{{Short description|Minsk Metro line}} {{Infobox rail line | box_width = | name = Maskoŭskaya line | color = {{rcr|Minsk Metro|Maskowskaya}} | logo = | logo_width = | logo_alt = | image = Pkolosa 15.jpg | image_width = | image_alt = | caption = Ploshcha Yakuba Kolasa station | type = Rapid transit | system = Minsk Metro | status = Operational | locale = | start = Uručča | end = Malinawka | stations = 15 | routes = | daily_ridership = | ridership2 = | open = 1984 | close = | owner = Minsk Metro | operator = | character = | depot = | stock = | linelength = {{convert|19.1|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} | tracklength = | tracks = | gauge = {{Track gauge|1524mm|allk=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrta.org/world/worlda-e.html#BY|title=404 Page Not Found|publisher=Light Rail Transit Association|website=lrta.org|accessdate=April 27, 2020|archive-date=April 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428035854/http://www.lrta.org/world/worlda-e.html#BY|url-status=dead}}</ref> | old_gauge = | load_gauge = | minradius = | racksystem = | routenumber = | electrification = | speed = | elevation = | website = | map = 250px{{Maskowskaya line}} | map_state = }}
The '''Maskoŭskaja line''' (also referred to as '''Maskowskaya line''' or '''Moskovskaya line''') ({{langx|be|Маскоўская лінія}}; {{langx|ru|Московская линия|Moskovskaya liniya}}; lit: "Moscow line") is a line of the Minsk Metro that serves Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The line was opened along with the Metro in 1984 with the original eight station segment, and crosses the city on a northeast–southwest axis. Currently, it comprises 15 stations and {{convert|19.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} of track.
==Timeline== {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left;" |- !Segment!!Date opened |- |style="text-align: left;"|Instytut Kultury–Maskowskaya |26 June 1984 |- |style="text-align: left;"|Maskoŭskaja–Uschod |30 December 1986 |- |style="text-align: left;"|Uschod–Uručča |7 November 2007 |- |style="text-align: left;"|Instytut Kultury–Pyatrowshchyna |7 November 2012 |- |Pyatrowshchyna–Malinawka |3 June 2014 |- |}
==Transfers== {|class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left;" |- !#!!Transfer to!!At |- |style="background:#{{rcr|Minsk Metro|2}}; padding:.5em;"|{{white|2}} |style="text-align: left;"|Awtazavodskaya line |Kastrychnitskaya |- |style="background:#{{rcr|Minsk Metro|3}}; padding:.5em;"|{{white|3}} |style="text-align: left;"|Zelenaluzhskaya line |Ploshcha Lyenina |}
==Rolling stock== The line is served by the Moskovskoe depot (№ 1), and currently has 21 five carriage 81-717/714 and the modernised 81-717.5M/714.5M trains assigned to it.
==Recent developments and future plans== A 5.2 km extension has been constructed to the southwest of the city and contains three stations: Hrushawka, Mikhalova, and Pyatrowshchyna. It was opened on 7 November 2012.
The last extension was on 3 June 2014, when Malinawka was opened.
==References== {{Reflist}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2013}}
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100805111700/http://minsktrans.by/structure/metro Minsk Metro]
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