New branch of MCC scheme. Metro stations under construction

You have probably already noticed the new scheme that appeared in the Moscow metro on December 21, 2015. The diagram now has a new ring with an abbreviation that is not quite usual for the metro. MKZD - Moscow Ring Railway - another ring in Moscow, which is designed to relieve the ever-growing passenger traffic of the capital.

Why is the railway line diagram present on the metro diagram?

This is explained simply. The Moscow Ring Railway, scheduled to be launched in the fall of 2016, will form a single transport hub with the Moscow Metro. Another type of ground transport will appear in Moscow - city ​​train, closely linked to the metro infrastructure and existing railway stations. This type of public transport is widely used in large cities around the world.

Of the 31 MKR stations, at 17 it will be possible to transfer to the metro, practically without going outside, since the passages connecting the railway stations and metro stations will be covered and form a single transport terminal - Transport Interchange Hubs (TPU). At 10 stations there will be transfers to other railway stations.

The fare will be the same as on the metro. You won't have to pay anything extra when transferring.

A new type of train from 5 to 10 cars with a convenient vestibuleless design will run on the Moscow Ring Railway. The estimated capacity will be at least 1,250 people. The head cars will be equipped with seats for people with disabilities and a system for boarding and disembarking people in wheelchairs.

The trains will also have WI-FI with free Internet, tinted windows, information boards in different languages, and a climate control system. The head car will have a toilet for passengers and the locomotive crew.

Parking lots will be created at the stations for motorists transferring to electric trains.

Well, in conclusion the best part - planned traffic interval is 6 minutes!

January 2016

The Moscow Central Circle MCC will be the official name of the new transport system opening today. Adjustments have been made to train intervals - 15 minutes, and during peak hours - 6 minutes. Of the 31 stations, 26 are opening today - Vladykino, Botanical Garden, Rostokino, Belokamennaya, Rokossovsky Boulevard, Lokomotiv, Izmailovo, Enthusiastov Highway, Andronovka, Nizhegorodskaya, Novokhokhlovskaya, Ugreshskaya, Avtozavodskaya, ZIL, Verkhniye Kotly, Krymskaya, Gagarin Square, Luzhniki, Kutuzovskaya, Business center, Shelepikha, Khoroshevo, Streshnevo, Baltiyskaya, Likhobory, Okruzhnaya. The remaining 5 - Dubrovka, Zorge, Sokolinaya Gora, Koptevo and Panfilovskaya - will open at the end of the year.

Moscow Central Circle (MKR) station diagram, interactive MCC station diagram on the map, detailed information, train schedule.

Interactive map of the Moscow Circle Railway (MCC map) and metro transfer stations, MCC train schedule

MCC fare

Tariffs for travel on the Moscow Central Circle (MCC).
Ticket to one and two trips to the MCC: the same as on the metro - 55 and 110 rubles, respectively.
Directions for card users "Troika" on the MCC - 38 rubles.
Single ticket for 20 trips - 747 rubles, 40 trips - 1494 rubles, 60 trips - 1900 rubles, Valid for 90 days, including the day of sale.

AT ALL MCC AND METRO STATIONS YOU CAN PAY YOUR FARE WITH A BANK CARD!

Transfers from the metro to the Moscow Central Circle and back are carried out without charging an additional fee.
The exception is transfers between stations Dubrovka MCC and Kozhukhovskaya metro station, as well as between stations Verkhnie Kotly MCC and Nagatinskaya metro station.

MCC operating schedule and train intervals

Trains operate on the MCC daily from 05:45 to 01:00 Moscow time.

• Weekdays: during rush hour 5 min. — (from 7:30 to 11:30 Moscow time and with 16:00 to 21:00 Moscow time)
• Weekends: during rush hour 6 min. — (from 13:00 to 18:00 Moscow time) and 10 minutes during off-peak times.

In accordance with the new schedule of the MCC, Lastochka makes 354 flights on weekdays, and 300 on weekends. For the convenience of passengers, at 12 stop points with the highest passenger traffic, the train stop time has been increased from 30 seconds to 1 minute.

These are the platforms “Andronovka”, “Lokomotiv”, “Rostokino”, “Botanical Garden”, “Vladykino”, “Okruzhnaya”, “Panfilovskaya”, “Business Center”, “Kutuzovskaya”, “Gagarin Square”, “Zil”, “ Avtozavodskaya". Thus, travel time on the MCC will increase from 84 to 90 minutes.

MCC train schedule

Detailed description of stations of the Moscow Central Circle.

KHOROSHEVO - SORGE - PANFILOVSKAYA - STRESHNEVO - BALTIC - KOPTEVO - LIKHOBORY - DISTRICT - VLADYKINO -BOTANICAL GARDEN-ROSTOKINO -BELOKAMNAYA -BOULEVARD-ROKOSSOVSKY-LOKOMOTIVE -IZMAILOVO -SOKOLINAYA MOUNTAIN -THE ENTHUSIAST HIGHWAY-ANDRONOVKA -NIZHNOGORODSKAYA -NOVOKHOKHOLOVSKAYA -UGRESHSKAYA -DUBROVKA -AVTOZAVODSKAYA -ZIL -UPPER BOILERS -CRIMEASKAYA -GAGARIN SQUARE-LUZHNIKI -KUTUZOVSKAYA -BUSINESS CENTER -SHELEPIKHA

Train schedule at TPU Khoroshevo station

— located in the Northern and Northwestern administrative districts of Moscow, within the boundaries of the Khoroshevo-Mnevniki and Khoroshevsky districts.

The main planning and transport connections of the territory are the MCC, Marshal Zhukov Avenue, 3rd Khoroshevskaya Street and Khoroshevskoye Highway.

The Khoroshevo transport hub is planned to provide a transfer to ground urban passenger public transport. It is planned to construct new stopping points with drive-in pockets for public transport on 3rd Khoroshevskaya Street and Marshal Zhukov Avenue.

To the east of this site Polezhaevskaya metro station is within walking distance Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line.

The transport hub includes the construction of northern and southern passenger terminals, an overground pedestrian crossing with service facilities and a stopping point, consisting of a coastal and island platform, while the platforms are partially located directly on the overpass over the Khoroshevskoe highway and are structurally integral with it

Transport:

Train schedule TPU Sorge

TPU "Sorge"— located in the Northern and Northwestern administrative districts of Moscow, within the boundaries of the Khoroshevo-Mnevniki, Shchukino, Sokol and Khoroshevsky districts.

The main planning and transport connections of the territory are the MCC, Sorge, Berzarina, Marshala Biryuzova, 3rd Khoroshevskaya and Kuusinen streets. There is a station not far from the planned territory "October Field" Moscow metro.

The Sorge transport hub will provide a transfer to ground urban passenger transport. For this purpose, it is planned to construct a settling-turning area, construct new stopping points, with drive-in pockets for public transport on Sorge and Marshal Biryuzov streets.

