President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko is taking part today in a solemn opening of a new section of the third line of the Minsk metro: Aerodromnaya, Nemorshansky Sad, and Slutsky Gostinets stations, BelTA reports
The Head of State will be reported on prospects for the development of the Minsk metro. Aleksandr Lukashenko will talk with employees and inspect new stations.
Construction of a 4.08km section of the third line of the Minsk metro stretching from Aerodromnaya station to Slutsky Gostinets station began in August 2017. About 90 percent of the equipment and materials used in the construction are of Belarusian production.
The section will connect Minsk’s Kurasovshchina and Minsk World residential areas with other areas of the city through high-speed transport links. At the same time, a transport triangle will be created in the city centre, with transfer hubs at Oktyabrskaya — Kupalovskaya, Lenin Ploshchad (Square) —Vokzalnaya, and Frunzenskaya — Yubileynaya Ploshchad (Square) stations, and the passenger load on the existing transfer hub between the second and third lines will decrease.
The third metro line unites technological solutions of a new technical level, as well as high automation of management and control processes of engineering equipment. Intelligent systems of train traffic control, fare payment, fire safety, and new means of transmitting and processing data on the operation of all metro systems have been introduced here. To ensure the safety of passengers, the stations are equipped with platform edge doors.
The general plan of Minsk includes a section on the development of transport infrastructure, which includes a scheme for the development of rail types of urban passenger transport. The scheme provides for 4 branches of the Minsk metro, one of which is a radial ring. The total length of the third line will be 16km, and it will connect the southern and northern sectors of Minsk with the central part of the city.
It is planned that the fourth metro line will stretch for 25km+ and intersect with the other three lines. Its route will duplicate the second urban ring road. The construction of the fourth line will make it possible to finally resolve the issue of unloading the transfer hub between the first and second lines, and implement the concept of creating transfer hubs between all types of urban and suburban transport.
