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Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti

This coming Sunday, September 10, the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) will celebrate one year since the launch of the first trains. During this time, more than 93 million passengers used the line against the original plan of 75 million. The project has already cost Russian Railways (RZD), the federal and Moscow budgets approximately 140 billion rubles. And within 15 years, costs will reach 200 billion rubles. Investments in the project will never pay off, experts say. Why will this happen and should an infrastructure project of this scale necessarily pay off?

How much does MCC cost?

The return of passenger trains to the Moscow Circular Railway, which was canceled back in the 1930s, was dreamed of by ex-Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov for many years, but his successor Sergei Sobyanin managed to implement the project. Urban planning documentation and feasibility studies for the construction of a passenger railway and its accompanying infrastructure were ready back in the 2000s, recalls Sergei Tkachenko, former head of the Research and Development Institute for General Planning. And in 2008, the Moscow government and Russian Railways signed an agreement on the reconstruction of the freight railway into a passenger one.

However, the lack of funds delayed the start of work for three years, Tkachenko continues. The issue of financing was resolved only in 2011, after the appointment of a new mayor; for this, Sobyanin had to make such a request to the President of Russia, Moscow and federal officials told Vedomosti at the time.

The government contributed 72 billion rubles from the budget to the authorized capital of JSC Russian Railways. for the arrangement of the railway part of the MCC infrastructure. Moscow spent 20 billion rubles. for the construction of infrastructure of transport hubs and more than 25 billion rubles. for the reconstruction of the road network, overpasses and the liberation of territories around the MCC, says Roman Latypov, first deputy head for strategic development and client work of the Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise. This enterprise oversees the work of the MCC on behalf of the Moscow authorities, it provides all the service personnel (except for train drivers) for the ring and provides a unified ticket program with the metro.

The Metro also acts as a customer for passenger transportation services. A 15-year contract with Russian Railways will cost the capital 57.7 billion rubles, says Latypov.

To organize traffic on the MCC, Russian Railways purchased 33 Lastochka electric trains from Ural Locomotives (a joint venture between Siemens and Dmitry Pumpyansky’s Sinary). The Russian Railways representative refused to disclose the amount of investment and its return on investment. Based on the contract, one Lastochka train of five cars cost 8.7 million euros. Consequently, 33 trains could cost Russian Railways 19.2 billion rubles. (at the weighted average exchange rate for 2016 of 67 rubles). From May 1, 2017, the train service interval on the MCC was reduced from 6 to 5 minutes during peak hours and from 12 to 10 minutes at other times. Therefore, Russian Railways had to buy nine more trains with an estimated cost of 5.25 billion rubles.

Russian Railways did not calculate the return on investment in the project, assures a person close to the state-owned company. The contract turned out to be unprofitable, one of the Russian Railways consultants knows. The investment may never pay off, he adds.

The amount that Russian Railways receives under the contract with the Moscow government for servicing the MCC is 3.8 billion rubles. per year – not tied to passenger traffic. The company must provide a certain traffic interval, says Vladimir Savchuk, Deputy General Director of the Institute for Problems of Natural Monopolies (IPEM). The amount of payments includes the tariff for transportation on commuter trains in Moscow, which does not depend on the size of the investment, but is calculated based on the cost of infrastructure and currently amounts to 0.1% of it. According to PwC partner Dmitry Kovalev, in order to recoup the project in at least 10–15 years, the tariff must be at least 1.5 times higher.

Russian Railways received money for the project from the budget, the company does not need to return these investments, the city hall official objects. Direct costs of Russian Railways are the purchase of trains and their operation. Therefore, the profitability of transportation on the MCC is 8%, says a city hall official.

Return on investment does not come first, because this is a large infrastructure project, as follows from Latypov’s words. The main task of the MCC is to provide a transport alternative for citizens, and without subsidies for transportation there is not a single metro in the world, he says. Such transport projects have “a much more important effect - comfort of movement, saving travel time (on the MCC passengers save 9-11 minutes compared to traveling on other types of public transport) and the effect on the development of territories,” Latypov believes. Today, an MCC passenger costs the city 40% less than a metro passenger, a source in the mayor’s office points out, due to the new infrastructure and the ground location of the tracks. In addition, currently the MCC is only loaded at half its capacity; over time, its occupancy will increase.