Transport:

• Buses No. 48, 64, 39, 39k
• Trolleybuses No. 43, 86, 65

Train schedule TPU Panfilovskaya

TPU "Panfilovskaya" located in the Northern and Northwestern administrative districts of Moscow, within the boundaries of the Sokol and Shchukino districts.

It is planned to organize a convenient transfer from the Moscow Ring Railway to buses and trolleybuses stopping on nearby streets - Panfilov, Alabyan and Narodnogo Opolcheniya. It is planned to install new stopping points with drive-in pockets for public transport along Panfilov Street. Three elevated pedestrian crossings, passenger platforms on the MCC, exits to the platforms, premises for ticket offices and turnstiles are also being built.
The Panfilovskaya transport hub is located within walking distance from the Oktyabrskoye Pole station. Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line of the Moscow metro.

Transport:

• Buses No. 100, 105, 26, 691, 88, 800
• Trolleybuses No. 19, 59, 61

Train schedule TPU Streshnevo

— located in the Northern and Northwestern administrative districts of Moscow, within the boundaries of the Sokol, Voikovsky, Shchukino and Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo districts.

The main planning and transport connections are the Moscow Circle Railway, the Riga direction of the Moscow Railway, 1st Voykovsky, Svetly and 1st Krasnogorsky passages, Konstantin Tsarev Street and Volokolamskoye Highway.

In 2017 a transfer to the Riga direction will be organized from the Streshnevo transport hub Moscow Railway, for which a new stopping point Streshnevo will be built. By the time passenger rail traffic on the MCC is launched, a transfer will be organized from the Volokolamskaya stopping point to ground urban passenger transport, settling and turning areas will be arranged, and new stopping points will be organized with the construction of drive-in pockets along the 1st Krasnogorsky Passage and Volokolamsk Highway.

Transport:

• Buses No. 88
• Trolleybuses No. 12, 70, 82
• Trams No. 23, 30, 31, 15, 28, 6
• Suburban railway transport Pl. Streshnevo (Riga direction of the Moscow Railway, promising, 2017)

Train schedule TPU Baltiyskaya

— located in the Northern Administrative District of Moscow within the boundaries of the Voikovsky district. The main planning and transport connections are Leningradskoye Highway, Admiral Makarov, Klara Zetkin streets, Novopetrovsky Proezd, 4th Novopodmoskovny Lane and Zoya and Alexander Kosmodemyansky Street.

The Baltiyskaya transport hub is located near the Voikovskaya station of the Zamoskvoretskaya line Moscow metro, and provides transfer to the metro. There will also be a transfer to city passenger transport (bus, trolleybuses and minibuses). It is planned to build settling and turning areas and construct new stopping points for ground urban passenger transport along Admiral Makarov Street and Novopetrovsky Proezd. In the future, an overground pedestrian crossing will be built from Admiral Makarov Street to Novopetrovsky Proezd over the railway tracks.

From the pedestrian crossing there will be exits to both sides of the Baltiyskaya stopping point. The elevated pedestrian crossing will be connected to the Metropolis shopping center, from where it will be possible to access the metro. At the same time, a transition from the MCC to the metro and along the road network will be organized.

Transport:

Car parking: Number of parking spaces: 1000, year of construction: 2025

Train schedule TPU Koptevo

— located in the Northern Administrative District of Moscow within the boundaries of the Golovinsky and Koptevo districts. The main planning and transport connections are Koptevskaya, Mikhalkovskaya, Onezhskaya streets and Cherepanov passage. At the intersection of the listed planning connections in the area of ​​the Mikhalkovskaya interchange there is a tram ring of routes running from the Voikovskaya and Timiryazevskaya stations.

The transport hub project provides for the construction of a turnstile and ticket office pavilion, an elevated pedestrian crossing, providing access to the tram ring and public transport boarding areas on the street. Mikhalkovskaya.

Transport:

• Buses No. 123, 621, 90, 22, 72, 801, 87
• Trams No. 23, 30

Train schedule TPU Likhobory

— located in the Northern Administrative District of Moscow within the boundaries of the Koptevo, Golovinsky, Western Degunino and Timiryazevsky districts.

The main planning and transport connections are the MCC, Oktyabrskaya Railway, Cherepanov Passage, Oktyabrskaya Railway Line Street and Likhoborskaya Embankment.

By the time passenger rail traffic on the MCC is launched, a transfer will be organized from the MCC station "Likhobory" to the NATI platform, as well as to ground urban passenger transport: the construction of a settling and turning area, the construction of new stopping points along Cherepanov Passage.
Transport:

• Buses No. 114, 123, 179, 204, 87
• Trolleybuses No. 57
• Suburban railway transport Pl. NATI (Leningrad direction of Railways)
• Car parking: Number of parking spaces: 200, Year of construction: 2017

Train schedule TPU Okruzhnaya

— located in the North-Eastern and Northern administrative districts of Moscow, within the boundaries of the Marfino, Otradnoe, Timiryazevsky and Beskudnikovsky districts. The main planning and transport connections are the MCC, the Savelovskoe direction of the Moscow Railway, Lokomotivny and 3rd Nizhnelikhoborsky passages and Station Street.

TPU "Okruzhnaya" will provide transfer to the eponymous stopping point of the Savelovsky direction of the Moscow Railway and on promising station "Okruzhnaya" Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line of the Moscow metro (opening in 2017). It will also be possible to transfer to ground urban passenger transport.
Transport:

Train schedule TPU Vladykino

— located in the North-Eastern administrative region, districts: “Otradnoe” and “Marfino”. The Vladykino transport hub will provide a transfer to the Vladykino station Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line of the Moscow metro, as well as on ground urban passenger transport. An elevated pedestrian crossing will lead from the MCC platforms, which will go to the southern and northern lobbies of the Vladykino metro station.

The TPU project provides for the construction of an MCC station with the installation of ticket offices and turnstiles, an elevated pedestrian crossing over the railway, which will connect the southern and northern metro lobbies. It is also planned to build a settling and turning area for ground urban passenger transport.
Transport:

Train schedule TPU Botanical Garden

TPU "Botanical Garden"— located in the North-Eastern administrative district of Moscow in the Sviblovo, Ostankino and Rostokino districts. The main planning and transport connections are the passage and Serebryakova street, st. Wilhelm Pieck, 1st Leonov Street.

The Botanical Garden transport hub is located in close proximity to the Botanical Garden station. Moscow metro and will be connected to it by an underground pedestrian crossing. An underground pedestrian crossing will run under the railway and connect Serebryakov Passage and 1st Leonov Street.
Transport:

Train schedule TPU Rostokino

TPU "Rostokino"— located in the North-Eastern administrative district of Moscow. The territory borders the Yaroslavsky, Rostokino and Sviblovo districts.

