Russian designer Nikita Veretennikov has drawn attention with his ambitious and futuristic map of the Moscow metro for the year 2100. Veretennikov’s visionary work draws on current projects by Moscow city planners, while also incorporating long-standing transportation demands from residents of Moscow and its surrounding areas.
According to Moskviçmag magazine, this futuristic metro map created by Veretennikov offers an impressive combination of reality and imagination, creating a transportation utopia for the city. The designer included existing metro lines and planned expansions in his vision, while also taking into account possible future technological and urban developments.
Remarkable Details on the Futuristic Map
Veretennikov’s Moscow Metro map for 2100 features many innovative elements. The most notable of these is the connection of the existing Kalininskaya and Solntsevskaya lines. The extension of the metro to Mytishi, one of Moscow’s major satellite cities, and the construction of a dedicated metro line to Sheremetyevo, one of Russia’s busiest airports, are also important developments envisaged in the map. Almost all existing metro lines are seen to have been extended by adding several new stations. The planned metro line for the new Moscow district has also taken its place in this fictional future.
Veretennikov’s creativity doesn’t stop there. The drawing even envisions a brand new Simonskaya line, connecting the Yaroslav and Pavelets branches of the Moscow River with a new bridge between the Derbenevskaya and Krutitskaya banks. This new line has the potential to significantly facilitate transportation between different parts of the city.
Airports and the Dream of High Speed Rail
According to the designer’s vision, there will be six airports operating in Moscow by 2100. Veretennikov predicts that the construction of a dedicated metro line to Sheremetyevo Airport will force the existing airport rail link Aeroexpress to strengthen its connections to other airports. This could be seen as a development that will increase the integration of air transport in Moscow.
But one of the most interesting elements of the map is undoubtedly the fact that the high-speed train line connecting Moscow to St. Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city, has also found a place on the metro map. This vision offers a striking insight into how intercity transportation could be integrated with intracity transportation networks in the future. Veretennikov’s ambitious map offers an exciting glimpse into Moscow’s future transportation vision, and could serve as a source of inspiration for city planners and residents alike.
