Moscow Central Circle train schedule. Moscow ring railway and circuit diagram. Train schedule TPU Koptevo
On September 10, 2016, Moscow will open for passengers in the capital. central ring. Is it true, construction works on 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 Circle, The Village answers the most popular questions about the new type of urban transport.
What is MCC?
Moscow Central Circle (formerly known as Moscow Circle Railway) - a new interchange circuit that should combine the metro and radial directions of suburban railways and greatly relieve the congestion of the center of Moscow, 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 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 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 new idea: they wanted to launch it back in the 60s, but the complexity of electrifying the ring prevented this. 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 stops ground transport. 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 metro travel 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 you to pay using mobile phone, and PayPass/PayWave, thanks to which money will be debited automatically if you attach a bank card to 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 languages. 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 ordinary 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 planning 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 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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The history of the Small Ring of the Moscow Railway is more than a hundred years old. Back in 1908, the circular route was opened for cargo transportation in 9 directions of the Moscow and 1 direction of the Oktyabrskaya railways. In 2012, the ring had 12 operating stations.
Now the Moscow Ring Railway is a “light metro” under construction, a new ground mode of transport integrated into the overall metropolitan system and allowing passengers to make convenient transfers to buses and trams, metro and electric trains.
The opening of the reconstructed tracks is just around the corner, so it’s time to tell Muscovites and guests of our city in more detail about their advantages.
Latest news about the Moscow Ring Railway
- At a meeting in mid-April 2016, Vladimir Putin was informed that the first Moscow Ring Railway trains would be launched in September 2016. Further work on the construction of the small ring will be concentrated at the transfer points.
- In the twentieth of December, updated metro maps appeared in the capital's subway, which included the Small Ring of the Moscow Railway. This was done specifically so that passengers could get acquainted with pleasant prospects in advance and plan future routes.
- At the Moscow Ring Road there will be organized modern system informing passengers via smartphones - for example, a user, being in a specific point in the capital, will be able to receive a message about which station is nearby and how long the train will arrive at it.
- As reported CEO Moscow Ring Railway Alexey Zotov, train intervals on the Small Ring can be reduced to 2-3 minutes if necessary. In general, trains will run according to the subway schedule - with 6-minute intervals during peak hours and 12-minute intervals at other times.
- CCTV cameras will be installed at all stops and transport hubs on the Moscow Circle, which will help maintain the proper level of security.
- Everyone knows that the capital’s metro is an architectural monument that amazes with its grandeur even people who are used to riding it every day. But the “light metro” will also be an interesting piece of architecture, albeit a modern one. Thus, it became known that its stations will be illuminated in different colors in the evening, which will probably look very interesting under the transparent roof.
- The Moscow Ring Road will be fully adapted for use by people with disabilities. In the ticket office areas of each station there is a special ticket office for wheelchair users, the window height of which is less than a meter.
The section is constantly updated with up-to-date information.
Moscow Ring Railway in numbers
The small ring is:
- 54 km railway tracks, and taking into account the entrances and adjacent branches - 145 km;
- 32 stopping points for future passenger transportation and 12 existing freight stations before the start of global reconstruction;
- 212 billion rubles., invested in repair work;
- 20 minutes time saved when traveling around the center of the capital;
- 300 million passengers who will use the “light metro” by 2025;
- before 100 pairs compositions per day.
Moscow Ring Railway station diagram on the map
The stations of the Small Ring Railway will be full-fledged transport hubs (TPU). This means that they will house offices, cafes, shops, and shopping malls. At each station there is a transfer to ground public transport.
The Moscow Ring Railway will include 32 stations. Let's divide them into categories.
Stations from which you can only transfer to ground transport
Koptevo, Presnya, Belokamennaya, Sokolinaya Gora, ZIL, Sevastopolskaya, Novopeschanaya, Khodynka, Volgogradskaya, Park of Legends
Stations from which a transfer to the metro is implied
Vladykino, Botanical Garden, Open Highway, Cherkizovo, Izmailovsky Park, Enthusiasts Highway, Ryazanskaya, Dubrovka, Avtozavodskaya, Gagarin Square, Luzhniki, Kutuzovo, Shelepikha, Khoroshevo, Voykovskaya, Okruzhnaya
Stations from which you can transfer to the Russian Railways radial line
Streshnevo, Nikolaevskaya, Yaroslavskaya, Andronovka, Novokhokhlovskaya, Warsaw
Stations that allow transfers to both the metro and the Russian Railways radial line
District, Ryazan, City
Construction plan and when will it open?