The main planning and transport connections are Mira Avenue, Yaroslavskoe Highway, Severyaninsky Overpass.
The Rostokino transport hub will provide a transfer to the Severyanin stop point Yaroslavl direction of the Moscow Railway, as well as for ground urban passenger transport: reconstruction of existing and construction of new stopping points, construction of a settling and turning area along Mira Avenue towards Letchika Babushkina Street.
Transport:

• Buses No. 136, 172, 244, 316, 317, 388, 392, 425, 451, 499, 551, 576, 789, 834, 93
• Trolleybuses No. 14, 76
• Trams No. 17
• Suburban railway transport Pl. Severyanin (Yaroslavl direction of the Moscow Railway)

Train schedule TPU Belokamennaya

TPU "Belokamennaya"— located: Eastern administrative district of Moscow, within the boundaries of the Losiny Ostrov National Park. The entire territory is located within the boundaries of the Bogorodskoye and Metrogorodok districts.

The main planning and transport connections are the MCC, Yauzskaya Alley, Losinoostrovskaya Street and Abramtsevskaya Clearing.

The nearest metro station is the Rokossovsky Boulevard station Sokolnicheskaya metro line, which is located at the intersection of Ivanteevskaya Street and Otkrytoye Shosse. Transport services for the population and working areas of Bogorodskoye and Metrogorodok of the Eastern Administrative District are currently provided by ground public transport with delivery to the Rokossovsky Boulevard station.

The Belokamennaya transport hub will provide a transfer to ground urban passenger transport. For this purpose, it is planned to construct a turning area for public transport on Yauzskaya Alley street.
Transport:

Train schedule TPU Rokossovsky Boulevard

— located in the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow within the boundaries of the Bogorodskoye and Metrogorodok districts. The main planning and transport connections are the MCC, Otkrytoye Shosse and Ivanteevskaya Street.

The transport hub "Rokossovskogo Boulevard" is located near the existing "Rokossovskogo Boulevard" station Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow metro, and provides for a transfer to the latter. A transfer to ground urban passenger transport will also be provided.

For this purpose, it is planned to build a settling-turning area and construct boarding fronts for urban passenger transport along Otkrytoye Highway, 6th Podbelsky Passage and Ivanteevskaya Street.
Transport:

Train schedule TPU Lokomotiv

— located in the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow, within the boundaries of the Preobrazhenskoye, Golyanovo and Izmailovo districts.

The Lokomotiv transport hub is located near the existing Cherkizovskaya station Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow metro, and provides for transplantation to the last one. There will also be a transfer to city passenger transport (bus, trolleybus and minibus). Pedestrian connections are provided with the southern vestibule of the Cherkizovo metro station.

The transplant is carried out according to the “dry legs” principle. The construction of a turning circle for ground transport and the construction of new boarding fronts for ground urban passenger transport along Okruzhny Proezd near the pavilions of the Cherkizovskaya metro station are underway.

Transport:

Train schedule TPU Izmailovo

— located in the Eastern Administrative District within the boundaries of the Izmailovo, Sokolinaya Gora and Preobrazhenskoye districts.

The transport hub will unite Izmailovskoe highway, Okruzhnoy proezd(one of the sections of the North-East Expressway), station "Partizanskaya" Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow metro and Projected passage No. 890.

The Izmailovo platform on the MCC and the Partizanskaya metro station will be connected by an elevated pedestrian crossing, which will stretch from Okruzhny passage over the roadway of the North-Eastern Expressway and connect the Izmailovo MCC station and the Partizanskaya metro station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. The two passage lobbies will contain ticket offices, sanitary rooms and elevators. An MCC terminal with turnstiles and escalators for passengers to exit to the platforms will be built at the transport hub.
Transport:

Train schedule TPU Sokolinaya Gora

— located in the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow. The planned territory is located within the boundaries of several districts: Sokolinaya Gora and Izmailovo. The metro stations closest to the transport hub are Partizanskaya and Shosse Entuziastov.

On the eastern side of the transport hub there is a specially protected area of ​​the Izmailovo natural and historical park. On three sides, the territory is framed by existing streets and passages (Okruzhny Passage, 8th Sokolinaya Gora Street, Electrodny Passage and the overpass between them, located along the southern border).
Transport:

• Buses: No. 86
• Car parking: Number of parking spaces: 365 Year of construction: 2016

Train schedule TPU Shosse Entuziastov

— located in the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow, in the Sokolinaya Gora district, a small area is located within the boundaries of the Perovo district.

The main planning and transport connections are the MCC, the North-Eastern Expressway under construction, Entuziastov Highway, st. Utkina. In the southern part of the projected area, on both sides of Entuziastov Highway, there are exits from the Entuziastov Highway metro station. Passengers will exit the MCC platform into an underground pedestrian crossing that connects Utkina Street and Entuziastov Highway.
Transport:

Train schedule TPU Andronovka

— located in the South-Eastern Administrative District in the Lefortovo and Nizhegorodsky districts and the Eastern Administrative District in the Perovo district.

The main planning and transport connections are Freser highway, Andronovskoe highway, st. 2nd Frezernaya, 1st Frezernaya st., ave. Fraser, st. 5th Cable, st. Pond-Klyuchiki.
The Andronovka transport hub will provide a transfer to the Freser railway platform Ryazan direction railway and ground urban passenger transport with transportation to the Aviamotornaya station of the Kalininskaya metro line.
Transport:

• Suburban railway transport Pl. Frezer (Kazan direction of Moscow Railways)
• Car parking: number of parking spaces: 60 Year of construction: 2016

Train schedule TPU Nizhegorodskaya

— located in the South-Eastern district of Moscow. Its main part is located within the boundaries of the Lefortovo and Nizhny Novgorod districts. The main planning and transport connections are Ryazansky Prospekt, Frazer Highway and Kabelnaya Street.

TPU "Nizhegorodskaya" will provide a transfer to the stop point "Karacharovo" Gorky direction of the railway, as well as to ground urban passenger transport. In 2018 This transport hub will include the Nizhegorodskaya Street station Kozhukhovskaya line of the Moscow metro.

Transport:

Train schedule TPU Novokhokhlovskaya

— located in the South-Eastern Administrative District in the Tekstilshchiki and Nizhegorodsky districts.

Currently, the main planning and transport connections are: Third Transport Ring, st. Novokhokhlovskaya, st. Nizhnyaya Khokhlovka.

The Novokhokhlovskaya transport hub, after the launch of traffic along the MCC, will provide a transfer to ground urban passenger transport. In 2017 from this transport hub there will be a transfer to the Kursk direction of the Moscow Railway, for which a new platform will be built.

Transport:

• Buses No. 106, new routes
• Suburban railway transport Pl. Novokhokhlovskaya (Kursk direction of the Moscow Railway, promising, 2017)

Train schedule TPU Ugreshskaya

— located in the South-Eastern administrative district of Moscow. Its main part is located within the boundaries of several districts: Yuzhno-Portovy and Pechatniki. The main connection with the city, providing transport services to the territory under consideration, is Yuzhnoportovaya Street with access to the Third Ring Road.

