TASS-DOSSIER /Valery Korneev/. On September 10, passenger traffic opens in Moscow on the Moscow Central Circle (MCC), an intracity ring line of passenger electric trains that uses the infrastructure of the Small Circle of Moscow railway(MK MZD).
The line is integrated with the Moscow metro (in the metro system it is assigned the number 14) and radial railway lines.
Stations and transfers
The total length of the Moscow Central Circle is 54 km. A total of 31 passenger platforms have been built on the MCC. It is expected that 26 platforms will open for passenger traffic on September 10, 2016, the remaining 5 by the end of 2016.
Transfers to the Moscow Metro lines are planned from 17 stations. Five transfers to metro stations from the very beginning will be carried out “in a warm circuit” (without going outside): to “Kutuzovskaya”, “Delovoy Tsentr”, “Vladykino”, Cherkizovskaya” and “Leninsky Prospekt”. In 2016, after the opening station "Shelepikha" of the Third Interchange Circuit, transport interchange hubs will be built that will provide transitions "in a warm circuit" to the metro stations "Partizanskaya", "Botanical Garden", "Rokossovsky Boulevard", as well as the stations under construction "Nizhegorodskaya" and "Okruzhnaya" ".
At other stations, you will need to go outside to transfer: for example, a transfer from the Baltiyskaya MCC station to the Voykovskaya metro station will take about 12 minutes.
In 2016, five transfers to electric trains in five directions will operate - Kazansky, Leningradsky, Belorussky, Yaroslavsky and Smolensky. Four more transfers - to Paveletskoye, Rizhskoye, Kursk, Gorky directions - will open in the coming years after the existing platforms are moved. The only direction of commuter trains with which transfers are not provided is Kyiv.
Also, transfers to 273 ground public transport routes will be organized from MCC stations.
Fare
During the first month of operation of the MCC (until October 10, 2016), travel along the ring will be free for passengers.
In the future, travel will be carried out using travel tickets and transport cards (Unified, 90 minutes, Troika) in accordance with metro tariffs while maintaining all existing social benefits.
At the same time, with a ticket for one trip it will be possible to make a triple transfer: metro - MCC - metro.
Operating hours, intervals
Opening hours - from 05.30 to 01.00 - coincide with the schedule of the capital's metro.
6 minutes - intervals during rush hours, 11-15 minutes - at other times. As the demand for the line increases, the intervals may decrease.
A circular drive around the entire ring will take 75-85 minutes.
Rolling stock
Every day, 30 five-car ES2G Lastochka trains (Siemens Desiro RUS), manufactured at the Ural Railway Engineering Plant, will operate on the MCC. Three more trains will be in reserve. Maintenance trains will be operated by Siemens (under an agreement concluded at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2015) at the Podmoskovnoye depot, located in the Moscow districts of Sokol and Airport.
Each train can accommodate 1,200 passengers; Lastochka can also carry up to 12 bicycles. The trains are equipped with climate control systems, toilets, 220 V sockets and Wi-Fi. The doors will open with buttons at the request of passengers.
The maximum design speed of the Lastochka is 160 km/h. However, on the MCC, due to frequent stops, trains will only be able to reach a speed of 80 km/h. The average route speed will be about 40 km/h.
In total, up to 134 pairs of trains will run on the MCC per day.
Project cost
The MCC construction budget is 130.3 billion rubles. In total, 74.8 billion rubles were allocated from the federal budget, investments from the Moscow government amounted to 15.5 billion rubles. Another about 40 billion rubles. private investors will invest in the construction of transport hubs.
Freight traffic
Freight traffic on the line will remain at reduced volumes only at night. Currently there are 12 operating freight stations on the ring.
MCC goals
The main goal of the project is to relieve congestion at railway stations, central parts of metro lines and create new short routes. The Moscow General Plan Institute expects that the introduction of the MCC will reduce passenger traffic on the Sokolnicheskaya metro line by 20%, on the Circle Line by 15%, on Lyublinskaya by 14%, on Filevskaya by 12%, on Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya by 18% and Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya - by 5%.
The load on Kazansky station will decrease by 30%, on Kursky - by 40%, on Yaroslavsky - by 20%, on Rizhsky - by 30%, on Leningradsky - by 20%.
It is planned that by September 2017 Moscow central ring will carry 75 million passengers, 34.5 million of whom will use the road to transfer from the metro, 20.2 million from electric trains, 12.7 million from ground urban transport, and 7.5 million will be citizens living next to the MCC.
By 2025, the MCC is expected to transport 300 million passengers a year, and the line itself will create up to 40 thousand new jobs after the development of the areas closest to the stations.
MCC section on the official website of the Moscow Metro -
We built it for youExtra time
The Moscow Central Circle is part of the transport system of the future capital.
It gives the city an alternative to choosing new routes, reduces the load on the metro and train stations in the city center and makes a trip around Moscow an average 20 minutes Briefly speaking.
About the MCC project
The city train is the new kind public transport, which appeared in the capital on September 10, 2016 with the opening of the Moscow Central Circle (MCC).
The new generation Lastochka trains run along the railway ring during metro operation. You won’t have to wait more than 6 minutes for an electric train during rush hours, and you can change to the metro for free - the MCC has the same pass as the metro.
Marat Khusnullin, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Development Policy and Construction:
The launch of traffic on the Moscow Central Circle is a breakthrough project for the capital. MCC will be built in the city new system transport logistics. There will be a redistribution of transit flows from the center to the middle part of the city, adjacent territories will become more accessible, passenger traffic in the metro will decrease and roads will be partially cleared.
The load on the main metro lines, primarily the Circle Line and central interchange stations, will be reduced by more than 15%.
