Radial: this is what branch, what it means and where it is located

Quite often, people living in Moscow or arriving for a while in the capital are trying to figure out the structure of the local metro. It is difficult for them to immediately understand which branch is radial and why they call it that.

In our article we will give answers to these questions. In addition, a list of the stations that are such will be presented below.

Where is

Practically only in the Moscow metro can you hear the word "radial" when it comes to a specific station. The fact is that in the metropolitan subway there is a ring line. On past metro schemes, it is marked as a brown geometric circle. But apart from her, there are other lines that cross her.

It is worth briefly delving into history to understand where these branches (radial) came from, which stations they are. The first thing they did was build the Sokolniki line (" Sokolniki Park" - "Sokolniki") in 1935, then the construction of the Zamoskvoretskaya line began, and then the remaining branches appeared over time. By the way, even now on the metro map, as well as in modern trains with an electronic scoreboard above the doors, you can see numbers indicating the number of the line (line). Numbering was not chosen by chance. It just means the chronological sequence of construction.

The ring line is the fifth in a row. She became, in fact, a transfer. And each station on this line has a transfer station (neighboring stations belonging to other lines). It is they that are radial. Which metro line intersects with Koltsevaya will be described below.

Why "radial"

Why did they come up with such a strange term - “radial”, and why do Muscovites use this word? The fact is that it is used because of the radius of the Ring Line. That is, as mentioned earlier, this branch is a circle. And any circle always has a radius, that is, the distance from its center to any edge. And just at these edges are the transfer stations. From here the term "radial" appeared.

For example, a passenger travels from Vykhino to the Taganskaya Radial station, which branch he does not know. He needs to get to the Paveletskaya-Koltsevaya. And, of course, knowledgeable people will explain to him that you need to get to Taganka, and then go from the radial to the Ring. That is, on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line, the Taganskaya station is radial.

What stations

To make it easier to understand which radial stations, which metro lines, it is worth considering their complete list, starting from the Park Kultury station of the Sokolnicheskaya line and clockwise:

• "Culture Park" Sokolnicheskaya;
• "Kiev" Arbat-Pokrovskaya;
• "Kiev" Filevskaya;
• "Barricade" Tagansko-Kranopresnenskaya;
• "Belarusian" Zamoskvoretskaya;
• "Mendeleev" Serpukhov-Timiryazevskaya;
• "Prospect Mira" Kaluga-Riga;
• "Komsomolskaya" Sokolnicheskaya;
• "Kurskaya" Arbat-Pokrovskaya;
• "Chkalovskaya" Lublin;
• "Taganskaya" Tagansko-Kranopresnenskaya;
• "Marxist" Kalinin;
• Paveletskaya Zamoskvoretskaya;
• "Serpukhovskaya" Serpukhov-Timiryazevskaya;
• "October" Kaluga-Riga.

Each branch has its own color designation. The ring line, we repeat, is brown from the very beginning of its existence.

How not to get confused in transitions

It should be noted right away that officially the word "radial" is not used. The train informant uses other phrases, for example, upon arrival at the Komsomolskaya station of the Koltsevaya line, the train informant will announce: “Station Komsomolskaya”. Transition to the Sokolniki line. ” Similarly with pointers. There is nowhere the phrase "transition to radial", instead of it, for example: "Transition to the Arbat-Pokrovskaya line."

For convenience, a color scheme is used. Muscovites, often using the subway, know what color the radial branches are. For guests and people rarely using the subway, we can give you a hint.

The Moscow metro is a rather complex transport facility. In the beginning, it will be very difficult for a beginner to navigate. Therefore, it is advisable to always have a diagram with you, either printed, or as an application on a smartphone.

In conclusion, I want to note one very common mistake. Sometimes, out of ignorance, people ask: what is "radial", what is this branch? And the concept of "radial", as you have seen, refers to the fifteen stations listed above. Therefore, you need to know which one is in question.