Along Yuzhnoportovaya Street organized bus routes transporting passengers (district, interdistrict) and transportation of the population to the Kozhukhovskaya metro station and in the opposite direction along Sharikopodshipnikovskaya Street to the Dubrovka metro station. Within the project boundary is the final turning circle of the tram line running along Ugreshskaya Street and then through the third transport ring along Sharikopodshipnikovskaya Street to the Dubrovka metro station.

At the Ugreshskaya transport hub, 2 passenger terminals of 1.5 thousand square meters each and an overhead pedestrian crossing with an area of ​​10.9 thousand square meters will be built. m. It is also planned to build a technological link from the northern passenger terminal of the Ugreshskaya transport hub to Volgogradsky Prospekt.
Transport:

• Buses No. 154, 33, 603, 71, 195, 134, 185, 61, 628, 789
• Trolleybus No. 38
• Tram No. 20,40,43

Train schedule TPU Dubrovka

— located in the South-Eastern administrative district of Moscow and is located within the boundaries of the Yuzhno-Portovy and Pechatniki districts.

The Dubrovka transport hub will provide a transfer to the Dubrovka station Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line of the Moscow metro, as well as on ground urban passenger transport. The final turning circle of the tram line running along Ugreshskaya Street is located within the project boundary.

Transport:

Train schedule TPU Avtozavodskaya

— located in the Southern Administrative District of Moscow, in the Danilovsky district. The main planning and transport connections are Avtozavodskaya Street, Third Transport Ring, 1st and 2nd Avtozavodskaya passages, 1st and 2nd Kozhukhovsky, st. Lobanova, st. Trofimova.

The Avtozavodskaya transport hub will provide a transfer to the Avtozavodskaya station Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow metro, as well as on ground urban passenger transport.
Transport:

Train schedule TPU ZIL

— located in the northern part of the Southern Administrative District of Moscow in the Danilovsky district.
On the territory of the ZIL transport hub there will be two terminals with ticket offices and turnstiles - southern and northern on the outer and inner sides of the MCC. In addition, it is planned to construct an administrative and business building with retail facilities, parking facilities, and above-ground and underground parking. For public transport, a settling and turning area will be organized on the western side of the MCC and a road network will be developed.

The transport hub project provides for the construction of a northern technological connection with the installation of ticket offices and turnstiles, providing access from the north-eastern terminal towards the territory of the Ice Palace (inner side from the MCC) and to the boarding fronts for ground urban passenger transport (outside the MCC); southern technological connection with the installation of ticket offices and turnstiles, providing access from the southwestern terminal to the public and business zone complex (inner side from the MCC) and to the industrial territory of AMO "ZIL" (outside from the MCC); dual-use flat parking with a total capacity of 120 cars for the needs of the ZIL transport hub and visitors to retail and office facilities; placement of settling and turning areas for urban passenger transport on both sides of the railway
Transport:

• Buses: new routes (clarification)

Train schedule TPU Verkhniye Kotly

— located in the Southern Administrative District in the Donskoy, Nagatino-Sadovniki and Nagorny districts.

On the Moscow Central Circle located between the Tulskaya and Nagatinskaya stations Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya metro line and the stopping point “Nizhnie Kotly” of the Paveletsky direction of the railway.

After the launch of traffic along the MCC, the Verkhnie Kotly transport hub will provide a transfer to ground urban passenger transport. In 2017 From this transport hub there will be a transfer to the Paveletskaya direction of the Moscow Railway, for which a new platform will be built.

From the north, the territory of the transport hub is adjacent to a residential microdistrict and enterprises of the Varshavskoye Shosse industrial zone. From the south - the coastal zone of the Kotlovka River and the enterprises of the Varshavskoye Shosse industrial zone.

Transport:

• Buses No. 25, 44, 142, 147, 275, 700
• Trolleybus No. 1, 1k, 40, 71, 8
• Tram No. 16, 3, 35, 47
• Suburban railway transport Paveletskaya direction of the Moscow Railway (promising, 2017)

Train schedule TPU Krymskaya

TPU "Krymskaya"— located in two administrative districts, Southern and Southwestern, in the Donskoy, Nagorny and Kotlovka districts.

The main transport connections are: Sevastopolsky Avenue, Zagorodnoe Highway, 4th and 5th Zagorodnye Proezds, Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya Street. The basis of the formed interchange hub is the designed railway station “Sevastopolskaya” (second stage of construction) and ground urban passenger transport serving this territory along Sevastopolsky Avenue. An overground pedestrian crossing with exits to the railway platform will be built between 4th Zagorodny Proezd and Sevastopolsky Prospekt. Also, as part of the preparation for the launch of traffic around the ring, a reconstruction of the surface urban transport stop along the 4th Zagorodny Proezd will be carried out with the construction of a drive-in pocket.

From the north, residential areas of the Donskoy district adjoin the territory of the transport hub. To the south are the residential areas of the Kotlovka district, and to the west of Sevastopolsky Prospekt are the enterprises of the Varshavskoye Shosse industrial zone.
Transport:

• Buses No. 121, 41, 826
• Trams No. 26, 38

Train schedule TPU Gagarin Square

TPU "Gagarin Square"— located in the Western administrative district of Moscow within the boundaries of the Academichesky district. The main planning and transport connections of this territory are the Third Transport Ring, Leninsky Prospekt, 60-Letiya Oktyabrya Avenue and Vavilova Street.

The Gagarin Square transport hub will provide a transfer to the Leninsky Prospekt station Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line of the Moscow metro, as well as on ground urban passenger transport. “Gagarin Square” is the only station on the MCC located underground. The transition to the Leninsky Prospekt metro station will be via an underground pedestrian crossing.

Transport:

Train schedule TPU Luzhniki

— located along the street. Khamovnichesky Val, in the Khamovniki district of the Central Administrative District. The stopping point consists of two shore-type landing platforms and a ground-based vestibule with access to the street. Khamovnichesky Val.

Transport hub "Luzhniki" will provide a transfer to the station "Sportivnaya" Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow metro, as well as on ground urban passenger transport. The Luzhniki transport hub will become the main transport hub of the main arena of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Transport:

Train schedule TPU Kutuzovskaya

— located in the Western Administrative District of Moscow within the boundaries of the Dorogomilovo district. The main highways providing transport services to the territory are the Third Transport Ring and Kutuzovsky Prospekt.

The Kutuzovskaya transport hub will provide a transfer to the Kutuzovskaya station Filevskaya line of the Moscow metro, as well as on ground urban passenger transport.

Transport:

Train schedule TPU Business Center

— located in the southwestern part of the Central Administrative District of Moscow in the Presnensky district. Presnensky district borders on the following districts: Khoroshevsky, Khoroshevo, Mnevnikovsky, Filevsky park, Tverskoy, Dorogomilovo, Begovoy district and Arbat.