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District
LocationThe intersection of Station Street and Lokomotivny Proezd
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 4600 people
2025 - 11,600 people
Transfer
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Art. District Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line (2017)
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№ 154, 238, 24, 24k, 282, 692, 82, 85, 114, 149, 170, 179, 191, 206, 215, 215k, 63, 656
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№ 36, 47, 56, 78
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pl. Okruzhnaya (Savelovskoe direction of the Moscow Railway)
By the time traffic on the MCC was launched in September 2016, the Okruzhnaya transport hub had only a transfer to the Savyolovskaya Railway. A metro transfer will appear in 2017, when construction of the Okruzhnaya station on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line is completed.
Likhobory
LocationThe intersection of Cherepanov passage and the Oktyabrskaya railway
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 5900 people
2025 - 8900 people
Transfer
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№ 114, 123, 179, 204, 87
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Pl. NATI (Leningrad direction of Railways)
From the Likhobory station there is a transfer to the NATI platform of the Leningrad direction of the Oktyabrskaya railway, as well as to ground urban passenger transport from new stopping points along Cherepanov Passage.
Koptevo
(opened October 2016)
Location
In the area of Cherepanov passage 24
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 7600 people
2025 - 9200 people
Transfer
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№ 123, 621, 90, 22, 72, 801, 87
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№ 23, 30
From the Koptevo station, via an overpass you can go to the tram ring of routes running from the Voykovskaya and Timiryazevskaya metro stations, as well as to bus stops on Mikhalkovskaya Street.
Baltic
LocationIn the area of Leningradskoe highway, no. 16A. 7
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 3100 people
2025 - 7600 people
Transfer
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Art. "Voikovskaya" Zamoskvoretskaya line (pedestrian gallery through the Metropolis shopping center)
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№ 780, 905, N1, 114, 179, 204, 621, 90
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№ 57, 43, 43k, 6
| 1000 parking spaces | 2025 |
From the Baltiyskaya MCC station you can transfer to city passenger transport (bus, trolleybuses and minibuses). For this purpose, new stops have been installed along Admiral Makarov Street and Novopetrovsky Proezd. A pedestrian crossing from the street was also built over the railway tracks. Admiral Makarov to Novopetrovsky Proezd, it is connected to the Metropolis shopping center, from where you can go to the Voikovskaya metro station.
Adjacent to the northwestern part of the station is the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo natural and historical park, created on the basis of the park of the former Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo estate.
Streshnevo
LocationIn the area of Svetly proezd no. 4
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 4700 people
2025 - 5700 people
Transfer
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№ 12, 70, 82
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Pl. Streshnevo (Riga direction of the Moscow Railway, promising, 2017)
| 43 parking spaces | – | 2017 |
In 2017, a transfer will be organized from the Streshnevo MCC station to the new Streshnevo platform of the Riga direction of the railway. Now from here you can transfer to ground urban passenger transport. New stops have been installed along 1st Krasnogorsky Proezd and Volokolamsk Highway.
On the northern side, the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo natural and historical park adjoins the Streshnevo station.
Panfilovskaya
(opened October 2016)
Location
The intersection of Panfilov and Alabyan streets
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 4100 people
2025 - 5300 people
Transfer
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№ 100, 105, 26, 691, 88, 800
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№ 19, 59, 61
For a convenient transfer from the Panfilovskaya station to ground public transport, new stops with drive-in pockets have been installed on Panfilov Street. Three overpasses were also built.
Within walking distance from Panfilovskaya there is the Oktyabrskoye Pole station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya metro line.
To the northeast of the station there is a monument cultural heritage"Architectural and planning complex of the village of Sokol." Nearby is the Fraternal Cemetery for soldiers who died in the war of 1914 and the sisters of mercy of Moscow communities, as well as the Birch Grove park.
Sorge
(opened October 2016)
Location
In the area of st. Sorge d.21
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 1900 people
2025 - 3500 people
Transfer
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№ 48, 64, 39, 39k
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№ 43, 86, 65
Not far from the planned territory is the Oktyabrskoye Pole station of the Moscow Metro.
From the Sorge MCC station you can transfer to ground urban passenger transport. For this purpose, new stops with drive-in pockets are planned to be built on Sorge and Marshal Biryuzov streets.
Khoroshevo
LocationIn the area of Khoroshevskoe highway no. 43
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 3000 people
2025 - 3400 people
Transfer
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Art. "Polezhaevskaya" Tagansko-Krasnopresneskaya line (pedestrian connection)
Art. "Khoroshevskaya" of the Third Interchange Circuit (prospective, pedestrian connection)
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№ 39, 39k, 155, 155k, 271, 294, 48, 800
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№ 20, 20k, 21, 35, 35k, 43, 85, 86
To transfer from the Khoroshevo MCC station to ground urban passenger transport, new stops with drive-in pockets have been installed on 3rd Khoroshevskaya Street and Marshal Zhukov Avenue. Within walking distance from Khoroshevo there is the Polezhaevskaya metro station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line.
Partially, the platforms of the Khoroshevo station are located on the overpass above the Khoroshevskoe highway and form a single whole with it.
Shelepikha
LocationThe intersection of Shmitovsky Proezd and 3rd Magistralnaya Street
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2025 - 31,200 people
Transfer
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Art. “Shelepikha” Third transfer circuit (warm circuit)
(by 2025)
| Multi-level parking | 680 parking spaces |
| Multi-level parking | 800 parking spaces |
| Multi-level parking | 500 parking spaces |
From the Shelepikha station you can transfer to the Testovskaya platform of the Smolensk direction of the railway, and at the end of 2016 to the new Shelepikha metro station of the Third Interchange Circuit.