It’s hardly possible to talk about the MCC’s payback in the foreseeable period of time, Tkachenko agrees: “Such projects provide exclusively indirect payback, transforming urban areas from secondary, degrading ones into investment-attractive ones. This is why budget funds exist - to contribute to the capitalization of the city, to increase the tax base.” Such projects cannot be assessed only from the point of view of the return of funds, agrees Savchuk. Like any infrastructure project, the MCC is aimed at developing the city and surrounding areas and increasing business activity. “The project is very large-scale, analogues in the world are not of urban, but of national significance,” explains Savchuk. “The implementation of the project provided orders for industry, designers, and created the opportunity for the implementation of modern and innovative solutions, for example, in the field of transportation automation.”

Who needs a ring

Before the launch of passenger traffic, the entire length of the MCC (54 km) became double-track; a third track for freight and technological traffic was built along 31 km. From each MCC station, passengers can transfer to ground urban transport; for this purpose, access roads, turning areas for buses and stops for passengers are organized on both sides of the railway. From the MCC you can make 14 transfers to metro stations and six to commuter trains. The new ring passes through 26 districts of Moscow with a population of 1.9 million people, says a representative of the Moscow Department of Transport. Residents of six of them (Metrogorodok, Beskudnikovsky, Koptevo, Kotlovka, Khoroshevo-Mnevniki and Nizhegorodsky) - about 500,000 people - previously had virtually no access to the metro, he adds.

Integration with the metro (the MCC and the metro have a single ticket system) has ensured explosive growth in traffic on the MCC, says Savchuk from IPEM. If there are questions about the return on investment in the MCC, then from the point of view of passenger traffic this is not just a successful, but an extremely successful project, the Russian Railways consultant is sure. It was planned that in the first year of operation the MCC would transport 75 million people, in 2020 – 170 million, and in 2030 – 300 million. The plan has already been exceeded. In less than a year, according to the Moscow Department of Transport, about 93 million people used the MCC.

How many new passengers were attracted to Moscow transport due to the MCC? Neither the mayor’s office nor the metro gives an answer to this question. Most likely we are talking about not very large quantities. The MCC absorbed some of the passengers from the metro and trains. Although, obviously, some car owners preferred “Swallows” to their own cars, a source in the mayor’s office believes.

New lines “almost do not add passenger traffic, they only redistribute it,” Tkachenko believes. But this is also good, since in general the level of comfort on the old lines, from where some of the passengers leave, is increasing, he points out.

61% of MCC passengers transferred from the metro, 26% from commuter trains, another 13% are residents of adjacent areas who get to the station on foot or by ground public transport. The final point of travel for approximately 30% of MCC passengers is areas near stations, the rest use Lastochkas instead of the Circle Line of the metro, says a representative of the Moscow Department of Transport.

There are a lot of so-called tourists on the MCC, Latypov notes. He also includes among them passengers who choose a longer journey compared to a shorter one by metro. For example, when a passenger travels from Luzhniki to Lokomotiv, instead of taking the metro from Sportivnaya to Cherkizovskaya. “The MCC offers a new level of service: stations with charging stations for mobile phones and other amenities; there are toilets in two cars of each train; the trip itself became more comfortable due to the silence and fewer people. The MCC is also more convenient for cyclists - they can enter the carriages without unhooking the front wheel, as in the metro,” explains Latypov.

Unloading was successful

Moscow authorities are pleased that the MCC has reduced the load on overloaded metro stations and city train stations. Thanks to the MCC, passengers do not have to go to ring metro stations to make a transfer, notes Latypov. According to him, the new transport route reduced the load on the busiest sections of the Circle Line metro by 15%, Sokolnicheskaya by 20%, Lyublinskaya by 14%, Filevskaya by 12%, Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya by 5%. This is very important for the metro, because it increases the comfort of travel, notes Latypov.

At some previously unpopular metro stations, passenger traffic, on the contrary, has increased, unloading other stations. With the advent of the MCC, passenger traffic at the station. m. "Kutuzovskaya" grew 3.5 times from 8,000 to 29,000 people per day. Previously, according to the Moscow Metro, it was one of the 30 most unpopular metro stations in Moscow, but now it is unloading the Kievskaya station.

