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Between November 2020 and March 2022, Novoslobodskaya was closed for reconstruction.
This overstates the closure. Official Moscow transport sources say the station's lobby/main entrance was closed for renovation, while the station remained accessible via Mendeleyevskaya.
Full reasoning
Official Moscow transport notices describe the lobby/main entrance as the part that closed for renovation, not the entire station.
- On November 16, 2020, Moscow Transport announced: "Вестибюль станции «Новослободская» Кольцевой линии закроется на год с 21 ноября" — i.e. the lobby of Novoslobodskaya would close for a year from November 21.
- On March 9, 2022, Moscow Transport announced: "The Moscow Metro opens Novoslobodskaya station main entrance after renovation" and explained that the reopening concerned the main entrance after lobby/escalator works.
Those official descriptions contradict the article's broader claim that Novoslobodskaya itself was closed between November 2020 and March 2022. The more accurate description is that the lobby/main entrance was closed for reconstruction, while the station continued operating via access through the transfer to Mendeleyevskaya.
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- Вестибюль станции «Новослободская» Кольцевой линии закроется на год с 21 ноября
Official Moscow Transport notice saying the lobby (вестибюль) of Novoslobodskaya on the Circle line would close for a year from November 21.
- The Moscow Metro opens Novoslobodskaya station main entrance after renovation
Official Moscow Transport notice: “On March 4, the Moscow Metro reopened the main entrance of the Novoslobodskaya station after renovation.”
Suvorovskaya
This is not the current next station on the Circle line. Official Moscow transport sources describe Suvorovskaya/Dostoevskaya as a future station to be built between Novoslobodskaya and Prospekt Mira.
Full reasoning
The service box implies that Suvorovskaya is the current following station from Novoslobodskaya on the Circle line. Official Moscow transport sources say otherwise.
- In October 2022, Moscow Transport published "Недавно утвердили проект будущей станции «Суворовская» Кольцевой линии метро" — literally, the project of the future Circle line station Suvorovskaya was approved. The same notice says it "will appear between Novoslobodskaya and Prospekt Mira".
- In a May 2026 construction update, Moscow Transport said the new Circle line station (now referred to as Dostoevskaya) is still under construction and "will be located between Novoslobodskaya and Prospekt Mira".
- Moscow Metro's history page for the 1952 Circle line opening lists the section's stations as Komsomolskaya, Botanic Garden (now Prospekt Mira), Novoslobodskaya, and Belorusskaya, confirming that the operating adjacent station is Prospekt Mira, not Suvorovskaya.
So Suvorovskaya is a planned/under-construction station, not the current following station for passenger service from Novoslobodskaya.
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- Недавно утвердили проект будущей станции «Суворовская» Кольцевой линии метро
Official Moscow Transport post calling Suvorovskaya a future station and stating: “Она появится между «Новослободской» и «Проспектом Мира».”
- На станции "Достоевская" Кольцевой линии завершили правый обходной тоннель
Official Moscow Transport construction update: the new Circle line station is 44% ready and “расположится между станциями "Новослободская" и "Проспект Мира".”
- История метрополитена
Moscow Metro history page says the 1952 Circle line section included the stations “Комсомольская”, “Ботанический сад” (“Проспект Мира”), “Новослободская” and “Белорусская”.