Business center
LocationNear the Mezhdunarodnaya metro station on the Filevskaya line
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 10,400 people
2025 - 13900 people
Transfer
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Art. "International" Filevskaya line
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Pl. Testovskaya (Smolensk direction of the Moscow Railway)
A terminal with ticket offices and turnstiles of the Delovoy Tsentr MCC station was built under the overpass of the Third Transport Ring, which is connected to the northern pavilion of the Mezhdunarodnaya metro station. Thus, from the Delovoy Tsentr MCC station you can immediately go down to the metro lobby, as well as exit onto Testovskaya Street to the stops of ground public transport or through an underground pedestrian crossing to Moscow City. There will also be an exit to the opposite side to the Botanical Garden.
The Delovoi Tsentr transport hub will be one of the largest on the MCC. Walking communication is provided to the Testovskaya platform in the Smolensk direction. It is also 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 building area is 151 thousand square meters. m.
Kutuzovskaya
LocationNear the Kutuzovskaya metro station on the Filevskaya line
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 5800 people
2025 - 10,000 people
Transfer
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Art. "Kutuzovskaya" Filevskaya line (pedestrian connection)
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№ 116, 157, 205, 477, 840, 91, N2
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№ 2, 39, 44, 7
From the Kutuzovskaya MCC station you can transfer to the Kutuzovskaya station of the Filevskaya metro line, as well as to ground urban passenger transport.
Luzhniki
LocationIn the area of st. Khamovnichesky Val, 37
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 6500 people
2025 - 9800 people
Transfer
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"Sportivnaya" Sokolnicheskaya line
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№ 15, 5, 132, 64
Luzhniki station consists of two shore-type landing platforms and a ground-based vestibule with access to the street. Khamovnichesky Val.
You can transfer to the Sportivnaya station on the Sokolnicheskaya metro line, as well as to ground city passenger transport.
Luzhniki station will become the main transport hub for the main arena of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Gagarin Square
LocationNear the Leninsky Prospekt metro station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 9200 people
2025 - 14,500 people
Transfer
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Art. "Leninsky Prospekt" Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
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№ 111, 144, N1, 196
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№ 14, 39
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№ 33, 33k, 4, 62, 7, 84
From the Gagarin Square MCC station, you can use an underground pedestrian crossing to transfer to the Leninsky Prospekt station of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line of the Moscow Metro, as well as to ground urban passenger transport. "Gagarin Square" is the only MCC station located underground.
Crimean
LocationIn the area of Sevastopolsky Prospekt 12
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 5700 people
2025 - 7000 people
Transfer
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№ 121, 41, 826
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№ 26, 38
An overground pedestrian crossing with exits to the Krymskaya station was built between 4th Zagorodny Proezd and Sevastopolsky Prospekt. Ground urban transport stops along 4th Zagorodny Proezd have been reconstructed with the installation of drive-in pockets.
Adjacent to the station’s borders from the north-west is the security zone of the cultural heritage site “Kanatchikova Dacha” (Psychiatric Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N.A. Alekseev).
Verkhniye Kotly
LocationAt the intersection of Warsaw Highway and Nagorny Proezd
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 3000 people
2025 - 5400 people
Transfer
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№ 25, 44, 142, 147, 275, 700
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№ 16, 3, 35, 47
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№ 1, 1k, 40, 71, 8
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Paveletsky direction of the Moscow Railway (promising, 2017)
The Verkhnie Kotly MCC station will provide a transfer to ground urban passenger transport. In 2017, a transfer to the Paveletskaya direction of the Moscow Railway will be organized from here, for which a new platform will be built.
ZIL
LocationIn the area of 2nd Kozhukhovsky proezd, no. 23
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 7200 people
2025 - 11,800 people
Transfer
As part of the ZIL MCC station, two terminals with ticket offices and turnstiles were built - southern and northern with external and inside from the railway tracks. In the future, an administrative and business building with retail facilities will be erected here, a parking lot, and above-ground and underground parking will be equipped. For public transport, a turning area will be organized on the western side of the MCC and a road network will be developed.
From the ZIL station you can go towards the Ice Palace “Park of Legends” and to the stops of ground public transport (on the outside of the MCC).
Avtozavodskaya
LocationIn the area of 2nd Kozhukhovsky proezd, no. 15
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 6100 people
2025 - 7600 people
Transfer
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Art. "Avtozavodskaya" Zamoskvoretskaya line (pedestrian connection)
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№ 186, 216, 263, 8, 142, 193, 291, 44, 142, 193, 291, 44
From the Avtozavodskaya MCC station you can transfer to the Avtozavodskaya station of the Zamoskvoretskaya metro line, as well as to ground urban passenger transport.
Dubrovka
LocationIn the area of 2nd Mashinostroeniya Street, 40
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 9200 people
2025 - 15,100 people
Transfer
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Art. "Dubrovka" (pedestrian connection)
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№ 161, 193, 9, 670, 186, 633
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№ 20, 40, 43, 12
Near the Dubrovka MCC station there is the Dubrovka metro station of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line. You can also transfer to ground urban passenger transport.
Ugreshskaya
LocationIn the area of 2nd Ugreshsky passage
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 3700 people
2025 - 7300 people
Transfer
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№ 20,40,43
At the Ugreshskaya station, two passenger terminals and an elevated pedestrian crossing were built. In the future, it is planned to build a technological link from the northern passenger terminal of the Ugreshskaya transport hub to Volgogradsky Prospekt.
Novokhokhlovskaya
LocationIn the area of Novokhokhlovskaya street vl. 89
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 6800 people
2025 - 18,300 people
Transfer
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№ 106, new routes
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Pl. Novokhokhlovskaya (Kursk direction of the Moscow Railway, promising, 2017)
Now from the Novokhokhlovskaya station you can only transfer to ground urban passenger transport. And in 2017, a transfer to the Kursk direction of the railway will be organized here, for which a new platform will be built.