It will be one of the largest on the MCC. He will connect the Mezhdunarodnaya metro station and the Delovoy Tsentr stop point in a warm circuit on the MCC. Walking communication will be provided to the Testovskaya platform in the Smolensk direction.

It is planned to build a parking lot, an underground passage from the Business Center transport hub to Moscow City, and an above-ground pedestrian gallery from the Business Center transport hub directly to the Moscow City building (above Testovskaya Street). The elevated pedestrian crossing will be built in the second stage.

The transport hub includes the construction of an office center and parking areas (second stage). The total construction area is 151 thousand sq. m.
A terminal with ticket offices and turnstiles is being built under the overpass of the Third Transport Ring, which will be connected to the northern pavilion of the International metro station. Thus, From the Delovoy Tsentr MCC station you can immediately go down to the metro lobby, and also go out onto Testovskaya Street to stops of ground urban transport, or through an underground pedestrian crossing to Moscow City. There will also be an exit to the opposite side of the transport hub to the Botanical Garden.

Transport:

Train schedule TPU Shelepikha

TPU "Shelepikha"— located in the Central Administrative District of Moscow within the boundaries of the Presnensky district. The main planning and transport connections are the MCC, the Smolensk direction of the Moscow Railway, Shmitovsky proezd, Shelepikhinsky dead end and Ermakova Roshcha street.

TPU "Shelepikha" will provide transfers, both to the Testovskaya stopping point of the Smolensk direction of the Moscow Railway, and to Shelepikha station The third interchange circuit of the Moscow Metro, which will have two underground lobbies with exits to Shelepikhinskoye Highway and Shmitovsky Proezd.

A detailed description of transport hubs is available on the official website of the Moscow Central Circle (MCR).
Official website: MCC
Unified transport portal of Moscow: Moscow transport

General information MCC

Moscow Ring Railway (MCR) one of the largest infrastructure projects of the Moscow government, implemented in the shortest possible time, allowing to significantly reduce the load on the Moscow metro and the city’s transport system as a whole

The MCC is essentially the second ring metro line with a unified tariff ticket system of the Moscow Metro. 31 stations (TPU) were built on the MCC. From any transport hub it is possible to transfer to ground urban passenger transport.

At 17 out of 31 stations it is possible to change to 11 metro lines. Also, at 10 transport hubs you can transfer to commuter trains.

The rolling stock on the MCC is represented by high-speed electric trains "Lastochka" manufactured by Siemens AG. Trains consist of 5 cars.
Operation of the electric train is possible at ambient temperatures from −40°C to +40°C. The cars are equipped with double-leaf sliding doors, two on each side of the car.

The head carriages of the train have bathrooms with dry toilets.(one per carriage), the bathrooms are equipped with special equipment for people with limited mobility.
There are 28 Lastochka high-speed electric trains running on the MCC. The train moves almost silently and can accelerate to 120 kilometers per hour. During peak hours, trains run every six minutes, at other times - at intervals of 11–15 minutes. The total duration of the trip around the ring is about 75-85 minutes.

Technologies

"Smart" escalators with motion sensors

Energy-saving escalators have been installed on the Moscow Central Circle (MCC). Smart escalators start moving only when passengers approach them. Accordingly, if there are no passengers on the escalator, it automatically slows down and stops.

Opening doors “On demand”

Doors on trains open at the request of passengers. The doors open only when the train is completely stopped on the platform, and only when the doors are ready to open, and a special green signal lights up.

Thermal curtain / Climate control system

In cold weather, electric trains on the Moscow Central Circle will include a thermal curtain on the doors. The thermal curtain turns on automatically at stops, when the doors are opened.

“Warm air is exhausted directly in front of the doors in the car, creating a thermal curtain and preventing cold air from entering inside,” the press service of JSC Russian Railways.

The thermal curtain will protect the carriage from sudden temperature changes and will be able to maintain a comfortable temperature for passengers at any time of the year.

MCC cars have an automatic heating system that turns on when the ambient temperature drops below the air temperature in the train. An antibacterial air disinfection system is integrated into the climate control of trains, which will protect passengers from all kinds of infections and viruses in the carriages, which is undoubtedly a relevant technology. solution for public transport

The Moscow Central Circle (MCC) will open to passengers in early September. Approximately September 10th. This was stated by the head of the Moscow Metro, Dmitry Pegov.

The MCC line received number 14 in the Moscow Metro. The ring consists of 31 stations, 17 of them are connected to the metro, 10 to radial railway lines. Transfers between metro stations and the MCC will take no more than 10-12 minutes. The shortest and most comfortable transfers will be in “warm” (not requiring going outside) transitions from the stations: Mezhdunarodnaya, Leninsky Prospekt, Cherkizovskaya, Vladykino, Kutuzovskaya.

The main advantage of the Moscow Central Circle is that it should relieve the “Koltsevaya” line by 15%, the “Sokolnicheskaya” line by 20%, and all stations.

ABOUT OPERATING MODE

Since the Moscow Central Circle is metro line 14, the operating hours will be identical - daily from 5.30 to 1.00.

ABOUT THE COST OF TRAVEL

A single ticket for 20 trips will cost 650 rubles, for 40 trips - 1,300 rubles, 60 trips - 1,570 rubles. At the same time, travel for Troika card users on the MCC will cost the same as on the metro - 32 rubles. It is worth emphasizing that the possibility of transferring from the metro to the MCC and back will be free of charge.

Transfers within 90 minutes from the moment you first enter the station are free. Reprogramming of turnstiles, cash registers, and ticket vending machines has now begun,” said Dmitry Pegov.

You can use the second free metro transfer from MCC platforms only with tickets purchased after September 1. Passengers who purchased tickets before this date will be able to exchange them for new ones, with the benefit of a free transfer. Otherwise, the additional trip will be charged. And the first 30,000 people who exchange tickets purchased before September 1 will receive gifts from the metro. There will be no need to exchange social cards.

ABOUT PAYMENT METHODS

Tickets can be purchased in the same way as for trips on the metro: at ticket offices, vending machines, or top up your Troika card via the Internet. It will also be possible to pay for travel by credit card. For this purpose, all stations are now equipped with machines for reading bank cards.

ABOUT PASSENGER SERVICES

The stations will introduce similar services that exist in the metro. Passengers with limited mobility will be able to benefit from free mobility assistance. The stations will have chargers for gadgets, trees, and benches. And also trash cans, which are not in the Moscow metro itself. “Live Communication” counters will appear at five stations, where tourists will also be able to obtain information in English. In particular, it is already being installed at the Luzhniki station.

ABOUT COMPOSITIONS

33 trains will be launched on the ring, which will have handrails for standing passengers. And just like on regular trains, there will be toilets. The interval between trains will be only 6 minutes.

THE YANDEX METRO APPLICATION WILL BE UPDATED

By the time the Moscow Central Circle launches, the map will be updated in the Yandex Metro application, which is used by many Muscovites.