The load at Kazansky and Rizhsky stations has decreased by 30%, at Kursky - by 40%, at Yaroslavsky and Leningradsky - by 20%, says a representative of the transport department. Now MCC passengers can transfer to electric trains of the Oktyabrsky, Savelovsky, Yaroslavl, Kazan and Smolensky directions; integration with four more directions out of the remaining five is planned to be carried out before the end of 2018, promises a representative of Russian Railways. It is also planned to move a number of platforms in radial directions closer to the stations of the MCC (Okruzhnaya in the Savelovsk direction, Severyanin in the Yaroslavl direction and Leningradskaya in the Riga direction), as well as to build new stops and stations (Novokhokhlovskaya in the Kursk direction, Varshavskaya in the Pavelets direction, Karacharovo in the Gorky direction).

One of the main advantages of the MCC is that passengers do not have to go to train stations in the center and then transfer to the metro, says Latypov. He estimates there were 25 million such trips per year.

The development of the MCC should convince citizens to give up private cars. A study by the Research and Development Institute of the general plan, conducted in the 2000s, showed that when a metro station appears, the coefficient of use of public transport in the areas adjacent to it increases. In Moscow, only the metro and the Moscow Railways could solve this problem; the periodically proposed alternatives are not capable of this: bicycles, monorails, cable cars, balloons, etc., says Tkachenko. A representative of the Moscow Department of Transport gives the following example: four MCC stations (Botanical Garden, Lokomotiv, Luzhniki, Rokossovsky Boulevard) have parking lots with a total capacity of more than 650 parking spaces. Since the stations opened, more than 48,000 motorists have left their cars at these park-and-ride stations and transferred to the MCC, thus preventing these cars from reaching the city center.

Loading will be

Compared to the Moscow Metro, the MCC's share in traffic is negligible: in 2016, about 2.4 billion people used the metro, the MCC - 25 times less. The comparison is incorrect, because the MCC is just one of the metro lines, points out a representative of the Moscow Department of Transport. And in terms of daily passenger traffic, the MCC has already overtaken some branches.

Tkachenko is confident that over time the load on the MCC will increase. Any highway that has just been put into operation does not fill up immediately, he says, recalling the free Third Transport Ring in the first year of its launch. Latypov cites the example of the London DLR (Docklands Light Railway), a light metro that, among other things, connected the Docklands area with the city center. The DLR currently has 45 stations and the network length is 34 km. In 1987, the first year after its launch, 17 million people used the line. Now more than 101.5 million passengers use it, says Latypov. Docklands was a port area and today it is the business center of London.

On September 10, passenger traffic was launched. One of its stations, Likhobory, is located near the NATI platform of the Oktyabrskaya Railway. Last week I and my colleague Zelenograd information portal Vasily Povolnov (mostly his photos are used in the post) finally visited this and other stations, which Zelenograd residents could theoretically use to transfer to the MCC, to see how everything works there and tell our readers about it.

The MCC station "Likhobory" (until the summer of this year it was known as "Nikolaevskaya") is located in the line of sight from the NATI platform.

If you come by train from Zelenograd, you need to exit the platform on the right side in the direction of travel and follow the path along the railway towards the Leningradsky station.

The exit from the platform is located at the level of the third or fourth cars. If you want to save time on transfers, take them. There is also a sign towards the MCC. To the left of it you can see the buildings of the Likhobor station.

The distance from the exit from the NATI platform to the entrance to the overpass of the Likhobory station is just over 200 meters. However, keep in mind that the entrance to the passage is not yet the entrance to the station itself.

After 120 meters, the path along the ORR (in the photo the view is in the opposite direction - towards the NATI platform) turns right.

Around the corner of the fence, the view of the Likhobory station opens up again. The overpass is just a stone's throw away.

But this is the most unpleasant part of the short journey. In the vicinity of NATI and Likhobor, the North-Eastern Expressway (also known as the Northern Road) is being built, which by the end of 2018 must tie New Leningradka with Dmitrovskoe highway. Because of this, the asphalt is further covered with a layer of dirt, which is carried around the surrounding area by construction equipment. Apparently, in the future, an underground passage will be built here for commuter train passengers. But for now, that's it. Such a cool infrastructure project as the MCC is, of course, unbecoming.

Landscaping work continues around the Likhobory station itself. However, the area in front of the entrance to the passage is already paved with “ceremonial” tiles.