The reconstruction of the Small Ring, which will result in high-speed passenger traffic, began in 2011. Previously, it was planned to launch the light metro in four stages. Traffic on the section of the first stage Presnya - Kanatchikovo was going to be launched at the end of 2014, and on the section of the second, third and fourth stages Presnya - Lefortovo - Kanatchikovo - at the end of 2015.
Nevertheless, it was decided not to rush and launch the ring when it was fully ready - the project was too complex and large-scale.
In December 2015, trains on the Moscow Ring Road were supposed to depart in test mode, but as of the third quarter of 2015, the work was 70% completed.
It is expected that no earlier than the fall of 2016, full-fledged passenger transportation will be established on the Small Ring.
Moscow Ring Railway and World Cup 2018
Some time ago, information was announced that the Moscow Ring Road would be reconstructed for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. But now, according to those in charge, traffic along it will be launched in the fall of 2016.
Fares on the Moscow Ring Railway and train intervals
The cost of travel on the Small Ring will be the same as on the subway. The same tariffs and passes will apply here, which, you see, is very convenient for passengers.
Light metro trains will run every 6 minutes.
- The Moscow Ring Railway is called the “road of the future”. Thanks to it, the “deserted” industrial zones of the capital will find a second wind and will be included in a busy transport ring.
- The Small Ring will connect the gardening estates of Moscow, which is also very convenient for its guests and residents. We are talking about the Sparrow Hills, the Mikhailovo and Streshnevo estates, the Botanical Garden, VDNKh, national park Elk Island.
- Trains on the Moscow Ring Railway will be able to accelerate to 120 km/h, so travel is guaranteed. The cabin provides free Wi-Fi, sockets for phones and other gadgets, and a climate control system.
- The tracks of the Moscow Ring Railway are already called “velvet” - Muscovites will not hear the sound of wheels, and special screens will protect them from excess noise.
Official website of the Moscow Ring Railway
The largest city in Europe, Moscow, is growing and developing year by year. It’s great that in our time we can observe such positive changes as the growth in the number of modern high-quality roads, metro stations and a fundamentally new type of transport that combines the speed and accessibility of the underground with the ability to transfer to buses, trams, and trolleybuses. We are confident that the Small Ring Railway and its trains will quickly gain popularity among residents of the capital, who value time like no one else.
Many Muscovites and guests of the capital have already become accustomed to the convenience of the MCC (Moscow Central Circle) or, as it was previously called the Moscow Ring Railway, the Moscow Ring Railway, the opening of which contributed to the unloading of the capital’s ring line of the Moscow Metro in particular and the entire metro in general.
MCC map with metro
MCC map with transfers to the metro, trains and suburban transport
Another popular MCC scheme with transfers to the metro, electric trains and other suburban transport will be useful for passengers who travel by electric trains, transfer to the MCC from the metro or from minibuses. The diagram shows metro stations, Russian Railways stations and MCC stations along with transitions to them.
We draw your attention to the distance of a number of MCC stations from the metro. For example, from the Nagatinskaya metro station to the MCC station Upper Fields the Yandex map shows 4 km, despite the fact that the metro map indicates 10 - 12 minutes on foot.
Schemes and maps during construction (projects) with transfer nodes:
Numerous search queries can be addressed to the only official website of the Moscow Ring Railway http://mkzd.ru/
According to preliminary sketches, it was assumed that the Moscow Ring Road on the map would look like this:
MCC hours and schedule
MCC works the same way graphics, as the Moscow metro:
from 5:30 am to 01:00 am
List of MCC (MKR) stations:
There will be 31 stations in total. It is assumed that the rolling stock will be represented by Lastochka trains, which have proven themselves on intercity routes and will certainly be convenient for such local transportation.
The opening of the Moscow Ring Railway is planned for the end of 2016, testing is planned to begin in July 2016, so we are waiting for new information and will be updated as it becomes available.
Information about the MCC:
What is the length of the MCC in km?
The small ring of the Moscow Railway, along which the movement of MCC trains is organized, has a length of 54 km.
MCC How long does it take for a train to complete a circle?
A full circle along the MCC can be completed in approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.
The same answer will be to other questions, like: circle on the MCC in time
What is MCC?
The MCC is the Moscow Central Circle and this entire article describes this Moscow facility in all types and angles, including the history of its creation.
Calculation of time between MCC stations
Because the calculator has not yet been written and is not ready, a simple way to calculate travel time between stations: the following 90 minutes / 31 stations = about 3 minutes approximate calculation of time from station to station.
What are the train intervals on the MCC?
The intervals between MCC trains are no more than 6 minutes during rush hours, which is generally not bad, especially at traditionally problematic and overloaded stations. For example, near the City, where on the days of exhibitions at the Expo Center you are taken out of the metro.
