunnel to the left from "Klanovy Boulevard" towards "Kuryanovo", and "Esmina" lays a connecting line between the Biryulyovskaya and Zamoskvoretskaya metro lines.
Earlier this year, the construction of the two transfer tunnels between the stations Ostrov Mekhti and Sderot Kalanovi was completed.
The Biryulyovo radius will start at the ZIL station and reach Biryulyovo East and Biryulyovo Western districts, where by 2030 more than 260 thousand people will live. The travel time to the center for them will decrease by 1.5 times.
The construction of the line is planned to be completed in two stages in 2028-2029. It will become the seventh new line on the Moscow metro map (including the MCC), built since 2011. Only modern Russian-made rolling stock will operate on the line.