Now we have to climb to the height of a three-story house with high ceilings. There is an elevator in the passage, but so far it, like the metal detector frame at the entrance, is not working (all data in the material is given as of September 20). Therefore, you have to go on foot. At the same time, there are no channels (runners for strollers) on the stairs. One can only sympathize with anyone who happens to be here, for example, with a baby stroller.

From the top floor there is a view of the NATI platform and the construction site of the North-East Expressway.

And in the other direction - to the platforms of the Likhobory station.

To get to the platform, you need to travel along the passage over the railway. Just not to the end, but approximately to the middle.
Note that the transition (at least for now) is not an insulated structure. In design, it is similar to the overpass across Central Avenue near the Zelenograd Prefecture, and ventilation “holes in the floor” are hidden behind the railings on the sides. You won't be able to stay warm here in winter. Compared to transferring from train to metro at Leningradsky Station, this is, of course, a serious disadvantage.

After about 90 meters, there will be glass doors on the right in the passage leading to the station lobby.

Opposite you can admire the bridge at the intersection of the MCC and the Oktyabrskaya Railway.

With navigation, things are much better here than at the Butyrskaya metro station, which recently opened near the Ostankino platform (for transfers from the railway to the new stations of the Lyublino-Dmitrovskaya metro line, see separate post ). In any case, the way back to the NATI platform can be easily found. This is the sign that will greet you when you exit the glass doors. Then along the way there will be several more signs.

In the lobby, behind glass doors, there are turnstiles that are not yet working (let me remind you that travel on the MCC is free for the first month) and descents to two platforms (there are elevators, stairs, and escalators). Here you need to decide which platform you want to get on. If you are driving west (along the outer side of the ring) - towards "Koptevo", "Baltiyskaya", "Streshnevo" and so on - you go to the right. If you go east (on the inside) - to "Okruzhnaya", "Vladykino", "Botanical Garden" and then to the left.

MCC diagram to help you (clickable)

The most obvious option for getting down to the platform is an escalator. Unlike the elevators, they are running. Each platform is connected to the lobby by two escalators: one goes up, the other goes down.

Estimating travel time on foot is not an easy task, but according to our estimates, you can get from the door of the train on the NATI platform to the platform at the Likhobory station in 6-8 minutes. In the opposite direction, the journey will take a little longer, since you will still need to cross the bridge to the far platform at NATI.

While we are waiting for our “Swallow” to go on a trip along the MCC, let us remind you that in the future a large transport hub - with shops, parking lots and even a hockey rink. And, of course, ground public transport stops. The main volume of transport hub buildings will be located on the side of Cherepanov passage (that is, on the opposite side from the NATI platform). It is supposed to look like this (clickable image).

And this is what the place looks like now.

Road work is underway on Cherepanov Passage.

The transport hub is planned to be built approximately by 2025. As part of this project, it is planned to reconstruct and extend the NATI platform towards the center of Moscow. This means that trains in the Leningrad direction will stop even closer to the MCC, and the transfer from NATI to Likhobory will become even shorter and more convenient.
Now let’s return to the Likhobory station. Both platforms have canopies and a decent number of benches and bins. The surface is paved with tiles, and a strip of yellow tactile tiles is laid along the edge of the platform.

In general, everything is stylish, neat and, if we talk about platforms, and not about transitions, then, in my opinion, a little in a retro style.

All the design is in the corporate style of Russian Railways, which operates this road jointly with the Moscow Metro (let me remind you that you can pay for travel with metro tickets, and the transfer between the metro and the MCC will be free for one and a half hours).

Electronic boards show the direction of travel (by the name of the next station) and the time until the train arrives. Let us remind you that the stated intervals for trains on the MCC are 6 minutes during peak hours and 11-15 minutes during off-peak times. If necessary, these intervals are promised to be shortened. And it seems like they are already thinking about implementing such an opportunity.

The platform from which you can leave Likhobor towards Koptevo, that is, to the west, has paths on both sides. But trains come on the left side (in the direction of travel from the escalator). “External tracks” are apparently needed for service purposes and freight traffic, which will remain on the ring. View back towards the passage leading to NATI.

And here is our train. About 15 minutes have passed since the previous one left. True, three electric trains passed in the opposite direction during this time.