They also asked:
1. When will passenger traffic open on the Moscow Ring Railway?
According to the official website, testing will begin in July 2016, and the opening date is scheduled for the end of 2016.
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The page remains in Google’s cache, but you won’t be able to view it in its entirety due to some tricky redirects on Instagram:
The same cyclical redirects are included when searching the web archive for July 21 of this year. http://web.archive.org/web/20160721082945/https://www.instagram.com/
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4. What are the fares for travel on the MCC (MKR)?
According to information on the Moscow City Hall website, fares will be the same as on the metro:
“90 minutes”, “United” and the “Troika” card.
“Unified” for 20 trips - 650 rubles, for 40 trips - 1,300 rubles, for 60 trips - 1,570 rubles.
With the Troika card, travel on the MCC will cost the same as in the metro - 32 rubles.
Tickets for 1 and 2 are also equal to the price of metro travel - 50 and 100 rubles, respectively.
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The opening of the MCC took place:
26 of the 31 ring stations are operational. Sokolinaya Gora, Dubrovka, Zorge, Panfilovskaya and Koptevo stations will be opened later (until the end of 2016).
Lastochka trains run every 6 minutes during peak hours, and every other time - 12 minutes. The fare payment system is integrated with the Moscow Metro and allows you to transfer from the metro to MCC trains and back without additional payment. During the first month of operation of the ring (until October 10 inclusive), travel on MCC trains is free. According to information from rasp.yandex.ru
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The first stage of the Moscow Central Circle will take place on September 10. The online publication site answered the most important questions about the new type of urban transport.
What it is?
The Moscow Central Circle is a network that connects the metro and radial lines of suburban railways. It used to be called the Moscow Ring Railway. The MCC runs near the Third Ring Road in the southeast and west of the city and in the middle between the Third Transport Ring and the Moscow Ring Road in the north of the capital.
The main task of the road is to shorten the path from one point remote from the city center to another. According to experts, the launch of the railway should reduce travel time by an average of 20 minutes, relieve congestion on the Circle Subway Line by 15 percent, and the city’s central stations by 20 percent.
How many stations will open on the MCC?
The ring includes 31 stations, each of which provides transfers to other types of public transport. 17 stations will be connected to 11 metro lines, 10 to radial railway lines.
At the first stage, 26 stations will be available to passengers, reports the press service of the Moscow Construction Complex, citing Deputy Mayor for Urban Development Policy Marat Khusnullin. The rest will begin work before the end of the year.
Until 2018, the connection between MCC stations and metro stations, radial railway lines and surface urban transport will gradually improve.
Photo: MCC press center in the Moscow metro
Where can I transfer from the MCC?
In total, with the launch of the MCC, Muscovites and guests of the capital can make more than 350 transfers, and travel time when moving around the capital will be reduced by three times.
Passengers will be able to freely change trains when traveling on the following routes: Metro – MCC – Metro; Metro – MCC; MCC – Metro – Monorail; Monorail – Metro – MCC – Metro.
There are also transfers from trains to buses, trolleybuses and trams. The surface transport schedule will be adjusted to the MCC schedule.
The intervals of ground transport routes serving the ring have been approximately 10 minutes since September 8. In the future, they are planned to be reduced to 6–8 minutes, so that passengers can almost immediately transfer from the MCC to ground transport.
Territory maps have been updated for more than four thousand ground transport stops, and 15 stops now have stations on the new ring.
It will also be possible to get to the new railway line by personal transport: special parking lots will be installed at 13 stops.
How to navigate the MCC?
In total, several versions of the MCC scheme have been prepared. On one of them, it is plotted on a map of the city with the designation of suburban railway lines, as well as metro lines, including the Third Interchange Circuit under construction.
In the second, the MCC map is included in the currently used metro map and is indicated there as the 14th metro line. In total, 50 thousand new schemes will be posted in the subway. The updated maps will also contain information about how long it will take to transfer from the metro station to the MCC station.
The ring stations themselves are equipped with navigation panels in Russian and English. Braille will be installed for visually impaired passengers. Also at each station there will be boards with train arrival times. Several of them will have “Live Communication” counters.
Where can I find detailed information about the MCC?
A section dedicated to the Moscow Central Circle has appeared on the official website of the capital's metro.
The new page contains information about the history of the creation of the MCC and the modern Lastochka trains running around the ring. Also, site visitors can familiarize themselves with the map of transfers from the metro to the MCC and select convenient routes.
In addition, a page for the central ring was opened on the Unified Transport Portal. Here you can also get detailed information about the routes taken and the time spent on the road.
What tickets will be valid on the MCC?
The tickets for the MCC are the same as for the metro. In the first month after opening, travel will be free.
