Chinese design makes tracks on the Moscow metro(3)

The new station, along with others in southwest Moscow, is located in a residential area with nearly 340,000 residents.

Kong Jianfeng, deputy general manager of CRCC Rus, said the subway line will greatly reduce travel time for local residents and ease traffic congestion.

Moscow's third transfer line is 5.34 kilometers long and there are three stations and nine tunnels.

In 2019, CRCC took part in constructing the Bely Rast Logistics Terminal and Logistics Center some 30 kilometers from Moscow. It was the first large-scale logistics infrastructure project to result from coordination between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union.

After years of preparatory work, CRCC has taken part in a range of construction projects in Russia, including acting as a design consultant, building railways and expressways.

Kong said the southwestern section of the Moscow Metro is the most complicated on the network, and construction work was difficult. It was also the first time a foreign company had been involved in design and building work on the metro system.

"There was intense competition for the bid, and we quickly had to show our ability in metro construction and design, as the local government was discussing the plans," he added. After winning the preliminary design project contract, CRCC launched efforts to land the overall contract.

"We invited delegations from the Russian government, along with the project owner and experts, to visit construction sites in China a number of times," Kong said.

"When they went to the site for Line 8 on the Beijing Subway and saw the machinery being used, these delegations were amazed by the high quality of China's construction and manufacturing work."