Mosmetrostroy
company
OJSC Mosmetrostroy (Russian: Мосметрострой, abbr. of "Moscow Metro Construction [Department]") is a major Russian construction company, which deals with solving engineering problems related to performance of a wide range of under and above-ground works. The company is the successor of the Metrostroy Department formed in 1931 to set a new branch of construction industry — metro and tunnel construction. In eight decades Mosmetrostroy has constructed 180 metro stations in Moscow along with implementing its projects throughout the post-Soviet space and abroad. At the present moment Mosmetrostroy acts as general contractor building metro stations in Moscow and has won a contract to construct a segment of Mumbai Metro Rail's underground line. via a joint venture with Hindustan Construction Company Ltd.
Earlier it had been awarded two contract packages to performing tunnelling and station construction in consortium with Gammon India Ltd. in Chennai, India. However it abandoned the Chennai Metro Rail project partway through after its requests for cost escalation were denied.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4304201. VIAF identifies the subject as 136070816. The Library of Congress control number is n82167059. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1931.
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