We have already taken measurements so that people can plan their time on the trip. People will also be informed about temporary closures of stations, said Alexander Shulgin, CEO of Yandex in Russia.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW?

Navigation is hosted;

The trains practice movement intervals;

Information boards are installed on the platforms;

They are creating comfortable ground transport routes connecting with stations of the new subway line.

INTERESTING TO KNOW

75 million passengers will be able to use the transportation in the first year, and by 2025 the number will increase to 350 million passengers annually;

The metro staff will increase by 800 people.

Online workload application

To implement this project, it is necessary to prepare the infrastructure to show this. But we have this in our plans. This will be a similar project to Yandex.Traffic. The Moscow Metro is working on the issue of providing Yandex with data on congestion. As soon as we are able to receive them, we will send them to Yandex, and they will be displayed in the application online,” said Dmitry Pegov, head of the metro.

What is known about one of the largest transport projects in Russia

On September 10, City Day, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin launched traffic on the Moscow Central Circle (MCC). More than 100 billion rubles have been invested in one of the most ambitious Russian transport projects, but much has not yet been completed. RBC presents a dossier on MCC

High-speed electric train "Lastochka" at a test run along the MCC, September 2, 2016 (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC)

1. What we launched

On City Day, the Moscow Central Circle, a 54 km long urban railway, accepted passengers for the first time. There will be a total of 31 stations on the MCC (the exact name is transport hub, TPU). 17 of them will be connected to metro stations, including at 11 stations covered galleries will be built from the MCC to the metro; The mayor's office calls such crossings “dry feet.” There will be nine transfer points from the MCC to commuter trains (without integration with the ring, only the Kiev commuter line will remain). During rush hour, trains will appear at stations every six minutes, at normal times - once every 11-15 minutes; The train will make a full circle in an hour and a half. The boards on the platforms will show the arrival time of the next train. They promise to install ports for charging gadgets at the stations.

After the launch of the Russian Railways project, the entire railway infrastructure will be transferred, and the city will delegate the ownership of platforms and transport hubs (TPU) to the State Unitary Enterprise "Moscow Metro". In the first month of operation of the MCC, travel on it will be free, then it will be possible to enter the MCC station using cards common to Moscow public transport.

Construction of an indoor gallery from the MCC to the Vladykino metro station; at the mayor’s office such crossings are called “dry feet”, July 2016 (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC)

2. Who invented it

The Moscow Circular Railway, connecting industrial zones on the outskirts of Moscow, began to be built in 1902. It was launched in 1908, later than planned, since there were interruptions in funding due to the Russo-Japanese War. Freight transport was mainly carried out along the Moscow Railway. There were also passenger trains, but in 1934, with the development of tram traffic in the city and the start of construction of the metro, the ring was closed to people.

With the removal of most factories outside of Moscow, this freight route became unnecessary. At the end of 2007, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin signed an agreement to work on a project to repurpose the freight ring into a passenger line. It was planned that all work would be completed in 2010-2011. The deadlines were postponed several times. Construction actually began in 2012.

3. What will the trains be like?

About 30 trains will run along the MCC. The “city trains” used are “Swallows”, developed by Siemens at the request of Russian Railways to transport passengers during the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. The current head of the Moscow Metro, Dmitry Pegov, led the project to launch Lastochka in Sochi when he worked for Russian Railways.

The train has five carriages (with the possibility of expanding to ten). All “Swallows” for the capital’s ring will be equipped with Wi-Fi and air conditioning; there will be special places for bicycles, which, unlike the metro along the MCC, can be transported unassembled. Each “Swallow” will have two toilets.

High-speed electric train "Lastochka" in the operational depot, November 2015 (Photo: Sergey Gusev)

4. How much did you spend?

By the time the MCC was launched, more than 100 billion rubles had been spent on the project. The main investor was JSC Russian Railways: the state-owned company invested 74 billion rubles in the construction of railway infrastructure. (they planned to spend 54 billion rubles, but the demolition of facilities and the transfer of communications was unexpectedly expensive, a source well familiar with the construction of the MCC told RBC).

The Moscow government spent 19 billion rubles. for the construction of 31 ring stations and their integration with metro stations. Another 10.6 billion rubles. spent on the reconstruction of overpasses (the most expensive was the Volokolamsk overpass, it cost 5 billion rubles - the authorities had to, among other things, replace the windows in the residential buildings closest to the overpass with noise-proof ones).

The city will pay Russian Railways 3.8 billion rubles annually. for transport services for passengers on the new ring. The parties have already entered into a 15-year contract.

Luzhniki station, July 2016 (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC)

In the approved project, commercial facilities - shopping and business centers, hotels - were to be built near 11 transport hubs using investors' funds. The management company OJSC Moscow Ring Railway, owned by the Moscow government, must register property rights to land plots for commercial construction in its own subsidiaries and then sell it at auction to investors.

By the time traffic around the ring was launched, only one such section went under the hammer: for 1.14 billion rubles. GC "Pioneer" received a 100 percent stake in LLC "Botanical Garden" and the right to develop the territory near the transport hub "Botanical Garden". The company that is implementing the residential project “LIFE - Botanical Garden” nearby is planning to build a shopping and office center and an apart-hotel there.

“All other sites for the construction of transport hubs will be implemented during 2016-2017. We expect to earn at these auctions a minimum of 14 billion rubles, a maximum of 19 billion rubles, depending on the market situation. That is, we will return almost all the funds that the city invested in the construction of the technological part of the stations,” says RBC’s interlocutor at the Moscow City Hall, adding that the construction of the transport hub will give impetus to the development of the territories around the MCC by developers. According to RBC's interlocutor, by the end of 2016 it is planned to put up for auction four or five objects, the rest - next year.

Construction of the Botanical Garden station, July 2016 (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC)

6. What will a new ring give?

“By 2020, when all projects for integration with the metro and trains are completed, projects for shopping and office centers are implemented, we plan that passenger traffic will amount to 300 million people a year,” a source told RBC in the Moscow mayor’s office, adding that the same number of passengers per year carried by the existing Circle Line of the metro. In the meantime, the new ring will transport about 75 million people a year, the mayor’s office calculated.

The launch of the MCC will relieve congestion on the metro, especially in the center, and will increase accessibility to a number of areas where there were no metro stations until now, the mayor’s office is confident. The head of the capital's Construction Complex, Marat Khusnullin, shared estimates that the busy Circle metro line will become 15% freer - people will not have to travel from the outskirts to the center to change to the Circle line. The MCC website provides calculations: the trip for the average metro passenger will be 20 minutes shorter.

Researcher at the Institute of Transport Economics and Transport Policy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics Egor Muleyev emphasizes the ambiguity of such calculations: according to him, the benefits of launching the MCC are like bicycle paths in Moscow: for some it will really make it easier to travel, but for many it will not change anything.

