Moscow govt signs contract with China Railway Construction Corporation to build metro line

China Railway Construction Corporation Limited has ventured into a contract with a local company on Tuesday, April 16 to construct a section of a subway line in southwest Moscow.

China Railway Construction Corporation Rus held a signing ceremony here with the Bureau of Construction Technology Development, a subsidiary of the Moscow Engineering Projects company owned by the Moscow government.

The project involving about 6.4 kilometres of metro line will cost 27 billion rubles (some USD 419 million). It will connect downtown Moscow with a suburb, and it is likely to significantly ease traffic congestion in the metropolis.

Since August 2017, CRCC has been building a 4.6 kilometres section and three stations on the "Large Circle Line" in Moscow, which will be completed by the end of 2020.

In February this year, CRCC won another metro construction contract and will start tunnelling in December 2019.

At Tuesday's ceremony, CRCC Rus chairman Meng Tao said these projects are proceeding smoothly and the signing of the new contract showed a higher level of cooperation. The Chief Executive Officer of the Bureau of Construction Technology Development, Natalya Otsepova opined that she hopes the project will be a success and later generations will appreciate it, as reported by Xinhua.

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