Nizhny Novgorod
LocationIn the area of Nizhegorodskaya street no. 105
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 15,500 people
2025 - 22200 people
Transfer
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Art. “Nizhegorodskaya street” (Kozhukhovskaya line, promising, 2018)
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№ 143, 143k, 279, 29k, 51, 805, 59, 759, 859
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Pl. Karacharovo (Gorky direction of the Moscow Railway)
From the Nizhegorodskaya MCC station you can transfer to the Karacharovo platform of the Gorky direction of the railway, as well as to ground urban passenger transport. In 2018, this transport hub will include the Nizhegorodskaya Street station of the Kozhukhovskaya metro line.
Andronovka
LocationIn the area of the Freser platform of the Kazan direction of the railway
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 4800 people
2025 - 9100 people
Transfer
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Pl. Frezer (Kazan direction of Moscow Railways)
| 60 parking spaces | 2016 |
From the Andronovka MCC station you can transfer to the Freser railway platform and ground urban passenger transport, which goes to the Aviamotornaya station of the Kalininskaya metro line.
Near the Andronovka station there is the historical territory “Behind the Kamer-Kollezhsky Val” (a cultural heritage site - a residential building), as well as a complex of buildings and structures of the Moscow Circular Railway (1903-1908, architect A.N. Pomerantsev, engineer A.D. Proskuryakov).
Highway Enthusiasts
LocationIntersection of the North-East Expressway and Entuziastov Highway
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 9300 people
2025 - 12800 people
Transfer
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Art. "Highway Enthusiasts" Kalininskaya line (pedestrian connection)
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№ 141, 36, 83, 125, 141, 254, 702, 214, 46, 659
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№ 24, 34, 36, 37, 8
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№ 30, 53, 68
Passengers exit from the MCC platform into an underground pedestrian crossing that connects the street. Utkina and Entuziastov highway.
Falcon Hill
LocationCrossing 8th St. Sokolinaya Gora with Okruzhny Proezd
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 5000 people
2025 - 5600 people
Transfer
The nearest metro stations 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.
Izmailovo
LocationIn the area of Okruzhny proezd no. 16
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 5500 people
2025 - 7000 people
Transfer
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Art. "Partizanskaya" Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line (pedestrian connection)
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№ 20, 211
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№ 11, 34 , 32
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№ 22, 87
The Izmailovo station on the MCC and the Partizanskaya metro station will be connected by an elevated pedestrian crossing that will stretch from Okruzhny Passage over the roadway of the North-Eastern Expressway. The two passage lobbies contain ticket offices, sanitary rooms and elevators.
Locomotive
LocationIn the area of the southern lobby of the Cherkizovskaya metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya line
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 5800 people
2025 - 10,100 people
Transfer
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Art. "Cherkizovskaya" (warm circuit)
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№ 171, 230, 34, 34k, 52, 716, 716s
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№ 32, 41, 83
Transfer to the Cherkizovskaya metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya line is carried out via the pedestrian gallery. To transfer to city passenger transport, new stops were built along Okruzhny Proezd near the pavilions of the Cherkizovskaya metro station.
Rokossovsky Boulevard
LocationNear the metro station "Rokossovsky Boulevard" of the Sokolnicheskaya line
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 3500 people
2025 - 7400 people
Transfer
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Art. "Rokossovsky Boulevard" Sokolnicheskaya Line (pedestrian connection)
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№ 265, 80, 86, 86k, 3, 75, 775, 822
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№ 213, 36, 2, 29, 33, 46, 4l, 7
The metro station of the same name and the MCC "Rokossovsky Boulevard" are located within walking distance of each other. You can also transfer to ground urban passenger transport. For this purpose, new stops have been built along Otkrytoye Highway, 6th Podbelsky Passage and Ivanteevskaya Street.
White stone
LocationEastern administrative district of Moscow within the boundaries National Park « Losiny Island»
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 2500 people
2025 - 3500 people
Transfer
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by ground transport to the station. "Rokossovsky Boulevard" Sokolnicheskaya Line
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№ 75,822
The nearest metro station is the Rokossovsky Boulevard station on the Sokolnicheskaya metro line, which is located at the intersection of Ivanteevskaya Street and Otkrytoye Shosse.
From the Belokamennaya MCC station you can transfer to city buses. For public transport there is a turning area on Yauzskaya Alley street.
Rostokino
LocationProjected passage No. 1214
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 15,100 people
2025 - 18,500 people
Transfer
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№ 136, 172, 244, 316, 317, 388, 392, 425, 451, 499, 551, 576, 789, 834, 93
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№ 14, 76
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Pl. Severyanin (Yaroslavl direction of the Moscow Railway)
From the Rostokino MCC station you can transfer to the Severyanin platform of the Yaroslavl Railway, as well as to ground urban passenger transport: new stops, a parking lot and a turning area for buses have been built here.
Adjacent to the Rostokino station from the east is the State national park"Elk Island"
Botanical Garden
LocationSerebryakova passage, vl. 2
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 7400 people
2025 - 9800 people
Transfer
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Art. "Botanical Garden" of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
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№ 154, 33, 603, 71, 195, 134, 185, 61, 628, 789
The MCC "Botanical Garden" station is located near the "Botanical Garden" metro station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line. The transfer is carried out via an underground pedestrian crossing under the railway, which connects Serebryakova passage and 1st street. Leonova.
Vladykino
LocationNear the Vladykino metro station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line
Passenger traffic during peak hours
2017 - 7700 people
2025 - 11,800 people
Transfer
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Art. "Vladykino" Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line
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№ 259, 33, 53, 637, 154, 238, 33, 637, 24, 24k, 76, 85
An elevated pedestrian crossing leads from the MCC platform to the Vladykino metro station, which will connect the southern and northern metro lobbies. A parking lot and a turning area for ground urban passenger transport have also been built here.
