Editing Moscow Metro (section)

=={{anchor|Description of the Metro}}Operations==
The Moscow Metro, a [[state-owned enterprise]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mosmetro.ru |title=Московский метрополитен }}</ref> is {{convert|449|km|mi|abbr=on}} long and consists of 15 lines and 263 stations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://engl.mosmetro.ru/pages/page_0.php?id_page=4|title=Lines and stations|website=Moscow Metro website|access-date=22 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230103702/http://engl.mosmetro.ru/pages/page_0.php?id_page=4|archive-date=30 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> organized in a [[spoke-hub distribution paradigm]], with the majority of rail lines running radially from the centre of Moscow to the outlying areas. The [[Koltsevaya Line]] (line 5) forms a {{convert|20|km|adj=on}} long circle which enables passenger travel between these diameters, and the new [[Moscow Central Circle]] (line 14) and even newer [[Bolshaya Koltsevaya line]] (line 11) form a {{convert|54|km|adj=on}} and {{convert|57|km|adj=on}} long circles respectively that serve a similar purpose on middle periphery.<ref>See [[:File:Moskau-Metro-Stationsanzeiger.jpg|this]] image as an example</ref> Most stations and lines are underground, but some lines have at-grade and elevated sections; the [[Filyovskaya Line]], [[Butovskaya Line]] and the Central Circle Line are the three lines that are at grade or mostly at grade.

The Moscow Metro uses {{Track gauge|russian|allk=on}}, like other Russian railways, and an underrunning [[third rail]] with a supply of 825 Volts [[Direct current|DC]],{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} except lines 13 and 14, the former being a monorail, and the latter being directly connected to the mainlines with 3000V DC overhead lines, as is typical. The average distance between stations is {{convert|1.7|km}}; the shortest ({{convert|502|m|ft}} long) section is between [[Delovoy Tsentr (Filyovskaya line)|Delovoy Tsentr]] and [[Mezhdunarodnaya (Moscow Metro)|Mezhdunarodnaya]], and the longest ({{convert|6.62|km|mi}} long) is between [[Krylatskoye (Moscow Metro)|Krylatskoye]] and [[Strogino (Moscow Metro)|Strogino]]. Long distances between stations have the positive effect of a high cruising speed of {{convert|41.7|km/h|mph}}.

The Moscow Metro opens at 05:25 and closes at 01:00.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mosmetro.ru/info/routine/station/ |title=Режим работы станций и вестибюлей |publisher=Moscow Metro |access-date=17 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117015142/http://old.mosmetro.ru/pages/page_0.php?id_page=590 |archive-date=17 November 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The exact opening time varies at different stations according to the arrival of the first train, but all stations simultaneously close their entrances at 01:00 for maintenance, and so do transfer corridors. The minimum interval between trains is 90 seconds during the morning and evening rush hours.<ref name="Digits"/>

As of 2017, the system had an average daily ridership of 6.99 million passengers. Peak daily ridership of 9.71 million was recorded on 26 December 2014.<ref name="Digits" />

Free [[Wi-Fi]] has been available on all lines of the Moscow Metro since 2 December 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.1tv.ru/news/2014-12-02/30254-s_segodnyashnego_dnya_set_wi_fi_stala_dostupna_na_vseh_liniyah_moskovskogo_metropolitena |title=С сегодняшнего дня сеть Wi-Fi стала доступна на всех линиях Московского метрополитена |date=2 December 2014 |website=1tv.ru |publisher=[[Channel One Russia]] |language=Russian |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref>