MOSCOW, September 10. /TASS/. Passenger traffic opened today on the Moscow Central Circle (MCC, formerly MKR): 26 stations are available to citizens, from 11 of which you can go to the capital’s metro lines, from 5 to commuter train stops.
Muscovites explored the new land line with interest, the correspondent found out. TASS, having driven a full circle on the MCC.
“The ring passes through 26 districts of Moscow, where about 2 million people live. 30% of them live within walking distance from MCC stations. The above-ground metro will come to six districts for the first time; about 600 thousand Muscovites live there,” said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow on transport issues Maxim Liksutov on the eve of the start of train traffic on the ring.
The swallows have flown
At 14:00 the first train, the red and gray Lastochka, arrives at the Luzhniki platform. The next station - "Kutuzovo" - is announced by the director of the People's Museum of the Moscow Metro, Konstantin Cherkassky. “The start of traffic on the Moscow Circular Railway took place on July 19, 1908 at the Serebryany Bor station. Initially, the traffic was passenger, but then it did not take root,” Cherkassky’s voice takes us back to the past, when Moscow still fit inside that road, and therefore it was called district and no other.
More than a century later, passengers returned to the Moscow Circular Railway, now the Moscow Central Circle. Today, a full circle on the MCC took 82 minutes, the average travel time between stations was 3 minutes, and the interval between trains was 5-10 minutes. The trains have a comfortable temperature; the information boards indicate the current time, the air temperature inside the cabin, and the name of the station. Stations and transfers are announced in Russian and English; on the train you can charge your phone or read a special issue of the My Metro newspaper dedicated to the MCC.
It seems that the carriage is comfortable for everyone: families with strollers and dogs, pensioners, young people, passengers with scooters and bicycles. An hour after the opening of traffic along the ring, there is literally nowhere for an apple to fall in the carriage. Passengers exchange impressions, ask each other about tickets, transfer times, and study small maps that are handed out at the entrance to stations.
“Look, we live on Novokhokhlovskaya, and I’m going to work on Leninsky Prospekt. I’m driving through the Third Ring Road, the journey takes about an hour, or even an hour and a half. But if you leave the car and go here to Gagarin Square, it’s only a minute It will take 20 in total,” the husband says to his wife. The couple decided to take a ride around the ring with their three daughters and little dog Knopka.
Transplant and transplant are different
The transition from the Gagarin Square MCC station to the Leninsky Prospekt station is warm: you don’t need to go out into the street from the platform, the entrance to the metro is located right there. There are four more such transfers based on the “dry feet” principle: at the Cherkizovskaya, Kutuzovskaya, Vladykino and Mezhdunarodnaya metro stations. They will only take a couple of minutes. But at other stations, transferring to the metro or commuter trains takes longer.
From the Shelepikha station you can transfer to the Testovskaya railway station in the Belarusian direction, the transition takes 7 minutes, by the way, the MCC map indicates 9 minutes. True, there are no signs visible; you have to ask the MCC employees for directions. Fans of skyscrapers will love the transition - the Moscow City International Business Center is very close and clearly visible.
There are no turnstiles at Testovskaya; you can buy a ticket for the train at the ticket office, but it is located on the platform opposite the entrance. The return journey to Shelepikha took only 5 minutes. Local residents will most likely not be bothered by the lack of signs. This is true.
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 services 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.
Surely many have heard about the imminent launch of passenger traffic on the Moscow Ring Railway. But although the abbreviation MKR has recently been heard from all the ironies controlled by the mayor’s office, it is not at all easy to find in one place brief information on the main issues of interest to a potential passenger. I came across this when I was recently preparing a publication on this topic. Therefore, since I had to find and collect all this information (from the city hall portal, the websites of Russian Railways and the Moscow Ring Railway, and from messages from the city government-owned publication m24.ru), I decided to make a short review post about the Moscow Ring Railway as a whole and specifically dwell on what will change launch of passenger traffic along the ring for residents of Zelenograd and other settlements in the Leningrad direction.
Scheme of the Moscow Ring Road. Image from m24.ru
First, a few words about history. The Small Ring of the Moscow Railway (that is what the Moscow Ring Railway was correctly called until recently) was built in 1903-1908. The road was originally intended for intracity and transit freight traffic, but at first it also carried passenger traffic, which was stopped in 1934.