Passengers using a Unified or Troika card purchased before September 1 need to renew their travel cards. Single can be renewed at the metro ticket office, Troika can be renewed through a machine by topping up the card with any amount.
Social cards do not require updating. The same applies to passes purchased in September.
It will be possible to buy tickets at the ring stations both in cash and by cards. They also plan to introduce a contactless fare payment system, which will allow you to pay for travel using a mobile phone, as well as the PayPass/PayWave system - money will be debited automatically if you attach a bank card to the validator.
The same tariffs will apply on the MCC as in the metro.
- one trip – 50 rubles;
- one train with a Troika card – 32 rubles;
- 90 minutes – 60 rubles.
Will there be any benefits at the MCC?
All benefits valid in the metro will remain. Right free travel More than three million capital beneficiaries will receive the second ring, including:
- pensioners;
- disabled people and participants of the Great Patriotic War;
- participants in the defense of Moscow;
- home front workers;
- residents of besieged Leningrad;
- former prisoners of Nazi camps, prisons and ghettos;
- Heroes of the Soviet Union;
- Heroes of the Russian Federation;
- Heroes of Socialist Labor and full holders of the Orders of Glory and Labor Glory of three degrees;
- labor veterans;
- honorary donors (USSR, Russia or Moscow);
- one of the parents and children from large families;
- orphans and children left without parental care, and their guardians (trustees);
- schoolchildren and students.
What schedule will the MCC operate on?
The MCC will operate according to the same schedule as the metro – from 5:30 to 01:00.
During peak hours, trains will run at intervals of six minutes; at normal times, trains will have to wait 15 minutes.
How long will it take to travel along the MCC?
Time in which you can travel the entire ring: 84 minutes, including stops. Passengers will not have to go to the Circle Line of the metro to get, say, from "Mezhdunarodnaya" to " Leninsky Prospekt"or from "Vladykino" to "Rokossovsky Boulevard". With the opening of the road, covering these sections will take 10-12 minutes instead of 28-39, respectively.
What trains will travel on the MCC?
They will carry passengers. It is planned to equip all rolling stock with energy-saving electrical equipment, video cameras, air conditioning, phone chargers and free Wi-Fi.
Each "Swallow" will have five carriages. The two head cars will have two toilets, which are adapted for people with limited mobility, and there will be bins at the exits of the train.
In the first months, passengers will open the doors of Lastochkas on the MCC on their own. For this purpose, special buttons will be installed on the door leaves outside and inside the car. They will only be active when the train is completely stopped. A nearby green indicator will indicate that the button is working.
Will trains indicate the travel time to the next station?
All MCC trains will have video screens on which they will broadcast a display counting down the travel time to the next station. Passengers will be able to see how many minutes are left before arriving at the platform. The monitors will also show the speed of the train and changes in the metro schedule.
The first two trains with video information will be launched immediately in September, all trains will be equipped with screens by next fall. It is planned to install four screens in each car.
Is the MCC adapted for people with limited mobility?
Yes. All platforms are equipped with tactile tiles for ease of movement for visually impaired passengers. Elevators and escalators are installed at 26 transport hubs, and special lifts are installed at 5 transport hubs.
Will it be possible to travel with a bicycle or a stroller?
Yes. You can carry it on MCC trains; there are fasteners in the second and fourth cars. The first carriage of the trains will have seats for people with limited mobility. There is floor navigation inside the trains, it will tell you where to go for cyclists and where for people with mobility restrictions.
This information is also indicated on the outside of the trains. And next to each MCC transport hub, bicycle parking and bike sharing stations will be installed.
Are the MCC and the Third Interchange Circuit the same thing?
No. Many people confuse the Moscow Central Circle with, but they are not the same thing. The main difference is that the MCC is a railway connection, and the TPK is a subway ring.
TPK will become a new large ring of the Moscow metro. Its total length will be 59.5 kilometers with 28 stations. The first section of the circuit will be opened this year, and the entire line is planned to be launched within the next four years.
When did the idea of creating the MCC appear?
Construction of the road in 1903 under the personal supervision of the Moscow Governor-General, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich.
Five years later, the first train was launched on the new railway; in just one day, four trains passed along the line. And while freight transportation has fully justified itself, passenger transportation has not.
At first, Muscovites were embarrassed by the high price of tickets, and in the late 20s - early 30s, bus and tram services were improved in the areas where the ring road ran, the popularity of trains fell, and in 1934 passenger service had to be closed.
They wanted to renew them in the 60s, but the proposal was never implemented, and in the late 80s the railway decided to restore the historical buildings and run passenger trains.
The modern idea of turning the road into a highway with metro connections appeared in 2001. And reconstruction began under Sergei Sobyanin in 2012.