54 km
Total ring length
31 stations
Moscow Central Circle (MCC)
Advantages of the MCC
Urban areas
got closer
Downtown
became freer
Transport network created
with many transfers
More than 350 possible options routes around the city
The railway ring passes through 26 districts of Moscow, where about 2 million people live
IN FIVE AREAS OF MCC WILL BE THE FIRST TYPE OF OFF-STREET TRANSPORT THAT IS NOT DEPENDENT ON THE WEATHER AND TRAFFIC TRAFFIC
Metrotown
Beskudnikovsky
Khoroshevo-Mnevniki
Nizhny Novgorod
(430 thousand people)
Total area of the zone of influence of the ringestimated at 10.8 thousand hectares
or about 12% of the territory of Moscow inside the Moscow Ring Road.
Passenger traffic growth
up to 300 million people per year
from 2025 - 2030
Metro lines will become freer
34.5 million people per year will transfer from the metro to the MCC
Moscow stations will be short of passengers
With the opening of passenger traffic on the MCC, congestion will be significantly relieved
several metro lines, as well as capital train stations. Residents of the Moscow region, entering the capital on commuter trains, will more often get off the train before reaching the final station, that is, the train station.
It will be freer during peak hours
12.7 million passengers will transfer to the MCC from buses
7.5 million passengers will be residents of nearby houses
Rates
You can pay for travel with tickets “United”, “90 minutes”, “Troika” card32 RUR
20 trips - 747 c 40 trips - 1494 c 60 trips - 1765 c
60 c
FREE transfer from MCC to metro
and back - within 90 minutes
him on the turnstile. Without paying for travel again, you can also make a triple transplant:
metro - MCC - metro
By creating a unique transport system, Moscow integrated the MCC into the existing transport network of the city and, most importantly, into the Moscow Metro system. The MCC became the surface ring line of the capital's subway.
You can pay for your ticket at the ticket office at any MCC station by bank card.
In the future it is planned to introduce modern technologies fare payment: NFC (toll payment using mobile phone), Pay Pass / Pay Wave (contactless payment by bank card).
"Without the sound of wheels"
The fast “Swallows” reach speeds of up to 160 km/h, but at the same time do not cause “noisy inconvenience” to citizens.
All electrified rolling stock is noticeably quieter than diesel locomotives and meets modern environmental requirements.
Protective screens will protect citizens from unnecessary noise
and the creation of the so-called “velvet road” - without the sound of wheels.
This technology involves laying railway tracks using special technology in separate 800-meter sections.
Why will the city train become a popular mode of transport among Muscovites?
A trip along the MCC will be many times more comfortable than in the metro. 110 “swallows” ply along the railway ring, each designed for 1,200 people.
New generation city electric trains are equipped with
Security on the MCC
Rail transport traditionally remains one of the most dangerous in the world. However, emergency situations do not occur with trains, but with inattentive passengers who step onto the rails in prohibited places.
A fence has been installed along the entire perimeter of the MCC, which will prevent unauthorized access to the railway tracks.
The total length of the fence was 108 km
Part of the fence (16 km) is noisy protective screens, which were installed within the boundaries of residential development.
Free pass
– does NOT mean uncontrolled
On the Moscow Central Circle, all transport security measures applied in the metro and railway are implemented. For example, profiling will also be carried out here.
Profiling
This method evaluates and predicts human behavior based on the analysis of characteristics of appearance, non-verbal and verbal behavior.
There will also be a traditional search like in the subway. Increased protection for passengers will be provided through a modern turnstile system, detector frames and CCTV, as well as the creation of a separate police unit.
Transport hubs
It will be possible to change from one type of transport to another in a matter of minutes using transport interchange hubs (TPU). They consist of terminals with ticket offices and turnstiles, as well as a system of covered pedestrian galleries - overhead and underground passages that protect passengers from bad weather.
- 31
MCC station
- 17
transfers to 11 metro lines
- 10
transfers to 9 radial railway directions
All stations provide a transfer to city public transport
buses, trams, trolleybuses and autolines
Passengers don’t even have to go outside, which is why this type of transfer is called the “principle” dry feet».
Now ground urban transport brings citizens directly to the ring stations
In the future, transport hubs will become multifunctional: they will include offices, shopping malls, shops and cafes. Investors will invest money in the construction of the commercial part; the city, using funds from the Moscow budget, is building only the technological part of the hub, which performs a transport function. This concept meets the interests of investors, for whom it is important to recoup their investments in construction, and the needs of citizens, who will be able to find work or receive necessary services close to home.
In the future, some long-distance trains will be able to disembark passengers before reaching the station. By using the MCC, people will be able to save their time, and train stations in the center of Moscow will become freer.
Parking and rides
There will also be an increase in passengers on the MCC due to some motorists who will choose “traffic-free” movement around the city on rail transport. This will relieve some of the load from overcrowded city highways.
You will be able to park your car in the parking lots at 17 stations Moscow Central Circle. They are ready to accept 2 thousand cars.
These parking lots will operate in the same mode as intercept parking lots at metro stations, of which there are 31 (capacity - 6.6 thousand cars). The largest of them, for 1.48 thousand cars, is located at the Annino metro station.
The Moscow Central Circle will breathe life into abandoned areas around
For 90 years, the district railway was used for the delivery of goods.
During the USSR, the necessary load was given to her by utility and industrial enterprises located around. But gradually production fell into decline, and these days these sites are, at best, used for warehouses, and more often they are simply idle.
The MCC is a unique project not only from the point of view of developing transport infrastructure, but also from the point of view of creating new jobs.
After the introduction of new real estate in the area of the MCC stations, about 40 thousand jobs will be created.
Investors have already expressed their readiness to invest in the development of areas around 11 MCC stations. Among them:
"Botanical Garden"
"Vladykino"
"Yaroslavskaya"
"Open Highway"
"Novokhokhlovskaya"
"ZIL"
"Warsaw highway"
"Business center"
"Shelepikha"
"Novopeschanaya"
"Nikolaevskaya"
Attracting private investment will allow Moscow to save budget money and direct it to the development of social and transport infrastructure in other areas of the city.