“The ring is inserted without full-fledged transfer nodes. I strongly doubt that even in the coming years it will be in demand by passengers to the extent that the authorities are counting on,” says Pavel Zyuzin, a senior researcher at the Center for Research on Transport Problems in Megacities at the Higher School of Economics. — There are questions regarding transfers on many radii. They are located at a distance of 500-700 m from MCC stations.”

Ride-and-ride parking will appear near four MCC stations this year (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC)

However, according to the expert, the new ring will be very useful for residents of certain areas of Moscow. “On the Yaroslavskoe highway in the direction of Bogorodskoye and Lefortovo, it will ease the situation. It will relieve some of the northwestern sectors, Koptevo and other areas,” the expert lists. “But as for the south, the MCC is very close to the Circle Line of the metro, and the difference between them is small.” Also, the launch of the MCC, in his opinion, will make routes easier for residents of certain cities in the Moscow region, especially for passengers traveling from Mytishchi and Korolev.

What we didn't have time to do

By the day of the official launch of the MCC, the builders did not have time to prepare seven stations for operation. Their list was published by TASS, citing a source in the Moscow government. The first trains of the ring will pass without stopping “Koptevo”, “Panfilovskaya”, “Sorge”, “Khoroshevo”, “Izmailovo”, “Andronovka” and “Dubrovka”. This information was confirmed to RBC by its own source in the project management company OJSC Moscow Ring Railway.

A month and a half before City Day, a high-ranking RBC source in the Moscow government claimed that “at launch, all infrastructure will be ready, all platforms at 31 stopping points.” “This is a must-have, and there is no doubt that it will be ready for launch,” RBC’s interlocutor assured. However, on September 2, First Deputy Head of the Department of Transport Gamid Bulatov told reporters that the opening of seven MCC stations on the day of the start of traffic on the ring “is in question,” promising that a week before the grand opening the full list of stations that will begin operating immediately will be announced.

But the official list of completed stations was not announced on Thursday, when less than two days remained before the ceremony. RBC's source at the Moscow Circle Railway OJSC reported that the final decision on the number of stations that will be available to passengers on the first day of operation of the Moscow Central Circle will be made only a day before the opening of the ring. At the same time, the interlocutor said that seven out of 31 stations “definitely will not open,” and about two more “there are doubts.” “We didn’t have time, not all the necessary equipment has been installed everywhere yet. Maybe we’ll open 24 stations at once, and then close two for a while for finishing touches,” a RBC source at the Moscow Circle Railway told RBC, adding that by the end of the year, “all MCC stations will definitely be accessible to passengers.”

Most of the indoor galleries are not ready for transition to platforms for metro trains and three transfer points from the MCC to the metro. But these facilities, unlike the stations themselves, were initially planned to be built after the launch of traffic on the MCC.

Which trains won't go?

Initially, other trains with a bird's name - "Orioles" - were supposed to run on the MCC. Tender for organizing the movement of electric trains along the Moscow Circle for 15 years for 57 billion rubles. The winner was the company TsPPK, an operator of commuter trains, co-owned by the vice-mayor of Moscow and head of the transport department Maxim Liksutov. In an interview with RBC, Liksutov stated that CPPC won the tender due to a more favorable offer for Moscow, and insisted that after moving to the civil service, he himself did not monitor the business of his former companies. “Three companies took part in the competition, including Russian Railways themselves, which offered less favorable conditions for the city and therefore lost,” Liksutov explained to RBC in February 2015.

The TsPPK company planned to conclude a contract with Transmashholding (the company’s co-owners are Iskander Makhmudov and Andrey Bokarev; until 2011, Liksutov was also a co-owner of this company) for the production of Ivolga electric trains. The trains were positioned as competitors to the “Swallows”, while being entirely made from domestic materials and 40-50% cheaper.

But Ivolga was unable to pass certification, and without it it was impossible to deliver trains of this model to the MCC. A representative of JSC VNIIZhT, which is testing the prototype Ivolga, refused to tell RBC why the train was not certified.

In January 2016 - a few months after Oleg Belozerov became the head of Russian Railways instead of Vladimir Yakunin - it turned out that the rights to service passengers and the 56 billion contract would also go to Russian Railways. As a source in Russian Railways explains, Oleg Belozerov considered the situation unfair for Russian Railways: “It turned out that the state built with its own money the entire infrastructure on which Liksutov’s business partners would earn money, who would supply trains and receive money for transportation. In mid-January 2016, TsPPK unexpectedly decided to assign the contract for transport services to Russian Railways.”

City electric train EG2TV "Ivolga" (Photo: Sergey Fadeichev/TASS)

General Director of CPPC Mikhail Khromov said that the initiators of the assignment of the agreement were Russian Railways and city authorities - “they were convincing enough for us to agree.” Officially, Russian Railways also admit that they received the contract after “multilateral consultations with the participation of the Moscow government.” Now Russian Railways will transport MCC passengers on their Lastochkas.

RBC's source in the Moscow government, however, claims that the Orioles can still return to the project. “If the Ivolga passes certification, then Russian Railways will be able to replace the Lastochka with it,” says RBC’s interlocutor. — It is not stated in our contract that for all 15 years there will be only “Swallow”. In my opinion, this is a question of the efficiency of rolling stock, cost of maintenance, etc.”

In the end, TsPPK only received a contract for 2.1 billion rubles. to organize the sale of tickets and the work of controllers for a period of four years. However, the ticket system of the new ring will also be fully integrated into the system of urban, rather than suburban, transport, which is the specialty of the Center for Transport.

On September 10, 2016, the Moscow Central Circle will open for passengers in the capital. True, construction work on the new highway will continue after this date: according to the head of the transport department, Maxim Liksutov, some MCC stations will be completed after the start of work. Nevertheless, officials are seriously counting on the highway and hope that over the next two years it will become popular among citizens. In anticipation of the opening of the Central Ring, The Village answers the most popular questions about the new type of urban transport.

What is MCC?

The Moscow Central Ring (formerly known as the Moscow Ring Railway) is a new interchange circuit that should combine the metro and radial directions of suburban railways and greatly decongest the center of Moscow by removing transit passengers from it.

According to its designers, the launch of the route will relieve congestion in the metro by 15%, and the average travel time will decrease by 20 minutes (for example, travel time from the Leninsky Prospekt station to the Mezhdunarodnaya station will be reduced from half an hour to ten minutes). In other words, thanks to the MCC it will be possible to transfer from one metro or train line to another, bypassing the center. In addition, the MCC should partly solve the so-called “Vykhino” problem - a situation in which trains going to the center fill up immediately at the end metro stations. Electric train passengers coming from the Moscow region will be able to transfer to the new ring, and from there to metro lines and other suburban routes.

MCC project estimate

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How did the idea for the project come about?

The creation of the MCC is actually not a revolutionary idea. In most Western megacities, the metro and train are not separated and are one and the same transport: this practice allows passengers to move around the city much faster and easier. The designers of the ring themselves cite the example of Berlin, where the S-Bahn city train and the U-Bahn metro coexist within the same system.

