Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line

The Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line (Russian: Калужско-Рижская линия) is Line 6 of the Moscow Metro. A significant portion of both the novels and the games takes place in tunnels and stations of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line.

Overview
The Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line is 37.8 km long and has 24 stations. Before the war, it served almost 1,300,000 people every day. It was opened on 1st May, 1958. Its terminal stations are Medvedkovo at the northern end and Novoyasenevskaya at the southern end.

Artyom's home station, VDNKh, is located on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line. Another important stations include: Botanicheskiy Sad, through which the Dark Ones enter the Metro; Prospekt Mira, which serves as an important market for Metro citizens; and Sukharevskaya (Dry Station), which is the place where Bourbon is captured by bandits in the first video game.

A full list of stations with short descriptions is featured below.

List of Stations

 * Station_Smallicon_Abandoned.png Medvedkovo - Northern terminal station, abandoned
 * Station_Smallicon_Abandoned.png Babushkinskaya - Abandoned station (previously inhabited)
 * Station_Smallicon_Abandoned.png Sviblovo - Abandoned station (previously inhabited)
 * Station_Smallicon_Abandoned.png Botanicheskiy Sad - Abandoned station, its hermetic door was opened by young Artyom and his friends, allowing the Dark Ones to descend into the Metro
 * Faction_Logo_VDNKh_Commonwealth.png VDNKh - Artyom's home station, capital of VDNKh Commonwealth
 * Faction_Logo_VDNKh_Commonwealth.png Alexeyevskaya - Sparsely populated station, member of VDNKh Commonwealth
 * Faction_Logo_VDNKh_Commonwealth.png Rizhskaya - A rundown station, member of VDNKh Commonwealth
 * Faction_Logo_Hanza.png Prospekt Mira - Hanza-controlled station which features a large market, transfer station between the Ring Line and the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
 * Faction_Logo_Bandits.png Sukharevskaya - Station inhabited by bandits
 * Station_Smallicon_Abandoned.png Turgenevskaya - Nicknamed "Cursed Station", the few remaining survivors here are constantly threatened by mutants
 * Faction_Logo_Bandits.png Kitai-Gorod - Transfer station inhabited by two different bandit gangs
 * Station_Smallicon_Abandoned.png Tretyakovskaya - Directly adjacent to Venice, however, this territory is flooded and uninhabited by humans
 * Faction_Logo_Hanza.png Oktyabrskaya - Hanza-controlled transfer station, is hit by a plague during the events of Metro: Last Light
 * Faction_Logo_Bandits.png Shabolovskaya - Bandit-controlled station
 * Faction_Logo_Bandits.png Leninskiy Prospekt - Bandit-controlled station
 * Faction_Logo_Bandits.png Akademicheskaya - Bandit-controlled station
 * Faction_Logo_Bandits.png Profsoyuzhnaya - Bandit-controlled station
 * Faction_Logo_Bandits.png Novye Cheremushki - Bandit-controlled station
 * Faction_Logo_Yasenevskaya_Community.png Kaluzhskaya - Trading post of Yasenevskaya Community
 * Faction_Logo_Yasenevskaya_Community.png Belyayevo - Member of Yasenevskaya Community
 * Faction_Logo_Yasenevskaya_Community.png Kon'kovo - Member of Yasenevskaya Community
 * Faction_Logo_Yasenevskaya_Community.png Tepliy Stan - Member of Yasenevskaya Community
 * Faction_Logo_Yasenevskaya_Community.png Yasenevo - Capital of Yasenevskaya Community
 * Faction_Logo_Yasenevskaya_Community.png Novoyasenevskaya - Southern terminal station, former capital of Yasenevskaya Community

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