Former industrial zones will turn into new urban areas
Around the ring, according to calculations by the General Plan Institute, the following can be built:
750 thousand sq. m of commercial real estate.
Of them 300 thousand “squares”- hotels,
250 thousand - trading platforms,
200 thousand - new offices and technology parks.
Moscow has the right to expect that developers will be interested in investing in real estate construction, because after the launch of the MCC, the cost of land around it will increase significantly. The former industrial zones around the MCC fell into disrepair: these territories required integrated approach. And putting the lands around the railway ring in order became the largest urban improvement project in 2016. Every day, 25.9 thousand people were involved in the improvement of the MCC in the summer of 2016. However, the work was not aimed only at improving appearance stations, the task was also to create convenient pedestrian connections between the MCC and ground urban transport stops.
- 2,800 trees were planted on the MCC.
- Renovated facades 111 56 historical buildings. Near 11 stations view zones are created.
The historical Kanatchikovo station on the MCC will not open to passengers, but will become an interesting excursion site.
Two residential buildings, a gatehouse, a centralization booth and a warehouse have also been preserved. The Kanatchikovo station has adorned the Moscow Central Circle, being of value to anyone interested in the history of Moscow railways and urban architecture.
This decision is due to the low passenger traffic in this area. "Kanatchikovo" is located between the stops "Krymskaya" and "Ploshchad Gagarina" parallel to Kanatchikovsky Proezd. The two-story station building from the early 20th century is a cultural heritage site.
1903
Moscow Central Circle in its entirety
integrated into the Moscow metro system.
Sergei Witte
History of the creation of the MCC
In 2018, the Moscow Central Circle will celebrate a unique anniversary: Emperor Nicholas II made the decision to build the “Ring Railway” in Moscow in the fall of 1897.
The project was initiated by a great enthusiast railway transport, Minister of Finance Russian Empire Sergei Witte. The circular railway was of great national importance, so the best Russian engineers and architects were involved in the project.
For 110 years, the MCC’s mission has not changed: saving passengers’ time.
On 50
versts (54 km) was built
14 stations
2
stopping points
30
overpasses
72 bridges
(of which 4 are through
Moscow River)
35 pairs of trains ran along the district per day. Passenger transportation on the MCC did not last long; they were stopped due to unprofitability. For more than a century, the railway ring was used only for the transport of goods and served the industrial zones around it.
The idea of restoring passenger traffic never left Moscow city planners, but work began only in 2012.
It was necessary to completely update the infrastructure: electrify the road, relay the rails and, most importantly, reconstruct eight overpasses at the intersection with highways in order to raise them to a height that would allow new trains to pass through.
The first passengers traveled along the district on September 10, 2016. On the eve of this event, the road was given a new name - the Moscow Central Circle (MCC).
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The opening of the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) took place on September 10, 2016. 31 stations are available for passengers. A RIAMO correspondent learned how to use a new type of urban transport.
On the day of launch, 26 stations were put into operation: Okruzhnaya, Likhobory, Baltiyskaya, Streshnevo, Shelepikha, Khoroshevo, Delovoy Tsentr, Kutuzovskaya, Luzhniki, Gagarin Square ", "Crimean", "Upper Boilers", "Vladykino", "Botanical Garden", "Rostokino", "Belokamennaya", "Rokossovsky Boulevard", "Lokomotiv", "Entuziastov Highway", "Nizhegorodskaya", "Novokhokhlovskaya", “Ugreshskaya”, “Avtozavodskaya”, “ZIL”, as well as “Izmailovo” and “Andronovka”.
In 2018, the construction of warm crossings will be completed: it will be possible to make transfers without going outside. A total of 350 transfers will be available for passengers, so travel time should be reduced by 3 times.
Fare
To access the MCC station, you can use any Moscow metro pass (Troika, Ediny, 90 Minutes), as well as social cards. Within 90 minutes from the moment the ticket is validated, transition from the metro to the MCC and back is free. Payment for travel by bank cards is also provided.
MCC schemes
Three variants of MCC schemes have been developed for passengers. The first, in addition to the metro lines and MCC stations, indicates the stages of opening stations and transitions, the distance between transfer stations and the time it will take to transfer.
The second version of the diagram will help commuters find their way: the map shows railway stations, existing metro lines, as well as MCC stations and “warm” metro transfers.
The third diagram shows the stops of ground urban transport near the MCC stations, as well as the interval of its movement during rush hour. For example, from the Luzhniki platform of the MCC you can go to the Sportivnaya metro station in 2 minutes. Buses number 806, 64, 132 and 255 regularly run there, so getting to the right place won't be difficult.
In addition, the map shows all the main attractions of the city, forest parks and nature reserves. Many of them are within walking distance from the MCC, for example, Losiny Ostrov Park and the Vorobyovy Gory Nature Reserve.
Transplants
The MCC is integrated into the Moscow public transport system with the possibility of transfer to the metro, Moscow Railway trains and ground public transport.
From September 10, you can transfer from the MCC to the metro at 11 stations (“Business Center”, “Kutuzovskaya”, “Luzhniki”, “Lokomotiv”, “Gagarin Square”, “Vladykino”, “Botanical Garden”, “Rokossovsky Boulevard”, “ Voykovskaya”, “Shosse Entuziastov”, “Avtozavodskaya”), by train - on five (“Rostokino”, “Andronovka”, “Okruzhnaya”, “Business Center”, “Likhobory”).
By the end of 2016, the number of transfer hubs will increase to 14 and 6, respectively, and in 2018 there will be 17 transfers from the MCC to the metro and 10 to the train.
To make a free metro-MCC-metro transfer (within an interval of 90 minutes), you need to attach your metro travel document to the turnstile with a special yellow sticker at the entrance to the MCC station.