Lastochki are used as rolling stock on the Moscow Central Circle. I made a big post about how these trains work . Inside the Lastochka on the MCC, except for the posted diagrams and advertisements, they are no different from those that run to Kryukovo and Tver and are already well known to many Zelenograd residents.
Scheme of the MCC in the carriage:

MCC and metro map:

It is allowed to carry bicycles on the MCC, and there are corresponding stickers on the trains, but we did not find any special mounts for two-wheeled transport in the local Lastochki. As well as the intention to twist the “extra” third seats so that all cars have a 2+2 layout, has not yet been implemented.

It seems that trains to the MCC do not run empty. We were on the ring from about 17:00 to 18:30, that is, practically during the evening rush hour, and in all the “Swallows” we saw, some of the passengers rode standing.

The closest stop to Likhobory, if you go west, is Koptevo. However, it was among the five stations that did not manage to open even in draft form before the start of traffic on the MCC. Therefore, for now the next stop after “Likhobor” is “Baltiyskaya”. Until the summer of this year, it was called “Voikovskaya” - after the nearby metro station.
The transfer between Baltiyskaya and Voykovskaya is considered one of the longest on the MCC. The two station concourses are located more than 700 meters apart. In order for a metro passenger to transfer here to the Moscow Central Circle, he should exit the subway through exit No. 1 (from the last car when moving towards the center, then from the glass doors to the right) and go along the Leningradskoye Shosse towards the region - to the Metropolis shopping complex. .

"Baltiyskaya" is located at the intersection of the MCC with Leningradskoye Shosse. The station has two exits: one towards Admiral Makarov Street, the other towards Novopetrovsky Proezd, Metropolis and Voikovskaya metro station.

Moreover, the branch of the passage that leads from the MCC station towards Voykovskaya is connected to the Metropolis building. And although the signs point to the street for access to the metro, in fact, a significant part of the journey can be done in the warmth, passing through the entire building of the shopping center. Then you will only have to travel about 200 meters along the street to the entrance to the subway. Of course, this advice is also relevant for those who go from the metro to the MCC.

There is only one platform at Baltiyskaya and, accordingly, it is wider.

Escalators and stairs for descending/ascending between the platform and the passage are located in one place. There are also elevators, but, like at Likhobory, they are not yet working.

If you, having a baby stroller with you, decide to leave the Baltiyskaya in the direction opposite to the Metropolis, you will encounter the same problem as at the transfer at NATI - there is no alternative to descending the stairs without channels.

View from the MCC platform to the side façade of Metropolis.

If the Metrostroy website contains current sketches of transport hub projects on the Moscow Central Circle, then in its final form the Baltiyskaya station will look like this. Another passage will appear in both directions from the other edge of the platform.

The next station after Baltiyskaya is Streshnevo. Previously, it was called “Volokolamskaya”, because it is located at the intersection of the MCC with the Volokolamsk highway. Theoretically, some of the Zelenograd residents could come here by car and then set off on a further journey along the MCC. However, this option is unlikely to become widespread. Not only is it suitable for only a few people, but it is also unclear where to leave the car in this case - there is no semblance of intercept parking here.

Moreover, the passage at Streshnevo has not yet been completed, which could lead to the 1st Krasnogorsky passage - potentially the most convenient for accessing this station from Zelenograd.

As part of the creation of a transport hub here, the Streshnevo MCC station will be connected by a walkway to the Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo Riga platform, which will be moved several hundred meters for this purpose. However, this no longer has anything to do with trips to/from Zelenograd (only if it concerns trips to my dacha :)).
Visualization of the Streshnevo transport hub project (image from the MCC website)

Diagram of the Streshnevo transport hub (clickable image from the Metrostroy website)

In the meantime, the Streshnevo station looks almost like a twin of Likhobor: the same two platforms on either side of the main passage...

And a typical (but at the same time, in my opinion, stylish) lobby building with escalators, adjacent to the passage.

There are also combined “ring” maps of the metro and MCC posted everywhere. For some reason, there were no such schemes at Likhobory.

As in all other places, active construction and finishing work is still ongoing at Streshnevo station.

Unfortunately, I haven’t had time to drive around the entire ring yet, although it would be very interesting to do so. Well, I hope he still has time. However, from the point of view of Zelenograd residents, the stations visited are, of course, of greatest interest.