The central ring was created on the basis of the Moscow Circular Railway, the decision to build which was made at the end of the 19th century on the initiative of the Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire, Sergei Witte. They built a ring around Moscow according to the design of engineer P. I. Rashevsky from 1903 to 1908. According to the original design, the route was supposed to have four tracks, which would be divided between goods and passenger traffic, but due to lack of funds, only two tracks were built. In 1930, passenger traffic was closed due to the development of buses and trams, and only freight trains began to operate around the ring.

The return of passenger traffic to the ring is not a new idea: they wanted to launch it back in the 60s, but this was prevented by the complexity of electrifying the ring. Yuri Luzhkov returned to this project again in the late 2000s, but reconstruction of the MCC began under Sobyanin in 2012. The ring was finally electrified, and a third track for freight traffic was also built. The total investments in the project, which was jointly carried out by Russian Railways and the Moscow government, exceeded 200 billion rubles, and 86 billion of them were provided by the federal budget.

Are the MCC and the Third Interchange Circuit the same thing?

No. The MCC is often called the third interchange circuit and the second ring of the Moscow Metro, but this is not so. The second ring metro line, 58 kilometers long, will appear in the capital by 2020, and this year its first section will open - from the Delovoy Tsentr station to Petrovsky Park. The new ring will also include the Kakhovskaya line, built in the late 1960s. If the MCC route, due to historical reasons, is shifted to the north, then the metro ring, on the contrary, will be shifted to the south. Thus, both lines will form a huge figure eight.

How will the MCC connect with other modes of transport?

In total, the MCC will have 31 stations (24 of them will be ready by September 10, the rest will be commissioned before 2018), each of which is planned to be connected to ground transport stops. In the first few months after the official launch of the ring, it will be possible to transfer to the metro at 14 stations, but then they promise to add this option at three more stops. Also, six MCC stations (later their number will increase to ten) will have transitions to commuter train stations.

The transfer time to the MCC will vary depending on the sections: the longest transition will be from the Voikovskaya metro station to the Streshnevo and Baltiyskaya stations - you will have to walk for 12 minutes, while the shortest one will take no more than three minutes. At 11 stations, builders promise to implement the “dry feet” principle: the crossings will be completely closed, which will allow people not to go outside. They promise to build a ground connection between the Volgogradsky Prospekt metro station and the Ugreshskaya platform.

How much will the trip cost?

Fares for travel on the central ring will be the same as in the metro. It will also be possible to use “United”, “Troika” and “90 minutes” tickets. All benefits that apply to travel on the metro will apply when using the MCC: special conditions for travel along the ring will be provided to people with disabilities, schoolchildren and students.

The number of transfers from the metro to the MCC and vice versa in one trip is not limited. The only condition is that you must make all transfers within 90 minutes. In the first month after the launch of the ring, passengers will have to reprogram the “United” ticket in order to make free trips and transfers to the MCC if it was purchased before September 1, 2016. This can be done at the ticket office of the subway or monorail. For those who use the Troika card, starting from September 1, it will be enough to put more than one ruble on the card.

In addition, passengers will be able to buy tickets at ring stations using both cash and cards. They also plan to introduce a contactless fare payment system, allowing payment using a mobile phone, and PayPass/PayWave, thanks to which money will be debited automatically if you tap a bank card on the validator.

What will the stations look like?

By the opening of the MCC, stations will be equipped with navigation panels in Russian and English. For visually impaired passengers, they promise to install tactile plates on lifts, stepless escalators and Braille. Also, at each station there will be information and boards showing the time of train arrival, and at five stations there will be “Live Communication” counters. In addition, about 70 mirrors, 470 trash cans, gadget charging points, umbrella packers and free toilets will be installed. Trees will be placed in tubs for decoration. Unlike the metro, the MCC will have turnstiles not only at the entrance, but also at the exit, and the platforms will be treated with anti-icing coating.

What trains will be on the MCC?

33 Lastochka trains (five cars each), which are produced at the Ural Locomotives plant in the city of Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Region, will run along the ring. The Lastochka prototype is a German electric train from Siemens AG, which served guests and participants of the Sochi Olympics. This summer there was a scandal: during a test drive, the electric train of the ED-4M series was too wide for the platform, but the Lastochka must fit into the dimensions of the track.

The maximum capacity of the Lastochka is 1,200 people, and the maximum speed is 120 kilometers per hour, but along the MCC trains will travel no faster than 40–50 kilometers per hour. The operating hours of the MCC are the same as those of the metro, but the interval of trains on the ring will be longer and will range from five minutes during rush hour to 15 minutes at other times. Now the Yandex.Maps service is preparing to update the metro application in order to inform passengers about the train schedule not only of the metro, but also of the Moscow Central Circle.

All Lastochkas have soft seats and climate control systems. Passengers will be able to use Wi-Fi and devices for charging gadgets. Each train will have toilets at the beginning and end of the train. Unlike conventional electric trains, Lastochka cars do not have vestibules, but the double doors are wide enough for passengers with limited mobility to pass through.

Will it be possible to travel with strollers and bicycles?

Two of the five train cars (second and fourth) are equipped with bicycle racks. Each carriage can accommodate no more than six bicycles. The trains will also have space for strollers and other large carry-on luggage. Near each transport hub of the MCC they are going to build bicycle parking and bike sharing stations. Rentals are now available near the Delovoy Tsentr, Ploshchad Gagarina, Luzhniki, Botanical Garden and Vladykino stations.

How to navigate the roundabout?

On September 1, the Moscow government presented several detailed maps of the MCC, which indicate transfers from the Central Circle to ground and suburban transport, as well as on the metro line. The ring itself will be indicated as the 14th metro line.

The names of MCC stations either repeat the usual names of nearby metro stations (“Dubrovka”, “Vladykino”), or indicate the area in which they are located (“Gagarin Square”, “Luzhniki”). In the summer, on the website of the “Active Citizen” project, a vote was held to rename the MCC stations “Voikovskaya” and “Cherkizovskaya”; as a result, they received new names “Baltiyskaya” and “Lokomotiv”.

How will the MCC affect the city outskirts?

The central ring runs mainly through industrial areas. According to the authorities, the emergence of new transport will contribute to the development of these territories, for example ZIL. The mayor's office plans to improve the lands adjacent to the MCC stations: create parking spaces for cars and bicycles, bicycle rentals, landscaping, and also build about 750 thousand square meters of commercial real estate - hotels, retail sites, offices and technology parks.

At the same time, the preserved historical buildings of the Moscow Railway stations, which were designed by architects Alexander Pomerantsev, Nikolai Markovnikov and Ivan Rybin, are now being studied to determine the security zone for each of them. And in the fall, a museum of the history of the MCC will open at the Presnya station, where documents, photographs and films telling about the history of the highway will be presented.

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