Passengers who are planning a trip only on the MCC or intend to make one metro transfer - MCC or vice versa, can apply their tickets to any turnstiles, including those without yellow stickers.
If you do not meet the 1.5 hour time limit, you will need to pay for the fare again when making a transfer.
Trains and intervals
New luxury trains “Lastochka”, with a capacity of 1,200 people, run on the MCC. Their maximum speed- 160 kilometers per hour, they run along the MCC from average speed 50 kilometers per hour.
The trains are equipped with air conditioning, dry closets, information panels, free Wi-Fi, sockets and bicycle racks.
The carriages open manually: to enter or exit, you need to press a special button installed on the doors. The buttons are active (green backlight) only after the train has stopped on the platform; at other times, for safety reasons, the doors are locked.
During morning and evening rush hours, the traffic interval is only 6 minutes. The rest of the time you need to wait for “Swallow” from 10 to 15 minutes.
Updating (activating) travel cards
In order to access the MCC using “90 minutes”, “United” for 20, 40 and 60 trips, “Troika” tickets purchased or topped up before September 1, 2016, you need to renew them. To do this, you can contact the metro or monorail ticket office, as well as the metro passenger agency (Boyarsky lane, 6) or service center"Moscow Transport" (Staraya Basmannaya St., 20, building 1).
Holders of a Strelka card to travel by train must exchange it at the metro ticket office for a card with the Troika application.
Activation is carried out without changing the balance of trips and the validity period of the ticket, while the new reprogrammed travel documents will allow free transfers from the metro to the MCC and back.
You can also update your Troika electronic card yourself by topping up your balance at ticket machines at stations, on the website troika.mos.ru, via SMS or at payment terminals. As for social cards, their activation is not required.
Help and navigation
To know detailed information For information on updating tickets, transfer hubs and navigation on the MCC, please contact consultants at the entrance to ring metro stations or at metro stations adjacent to the MCC. Volunteers will also help passengers navigate the new transport. A special mobile app, with which you can choose the optimal route.
Here you can see new convenient routes through the MCC.
The Moscow Central Circle (MCC) is an abbreviation that has been in use quite recently; the ring itself is used even less for passengers. On metro maps, the ring is indicated by line 14, although it looks a little different.
Metro or train
Circular railway, Small ring of the Moscow railway, Moscow ring railway, Moscow central ring - all these definitions in one form or another refer to the same object.
The first train at the Luzhniki station of the Moscow Central Circle. Photo: website/Andrey Perechitsky
In the new name - MCC - the mention of the railway has been removed, on metro maps it is indicated as line 14, transfers with the metro are free (even in the "metro - MCC - metro" option), a separate page for the MCC has been created on the metro website... So everything can be... Is the MCC a metro?
The MCC infrastructure itself (tracks, stations, etc.) belongs to Russian Railways. The ring is physically connected to other sections of the railways; the use of the ring for freight traffic is not canceled and is quite possible. The rolling stock, "Swallows", has been traveling on other sections of Russian railways for several years now. At MCC stations you can find workers in gray Russian Railways uniforms, information boards and part of the navigation at the MCC stations themselves - according to the brand book and Russian Railways standards. Even the turnstiles are like those at many suburban stations (albeit equipped with metro validators). So, is the MCC an electric train?
Navigation in the transition between platforms of the Khoroshevo station of the Moscow Central Circle. Photo: website/Andrey Perechitsky
If we approach the issue formally, then the MCC is a real railway, but in mass consciousness the use of the railway for movement within one city is still of little use, moreover, the MCC is integrated mainly with the metro, and the ring is a city transport, and not a suburban one, which includes the green electric trains familiar to citizens. This is also why navigation and tariffs are designed in such a way that the passenger feels that he is on the 14th metro line, although in fact the MCC, of course, is not a metro.
Turnstiles at Luzhniki station of the Moscow Central Circle. Photo: website/Andrey Perechitsky
In relation to the MCC, it is appropriate to use the term “urban train” - a type of transport in Russia that is not very common.
Abroad, this type of transport is widespread and quite popular. For example, in Germany, Austria, Switzerland there is an S-bahn, which occupies an intermediate position between urban public transport and classic commuter trains.
The MCC itself breaks the mold of many definitions, and similar debates have been going on on thematic forums for many months - “What is the new ring anyway?”
MCC, metro, monorail and ground transport– all these are elements of the city’s unified transport system, so asking the question “is the MCC part of the metro?” not entirely true. To the question “Does the MCC belong to the Moscow transport system?”, it is certainly correct and correct to answer “Yes”, as well as to a similar question regarding the metro or monorail.
The Lastochka train arrives at the Khoroshevo station of the Moscow Central Circle. Photo: website/Andrey Perechitsky
The main flow to the MCC should still be a transfer from the metro; there will be fewer “pure” independent trips around the ring. At the same time, such stations as Sorge (formerly Novopeschanaya), Krymskaya (formerly Sevastopolsky Prospekt), Streshnevo (formerly Volokolamskaya) have created (in the case of Sorge, they will create) new transport hubs. Residents of nearby houses and those who work nearby will definitely appreciate the appearance of these stations. Following this, new travel routes will appear.
Due to its specifics, part of the MCC route passes through industrial zones. But is it so important, because in the city appeared new transport ny corridor. And industrial zones will not always flash through the Swallow window. Novodevichy Convent, Moscow City, Losiny Island, Moscow River - the landscapes are more than diverse.
View from the MCC train window. Photo: website/Andrey Perechitsky
From the point of view of formal definitions, the MCC is more of an electric train than a metro; in fact, it is a new full-fledged element of the transport system. How relevant it is is a question for each individual passenger. In any case, new connections that reduce travel time are always good, especially for a metropolis like Moscow.
