Metro in linden grove

On the outer side of the Moscow Ring Road just north of the intersection with the Novorizhskoe highway, busy work is in full swing - here, at the foot of the centuries-old linden trees, lies the construction site of the future “Lipovaya Roshcha” station of the Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya metro line.

It is at this point that the line under construction crosses the borders of “old” Moscow and leaves Strogino towards the rapidly developing cluster in Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye. The station will serve as a kind of link between the past and future of the metropolis, providing passengers with the opportunity to take a break and relax in the shade of the ancient Linden Grove.

In addition to providing comfort for passengers, the station complex will have an important technical function - it will include turnaround dead ends for the rolling stock of the new line. This led to a large volume of excavation work: in total, the builders will have to develop almost 440 thousand “cubes” of soil, taking into account the station itself and dead ends. Today, specialists from SMU-12 and Stroymekhservis are involved at the site; the head of the SMU-12 site, Viktor Kotashevich, told Metrostroevets about the progress of the work.

“We continue to develop and fasten the pit in the dead-ends behind the station, as well as construct a wall in the ground, and by the end of May we plan to begin the construction of the main monolithic structures in this area,” noted Viktor Kotashevich.

According to him, the pit of the installation-panel chamber for the giant shield with a diameter of 10 meters, which will lay a double-track tunnel to the neighboring Strogino station, has also now been completed and secured; its components are already being delivered to the site and are being prepared for installation.

It is curious that after the line is put into operation at Lipovaya Roshcha, one double-track tunnel from the city center will be switched to two single-track ones to the neighboring Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya, from which six-meter TBMs Natali and Victoria are already coming here. However, all this rich infrastructure will remain hidden under the thickness of the earth from the eyes of most Muscovites and guests of the capital, and its peace on the surface will be protected by the same centuries-old linden trees that grew here a hundred years ago.