On 25/02/2020  two TBMs (10 m diameter)  were simultaneously launched on the western part of the Big Circle Line (BCL) in Moscow. The TBMs will be driving two double track tunnels, TBM Lilia started from Mnevniki station and will tunnel to  Kuntsevskaya station (working name Mozhaiskaya), and the TBM Nadezhda started from Kuntsevskaya station and will tunnel to  Davydkovo .

The construction of this section of the Big Circle Line (BCL) from Khoroshevskaya Station to  Kuntsevskaya began in 2018. Its length is 9 km with four stations: Ulitsa Narodnogo Opolcheniya,  Karamyshevskaya, Mnyovniki and Kuntsevskaya. The construction of this section will be completed in two stages: from Khoroshyovskaya to Karamyshevskaya in 2020 and from Karamyshevskaya to Kuntsevskaya in 2021. For further information please click here for the tunnelbuilder archive, and also visit  https://stroi.mos.ru/news/. 11/20.