They started talking about the return of passenger traffic to the Moscow Ring Railway almost immediately after Sobyanin’s arrival, and initially a much earlier date for its launch was mentioned. But, apparently, the project required a significantly more serious reconstruction of the infrastructure than seemed necessary at first glance, and its implementation dragged on for more than five years. They promise to launch electric train service in September 2016.
Moscow Ring Railway station "Luzhniki". Image from the Moscow construction complex website
As you can see in the diagrams, the Moscow Ring Road has different distances from the center in different sections: in some places the road comes almost close to the metro ring line, in others it is a decent distance away from it. There will be 31 stations on the Moscow Ring Railway, which will provide 17 transfers to 11 metro lines (including the future second subway ring) and 10 transfers to 9 radial railway directions. The issue of the construction of the 32nd station, Presnya, which is marked on some diagrams, is planned to be resolved later. I will add that one station, “Gagarin Square” on Leninsky Prospekt, will be underground - the rest will be above ground. I’ll also note that the names of some stops, in my opinion, are still floating around, so don’t be surprised if you suddenly find some inconsistencies in the diagrams.
Scheme of transfers from the Moscow Ring Railway to the metro. Image from the Moscow construction complex website
Perspective (for 2020) metro and Moscow Ring Road map. Image from the Moscow construction complex website
In essence, the Moscow Ring Railway will become a ring line of the city commuter train, integrated into the metro system. You can pay for travel on the above-ground ring with a metro ticket. At the same time, the transfer between the Moscow Ring Railway and the subway will be free for passengers if they do it within 15 minutes. Well, that is, apparently, both on the Moscow Ring Railway and in the metro you will have to go through the turnstiles, but if you did not go on a spree between them, the money (trips) will not be written off when you re-enter.
“Swallows” will be used as rolling stock on the ground ring. It is stated that during rush hours they will run at intervals of no more than 6 minutes, and in the future the intervals may be reduced.
High-speed electric train "Lastochka". Photo Zelenograd information portal
Now, briefly about the transfer from the Moscow Ring Railway to the Leningrad direction. It will be carried out through the NATI platform, which until recently was the deadliest stopping point between Moscow and Zelenograd. The phrase “the train runs with all stops except NATI” in the minds of passengers meant “with all stops”, because no one stopped at NATI anyway. :) Now this platform promises to live a new life.
The thing is that 350 meters from it (if you count in a straight line), there is the Nikolaevskaya station of the Moscow Ring Railway. These two stopping points will be combined into a transport hub, for the construction of which the Moscow Urban Planning and Land Commission recently allocated a plot of 0.38 hectares. According to Moskomstroyinvest, in addition to the transport terminal, there will be areas for consumer services, public catering, and vehicle maintenance. I don’t know exactly what all this will look like. I can only appeal to pictures from the Moscow Ring Railway website, the relevance of which I am not sure.
The TPU scheme, for example, dates exactly from 2013 - perhaps something has changed in the plans since then.
I also don’t know what the situation is with the construction, but I seriously doubt that by September there will be such a healthy transport hub building with transitions there, because the message about the allocation of land for construction was only a few months ago. However, no matter when and in what form this transport hub is built, the opportunity to transfer from NATI to the Moscow Ring Railway should appear in September of this year. This means that Zelenograd residents (and our neighbors in the Leningrad direction) will have new options for laying routes to many districts of Moscow.
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While we were driving around the Caucasus, Transcaucasia and Iran, a miracle happened in Moscow - traffic and all stations of the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) opened. Yesterday we drove a full circle on a new type of transport and were shocked to the core. Below the cut, read why the MCC is a real miracle.
We decided to start the inspection of the new type of transport from the station closest to us, Baltiyskaya, which can be reached by walking down the street from the Voikovskaya metro station.
We left the metro, followed the signs and crossed the road and got a little lost.
We look back, are we going exactly where we need to go? In Moscow, as a rule, there are pronounced flows of people moving to the stations, but here, it seems, people are rushing to go shopping at Metropolis :) How do you like the New Year tree at the shopping center?
It’s good that Pasha knows where the railway runs. We go straight without signs. By the way, it turns out later that the main path lies through the shopping center.
We reached a pedestrian bridge across the road. To get to the bridge, you need to enter the shopping center through one of the entrances, where a sign greets us.
This is not an exit from the shopping center, it is the most popular entrance to the bridge leading to the MCC station. There is another one, but it is located inconspicuously and almost no one walks through it. We don’t know how we managed to lobby for this, but the traffic flow of the shopping center should now increase significantly.
It's nice to walk along a new clean passage.