To conclude the story, I will summarize a few key points.
1. MCC went - and it’s wonderful. In essence, a new type of public transport has appeared in Moscow, which has significantly increased the connectivity of existing lines and routes. It is already obvious that, contrary to the gloomy forecasts of skeptics, the ring is in demand among the townspeople.
2. Many residents of Zelenograd have new options for constructing routes when traveling to Moscow. But a lot here depends on the number of trains stopping at NATI. For example, on September 20, it was impossible to leave Kryukovo for NATI from 8:56 to 16:05 - more than 7 hours! But in the coming days the situation should change: the number of electric trains stopping at NATI doubled .
3. The road was opened with a lot of minor imperfections - work is still underway almost everywhere. For most passengers this is not a big deal, but the MCC is still practically unsuitable for people with limited mobility. If for some reason you have difficulty moving, you should think very carefully about how you will climb the numerous stairs that do not even have runners for strollers.

TASS-DOSSIER /Valery Korneev/. On September 10, passenger traffic opens in Moscow on the Moscow Central Circle (MCC), an intracity ring line of passenger electric trains that uses the infrastructure of the Small Ring of the Moscow Railway (MK MZD).

The line is integrated with the Moscow metro (in the metro system it is assigned the number 14) and radial railway lines.

Stations and transfers

The total length of the Moscow Central Circle is 54 km. A total of 31 passenger platforms have been built on the MCC. It is expected that 26 platforms will open for passenger traffic on September 10, 2016, the remaining 5 by the end of 2016.

Transfers to the Moscow Metro lines are planned from 17 stations. Five transfers to metro stations from the very beginning will be carried out “in a warm circuit” (without going outside): to “Kutuzovskaya”, “Delovoy Tsentr”, “Vladykino”, Cherkizovskaya” and “Leninsky Prospekt”. In 2016, after the opening station "Shelepikha" of the Third Interchange Circuit, transport interchange hubs will be built that will provide transitions "in a warm circuit" to the metro stations "Partizanskaya", "Botanical Garden", "Rokossovsky Boulevard", as well as the stations under construction "Nizhegorodskaya" and "Okruzhnaya" ".

At other stations, you will need to go outside to transfer: for example, a transfer from the Baltiyskaya MCC station to the Voykovskaya metro station will take about 12 minutes.

In 2016, five transfers to electric trains in five directions will operate - Kazansky, Leningradsky, Belorussky, Yaroslavsky and Smolensky. Four more transfers - to Paveletskoye, Rizhskoye, Kursk, Gorky directions - will open in the coming years after the existing platforms are moved. The only direction of commuter trains with which transfers are not provided is Kyiv.

Also, transfers to 273 ground public transport routes will be organized from MCC stations.

Fare

During the first month of operation of the MCC (until October 10, 2016), travel along the ring will be free for passengers.

In the future, travel will be carried out using travel tickets and transport cards ("Unified", "90 minutes", "Troika") in accordance with metro tariffs while maintaining all existing social benefits.

At the same time, with a ticket for one trip it will be possible to make a triple transfer: metro - MCC - metro.

Operating hours, intervals

Opening hours - from 05.30 to 01.00 - coincide with the schedule of the capital's metro.

6 minutes - intervals during rush hours, 11-15 minutes - at other times. As the demand for the line increases, the intervals may decrease.

A circular drive around the entire ring will take 75-85 minutes.

Rolling stock

Every day, 30 five-car ES2G Lastochka trains (Siemens Desiro RUS), manufactured at the Ural Railway Engineering Plant, will operate on the MCC. Three more trains will be in reserve. Maintenance of the trains will be carried out by Siemens (under an agreement concluded at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2015) at the Podmoskovnoye depot, located in the Sokol and Airport districts of Moscow.

Each train can accommodate 1,200 passengers; Lastochka can also carry up to 12 bicycles. The trains are equipped with climate control systems, toilets, 220 V sockets and Wi-Fi. The doors will open with buttons at the request of passengers.

The maximum design speed of the Lastochka is 160 km/h. However, on the MCC, due to frequent stops, trains will only be able to reach a speed of 80 km/h. The average route speed will be about 40 km/h.

In total, up to 134 pairs of trains will run on the MCC per day.