Impressions of the first passengers
Andrey Perechitsky
The capital's subway and the MCC, which has become the 14th line of the Moscow metro, use a single ticket system. Therefore, the trip can be paid for with “United”, “90 minutes”, “Troika” tickets.
Are there travel benefits?
The existing discounts on public transport fares in Moscow also apply to the MCC: for children under seven years of age, travel around the ring is free, and more than three million Muscovites can purchase travel tickets on preferential terms. These are war veterans and combatants, as well as members of their families, disabled people of groups I, II and III, disabled children, heroes of Russia, heroes Soviet Union and labor veterans. Students, schoolchildren, pensioners, orphans, parents and children from large families also have the right to preferential travel on the MCC.
26 stations, 6 transfers to electric trains and 12 to the metro: how not to get lost on the MCC?
Currently, 26 out of 31 stations are open on the MCC. They can make six transfers to commuter trains and 12 to the metro. Five more ring stations are due to open in October: Koptevo, Sorge, Dubrovka, Panfilovskaya and Sokolinaya Gora. By the end of the year there will be 14 metro transfers, and six train transfers. Transfers between metro stations and the MCC take no more than 10-12 minutes. The shortest and most comfortable ones do not require going outside - these are transitions in “warm contours” from the stations “Mezhdunarodnaya”, “Leninsky Prospekt”, “Cherkizovskaya”, “Vladykino”, “Kutuzovskaya”.
Maps and signs help passengers find out how to transfer to the metro and commuter trains, as well as quickly find access to the necessary buses, trolleybuses and trams. Diagrams of the ring, transfers to electric trains and metro stations, as well as signs indicating the exit to the stops and the route numbers of ground urban passenger transport are located at the stations.
Consultants will advise passengers on how to navigate the new mode of transport. They stand at the entrance to metro stations Circle line, as well as on those adjacent to the MCC. Consultants will tell you how to get to your destination easier, where to change trains, and what sights to see near the ring stations.
How to transfer from the metro to the MCC for free?
A single trip ticket allows you to transfer to the metro or monorail for free within 90 minutes.
If you plan to travel only along the MCC or are going to make one transfer - from the metro to the ring or vice versa - travel cards can be applied to any turnstiles.
You can change trains for free when traveling on the following routes: metro - MCC; metro - MCC - metro; MCC - metro - monorail; monorail - metro - MCC - metro.
You can use the free transfer only with tickets purchased after September 1, 2016. In all other cases, travel documents must be activated. To do this, just top up your account with an amount of one ruble or more.
When is the MCC open?
The first MCC trains pick up passengers at 05:45 from ZIL and Botanical Garden, the last train arrives at Andronovka station exactly at one in the morning. In general, the MCC's operating schedule coincides with the capital's subway - the ring is open for passengers from 05:30 to 01:00.
The first trains leave the line at 05:27 and begin moving with passengers at 05:45. Empty trains pick up people almost simultaneously from eight stations:
— ZIL — 05:45;
— Shelepikha — 05:49;
— Gagarin Square — 05:48;
— Baltic — 05:48;
— Botanical Garden — 05:45;
— District — 05:50;
— Highway Enthusiasts — 05:50;
— Ugreshskaya — 05:49.
At the same time, “Swallows” begin their journey along the ring at the same time both on weekdays and on weekends.
The last trains at night will reach the following stations with passengers:
— Nizhny Novgorod — 00:51;
— Baltic — 00:58;
— Andronovka — 01:00.
The interval of trains on the MCC during morning and evening rush hours is on average six minutes. The rest of the time - 12 minutes.
What trains run on the MCC?
High-speed electric trains "Lastochka" of increased comfort run along the ring. Their maximum speed is 120 kilometers per hour; they travel along the MCC at an average speed of 50 kilometers per hour. The trains are equipped with air conditioning, dry toilets, information panels, free Wi-Fi, sockets and bicycle racks.
The doors of the carriages open manually: to enter or exit, you need to press a special button installed on the doors. It only works when the train is completely stopped on the platform. When the doors are ready to open, the green signal lights up. At other times, due to security requirements, the doors are locked.
Unlike commuter trains, Lastochkas do not have vestibules. This allows passengers to quickly enter or leave the cabin at the desired stop.
A thermal curtain protects passengers on the Moscow Central Circle from the cold. A smart climate control system releases streams of warm air in front of the doors in the cars automatically, protecting against temperature changes. In addition, the climate control system disinfects the air, destroying possible infections and viruses.
Bicycles, dogs, roller skates and cats: all about the rules of travel
When using the MCC, you need to remember the safety requirements and obey the accepted travel rules. They have already been developed by the Department of Transport and the Moscow Metro. In some places they are not as strict as the rules for traveling on the city subway. The capital’s cyclists have probably already appreciated this, since in MCC train cars a bicycle can be transported unassembled on a special platform. In the capital's subway, the requirements are stricter: bicycles can only be transported unassembled, and children's bicycles must be carried in a case.
Large luggage is also allowed at the MCC. Its maximum size, with which you can travel around the ring without additional payment, should not exceed 180 centimeters in total dimensions. It must be placed on special luggage racks, which are available in Lastochka cars.
For free transportation Small breed dogs on the MCC do not need to take a container or basket if the pet is on a leash and muzzled. Ring passengers can also transport cats free of charge and even without a special carrying bag. The main condition is constant monitoring of the pet.
Please note that for dogs of large breeds both on commuter trains and on the MCC you need to buy a ticket. They must be muzzled and on a leash. You do not need a ticket for all types of transport, including the MCC, only for guide dogs.
According to the rules for traveling on the MCC, it is prohibited to be in the carriage or at the station with any food that could stain fellow travelers. Roller skating, scooters, bicycles and other sports vehicles are prohibited on the MCC platforms, as well as in carriages.