We go through the turnstiles to the station, holding the Troika card that we used in the metro to the reader. Our trip counts as a transfer, and the trip to the MCC will be free.
The Moscow railway ring has existed since the 19th century, and until the 30s of the 20th century it was used not only for freight, but also for passenger transportation. But then the metro appeared, and the project was abandoned. In those years, the word “metro” was still masculine.
Look at the photo, a girl with bare legs at minus 10. Where are the parents looking? Previously, they only took off their hats when leaving the house, but now they also roll up their pants.
While Pasha was looking at the diagram in the center of the station, a woman approached and tried to understand how far one of the MCC stations in the south was from the metro station.
The long-awaited Swallow is a Siemens train, created by the Germans at the request of Russian Railways and adapted to the requirements of our roads. Russians have been riding Lastochka for a long time in Sochi, Nizhny Novgorod and, since last year, in Tver.
According to our observations, quite a lot of people use the MCC even in the middle of a weekday.
It’s great that we managed to purchase such modern trains for urban public transport. The train is warm, light, Wi-Fi works, it’s clean and comfortable to sit in, and there’s even a toilet in the first and last cars. Well, what a miracle!
Lastochka is a class of urban transport comfort never seen before in Russia. The carriage has excellent sound insulation, which adds a “luxury” feel. The train doesn't move, it flies!
We drive mainly through industrial zones.
And this station is named after the street of the same name in the west of Moscow.
The display indicates not only the time and temperature, but also the speed of movement. In some sections, the Swallow accelerates to 100 km/h. We choose the MCC, and you stand there :)
There is even a shelf like this. What would it be used for? :)
We pass Moscow City and the Moscow River. Correct endings? :)
The design of the stations is mostly standard, all have a scoreboard and a rain roof. The downside: you have to wait outside for the train, and the interval varies from about ten minutes in the early morning, afternoon and late evening to three minutes during rush hours. Ten minutes in the cold is not everyone's cup of tea.
Metro map at the station from Lebedev Studio.
Approximately half of the MCC stations have surface passages to the nearest metro or railway stations. At Baltiyskaya, where we boarded, the transfer took about ten minutes. The transition from Luzhniki station to Sportivnaya metro station will take only a couple of minutes, passengers are in luck here.
The towers of the “Business Center” are visible in the distance in the haze. There is also a ring station there.
The train has arrived, let's move on. The first and last carriages are equipped with places for transporting bicycles. We’ve already figured out how we’ll go for a ride in Moscow parks in the summer: Izmailovsky Park and Sokolniki are located in pleasant proximity to the MCC stations.
In the area of the ZIL plant, a grand demolition of houses and the construction of new real estate are taking place.
It is very unusual to see a toilet on public transport in Moscow.
The inside of the toilet is no longer as fresh as it used to be, but it’s tolerable for now. We hope that the trains and stations will be constantly looked after, otherwise it will all get clogged up very quickly, literally and figuratively.
Toilet selfie from Lena. Our first report from Zlatoglavaya, by the way. We are thinking about what else to photograph in Moscow, write your recommendations.
We arrived at the Izmailovo station, decided to take a break and walk into the city. We leave the doors of the ring station.
Tickets can be bought from vending machines, just like in the subway.
We find ourselves in the station building, where there will soon be a shopping center.
Now the stores are closed, and this may continue for quite some time. Russian Railways has a talent for long-term construction; the installation of new pavilions at Leningradsky Station takes years.
The width of the escalator is such that only one person can fit in the width; you cannot run quickly on the left.
Entrance to the transition.
Russian realities: the hacks designed the passage in such a way that it would be impossible to open the outer door.
It’s cold in the passage, but it’s clear that heating the street is too expensive.
Nearby are the buildings of the Izmailovo Hotel and the Izmailovo Kremlin.
We come out of the passage, go straight, and there is some kind of homeless shopping center selling sausages in dough. Moscow, you are infinitely diverse :)
As an epilogue:
Never in our memory has a new type of transport been opened in Moscow (the monorail does not count). It will probably never open again; such miracles don’t happen very often.
We ourselves tried to come up with useful routes around Moscow for the MCC, but apart from transporting bikes to forest parks, we couldn’t come up with anything; all our routes will remain on the metro, minibuses and electric trains. We hope that Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to adapt this type of transport to their needs, and this will at least slightly relieve the congestion on the Moscow metro and commuter trains.
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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 end up 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 approximately 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 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 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 by 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
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3. The road was opened with a large number 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.