Project cost

The MCC construction budget is 130.3 billion rubles. In total, 74.8 billion rubles were allocated from the federal budget, investments from the Moscow government amounted to 15.5 billion rubles. Another about 40 billion rubles. private investors will invest in the construction of transport hubs.

Freight traffic

Freight traffic on the line will continue at reduced volumes only at night. Currently there are 12 operating freight stations on the ring.

MCC goals

The main goal of the project is to relieve congestion at railway stations, central parts of metro lines and create new short routes. The Moscow General Plan Institute expects that the introduction of the MCC will reduce passenger traffic on the Sokolnicheskaya metro line by 20%, on the Circle Line by 15%, on Lyublinskaya by 14%, on Filevskaya by 12%, on Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya by 18% and Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya - by 5%.

The load at Kazansky station will decrease by 30%, at Kursky - by 40%, at Yaroslavsky - by 20%, at Rizhsky - by 30%, at Leningradsky - by 20%.

It is planned that by September 2017 the Moscow Central Circle will transport 75 million passengers, 34.5 million of whom will use the road to transfer from the metro, 20.2 million from electric trains, 12.7 million from ground urban transport, and 7. 5 million will be city residents living near the MCC.

By 2025, the MCC is expected to transport 300 million passengers a year, and the line itself will create up to 40 thousand new jobs after the development of the areas closest to the stations.

MCC section on the official website of the Moscow Metro -

The history of the Small Ring of the Moscow Railway is more than a hundred years old. Back in 1908, the circular route was opened for cargo transportation in 9 directions of the Moscow and 1 direction of the Oktyabrskaya railways. In 2012, the ring had 12 operating stations.

Now the Moscow Ring Railway is a “light metro” under construction, a new ground mode of transport integrated into the overall metropolitan system and allowing passengers to make convenient transfers to buses and trams, metro and electric trains.

The opening of the reconstructed tracks is just around the corner, so it’s time to tell Muscovites and guests of our city in more detail about their advantages.

Latest news about the Moscow Ring Railway

At a meeting in mid-April 2016, Vladimir Putin was informed that the first Moscow Ring Railway trains would be launched in September 2016. Further work on the construction of the small ring will be concentrated at the transfer points.
In the twentieth of December, updated metro maps appeared in the capital's subway, which included the Small Ring of the Moscow Railway. This was done specifically so that passengers could get acquainted with pleasant prospects in advance and plan future routes.
The Moscow Ring Railway will have a modern system for informing passengers via smartphones - for example, a user, being in a specific point in the capital, will be able to receive a message about which station is nearby and how long the train will arrive at it.
According to the General Director of the Moscow Ring Railway, Alexei Zotov, train intervals on the Small Ring can be reduced to 2-3 minutes if necessary. In general, trains will run according to the subway schedule - with 6-minute intervals during peak hours and 12-minute intervals at other times.
CCTV cameras will be installed at all stops and transport hubs on the Moscow Circle, which will help maintain the proper level of security.
Everyone knows that the capital’s metro is an architectural monument that amazes with its grandeur even people who are used to riding it every day. But the “light metro” will also be an interesting piece of architecture, albeit a modern one. Thus, it became known that its stations will be illuminated in different colors in the evening, which will probably look very interesting under the transparent roof.
The Moscow Ring Road will be fully adapted for use by people with disabilities. In the ticket office areas of each station there is a special ticket office for wheelchair users, the window height of which is less than a meter.

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Moscow Ring Railway in numbers

The small ring is:

54 km railway tracks, and taking into account the entrances and adjacent branches - 145 km;
32 stopping points for future passenger transportation and 12 existing freight stations before the start of global reconstruction;
212 billion rubles., invested in repair work;
20 minutes time saved when traveling around the center of the capital;
300 million passengers who will use the “light metro” by 2025;
before 100 pairs compositions per day.

Moscow Ring Railway station diagram on the map

The stations of the Small Ring Railway will be full-fledged transport hubs (TPU). This means that they will house offices, cafes, shops, and shopping malls. At each station there is a transfer to ground public transport.

The Moscow Ring Railway will include 32 stations. Let's divide them into categories.

Stations from which you can only transfer to ground transport

Koptevo, Presnya, Belokamennaya, Sokolinaya Gora, ZIL, Sevastopolskaya, Novopeschanaya, Khodynka, Volgogradskaya, Park of Legends

Stations from which a transfer to the metro is implied

Vladykino, Botanical Garden, Open Highway, Cherkizovo, Izmailovsky Park, Enthusiasts Highway, Ryazanskaya, Dubrovka, Avtozavodskaya, Gagarin Square, Luzhniki, Kutuzovo, Shelepikha, Khoroshevo, Voykovskaya, Okruzhnaya

Stations from which you can transfer to the Russian Railways radial line

Streshnevo, Nikolaevskaya, Yaroslavskaya, Andronovka, Novokhokhlovskaya, Warsaw

Stations that allow transfers to both the metro and the Russian Railways radial line

District, Ryazan, City

Construction plan and when will it open?

The reconstruction of the Small Ring, which will result in high-speed passenger traffic, began in 2011. Previously, it was planned to launch the light metro in four stages. Traffic on the section of the first stage Presnya - Kanatchikovo was going to be launched at the end of 2014, and on the section of the second, third and fourth stages Presnya - Lefortovo - Kanatchikovo - at the end of 2015.

Nevertheless, it was decided not to rush and launch the ring when it was fully ready - the project was too complex and large-scale.

In December 2015, trains on the Moscow Ring Road were supposed to depart in test mode, but as of the third quarter of 2015, the work was 70% completed.

It is expected that no earlier than the fall of 2016, full-fledged passenger transportation will be established on the Small Ring.

Moscow Ring Railway and World Cup 2018

Some time ago, information was announced that the Moscow Ring Road would be reconstructed for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. But now, according to those in charge, traffic along it will be launched in the fall of 2016.

Fares on the Moscow Ring Railway and train intervals

The cost of travel on the Small Ring will be the same as on the subway. The same tariffs and passes will apply here, which, you see, is very convenient for passengers.

Light metro trains will run every 6 minutes.

The Moscow Ring Railway is called the “road of the future”. Thanks to it, the “deserted” industrial zones of the capital will find a second wind and will be included in a busy transport ring.
The Small Ring will connect the gardening estates of Moscow, which is also very convenient for its guests and residents. We are talking about Sparrow Hills, the Mikhailovo and Streshnevo estates, the Botanical Garden, VDNKh, Losiny Ostrov National Park.
Trains on the Moscow Ring Railway will be able to accelerate to 120 km/h, so travel is guaranteed. The cabin provides free Wi-Fi, sockets for phones and other gadgets, and a climate control system.
The tracks of the Moscow Ring Railway are already called “velvet” - Muscovites will not hear the sound of wheels, and special screens will protect them from excess noise.

Official website of the Moscow Ring Railway

The largest city in Europe, Moscow, is growing and developing year by year. It’s great that in our time we can observe such positive changes as the growth in the number of modern high-quality roads, metro stations and a fundamentally new type of transport that combines the speed and accessibility of the underground with the ability to transfer to buses, trams, and trolleybuses. We are confident that the Small Ring Railway and its trains will quickly gain popularity among residents of the capital, who value time like no one else.

In Moscow, work is being completed to put the Moscow Ring Railway stations into operation. Traffic on the updated small ring will start next year. Several facilities have already been integrated into the city's transport infrastructure. It is assumed that the road will become one with the capital's subway. This information was voiced by the deputy head of the transport department, Hamid Bulatov. According to the official, passengers themselves will not even feel the difference, because they will be able to use a single ticket.

The Moscow Ring Railway will include 31 stops, of which a full-fledged transport interchange network will operate at 21 points, and at 17 stop pavilions passengers will be able to switch to the usual line. At 9 stops, it is possible to transfer to all existing routes of suburban trains, except Kyiv. The small ring of the MKZ will significantly reduce all flows of metro lines and will ensure the possibility of delivering passengers to the main metropolitan highways.

Moscow Ring Road scheme

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The Moscow ring railway stations will be added to the metro map in September 2016. A map may also appear indicating the radial directions of railway tracks; such an innovation is not ruled out by the director of the Moscow Ring Railway, Alexey Zotov.

According to preliminary estimates, the planned passenger flow of the Moscow ring in 2017 will be 75 million people, and by 2020 it will increase 2.3 times to 170 million passengers. The interval in the movement of railway transport will depend on the demand among citizens. If the Moscow Ring Railway becomes popular with passengers, the interval is planned to be reduced to two minutes.