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Moscow Central Circle. MKZD: ring city train and transfer to Nati

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 is it?

The Moscow Central Circle is a connecting 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 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 languages. 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.

(today there are 24 operating MCC stations) - a new Moscow transport designed to make movement in Moscow even more convenient. The first stage opened on September 10. On at the moment Twenty-four of the thirty-one stations are open for passenger use. Five stations have a covered passage to the metro, six have a passage to the metro across the street. By the end of October, 6 more stations will open.
24 open MCC stations - see the list below...

List of operating MCC stations:

• District (North-Eastern Administrative District and Northern Administrative District). Transfer to the railway station of the same name (Savelovskoe direction of the Moscow Railway), and in the future - to the new Okruzhnaya metro station. There is also a transfer to city ground transport - a bus.

• Baltic (SAO). Provides a transfer to the Voykovskaya metro station or city ground transport. The Baltiyskaya station is connected by an overpass to the Metropolis shopping center, and on the other side, nearby, almost right next to it, is the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo park.

• Streshnevo (North Administrative Okrug and North-Western Administrative Okrug). Transfer to tram, trolleybus, bus. According to the plan, a transfer to the Riga direction railway line (new stopping station). P. S: by the way, we have a topic about .

• Shelepikha (TsAO). Provides transfer to the Testovskaya railway platform.

• Business center (southwestern part of the Central Administrative District). Large station on the MCC. Transfer to the Mezhdunarodnaya metro station. Located within walking distance from the Testovskaya railway station. According to the plan - parking and an underground passage to Moscow City.

• Kutuzovskaya (JSC), next to Kutuzovsky Prospekt. It is possible to transfer to the Kutuzovskaya metro station and to ground transport: trolleybus and bus.

• Luzhniki (TsAO). Station with "shore" platforms and a vestibule. Provides a transfer to the Sportivnaya metro station or to a city bus. According to plans, it is the Sportivnaya MCC station that will be most in demand during the period.

• Gagarin Square (JSC). Connected to the Leninsky Prospekt metro station (via an underground passage). Transfer to buses, trolleybuses and trams. This is the only MCC station that is underground.

• Crimean (Southern Administrative District and South-Western Administrative District). Transfer to the Sevastopolskaya railway station and public transport - bus.

• Upper boilers (Southern Administrative District). Located between the Nagatinskaya and Tulskaya metro stations. Connected with city buses, trolleybuses and trams. And also through a new platform with the Paveletsky direction railway.

• ZIL (northern part of the Southern Administrative District). Exit to the Ice Palace by inside MCC and to ground urban transport - along the outer side of the MCC.

• Avtozavodskaya (Southern Administrative District). Here you can change to the Avtozavodskaya metro station (along the street) and to ground transport (bus, trolleybus).

• Belokamennaya (VAO). Located within the boundaries of the Losiny Ostrov national park. Transfer to ground transport - bus. And by bus to the nearest metro station - “Rokossovsky Boulevard”.

• Botanical Garden(NEAD). Connected to the metro station of the same name by an underground pedestrian crossing. You can transfer to ground transport - a bus.

• Rokossovsky Boulevard (VAO). There is a transition to the metro station of the same name (Sokolnicheskaya line) and a transfer to a bus or tram.

• Likhobory (SAO). Connected to the railway, to the NATI platform (Leningrad direction). You can take a bus.

• Lokomotiv (VAO). Transfer (warm) to the Cherkizovskaya metro station (covered passage). You can transfer to a trolleybus or bus.

• Nizhny Novgorod (South Eastern Administrative District). Connected to the Karacharovo railway station (from Kursky railway station) and city bus. In 2018, a transition to the Nizhegorodskaya Street metro station will be available.

• Novokhokhlovskaya (South Eastern Administrative District). It is possible to transfer to a city bus and since 2017 - through the new platform you can transfer to railway(Kursk direction).

• District (North-Eastern Administrative District and Northern Administrative District). Transfer to the railway station of the same name (Savelovskoe direction of the Moscow Railway), and in the future - to the new Okruzhnaya metro station. There is also a transfer to city ground transport - a bus.

• Ugreshskaya (South Eastern Administrative District). From the station you can change to a bus, tram or trolleybus. Using ground transport (bus or tram) you can get to two metro stations - “Kozhukhovskaya” or “Dubrovka”.

• Izmailovo (VAO). Connected to the metro station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line - “Partizanskaya”. It is possible to transfer to a bus, trolleybus and tram.

• Rostokino (NEAD). Transfer to the Severyanin railway station (Yaroslavl direction). A transfer to ground transport is also available - tram, bus, trolleybus.

• Vladykino (NEAD). Transfer to the metro station of the same name through an overpass. You can transfer to a bus or trolleybus.

This was a list of operating MCC stations.

Several more stations will be opened at the end of October 2016

List of currently closed MCC stations:

• Panfilovskaya- a complex station from an engineering point of view due to spatial limitations. It is about seven hundred meters away from the metro station (Oktyabrskoye Pole station).

• Sorge Street

• Koptevo

• Falcon Mountain

• Dubrovka

A few more numbers. There are 28 Lastochka trains. Their speed can reach 120 kilometers per hour. MCC - travel time, a full circle along the Moscow Central Circle will take 75 minutes.

So, I decided not to put this matter off, and yesterday, after work, I joined. I didn’t drive the full circle, I didn’t have time, but I mastered three quarters of it - from Vladykino to Izmailovo.

Well, what can I say? So far it is obvious that this is an attraction clean water, approximately like the Moscow monorail immediately after its opening, which was then officially operating “in excursion mode.” Only the monorail was paid, but the MCC was not, which is what the vast majority of its passengers use. But - first things first.

What I liked: Electric trains! You can laugh at me, but yesterday I rode the Swallow for the first time. Very smooth acceleration and quiet, in terms of sound, movement. While driving, you can hear not the sound of traction engines, not the howl of gears, not the knock of compressors - but only the grinding of the wheel flanges on the rails in curves. Well, even at high speed you can feel the car wobbling. But, by and large, in comparison with those ER1 ED4M that we drive - heaven and earth. In general, comparing Siemens Desiro Rus and the crafts of the Demikhovsky plant is like comparing black sturgeon caviar with capelin caviar.

Navigation at the stations is fully present (although in some places the signs with the original names, which were changed during the construction process, have not been replaced). But, in general, everything is clear and intelligible:

Escalators work at all stations where I was - which is important, considering that the route of the Circular Railway, historically, is located on high embankments for almost its entire length.

What I didn't like: Everything on the MCC is still very, very raw. Fortunately, it will take at least two more months to finish it - but in our country, assault and show-off are at the forefront, so... Many stations have not completed the actual exits to the city - for me, for example, to get to the platform from Dmitrovsky highway, I had to walk past the Okruzhnaya platform, because the entrance to it is only open from the inside of the ring, and walk to the next station, Vladykino. There is a transition to the outside on Okruzhnaya, but it is not yet completed and is closed. The former “wild” crossing over the tracks was blocked with fences - however, citizens have already made holes in them... you have to cross the railway, but walk a kilometer around - no fools. The same thing happened at the exit - and I got out in Izmailovo: the direct access to the Partizanskaya metro station is still in the finishing stage, so citizens are forced to use the only exit towards Tkatskaya Street, and make a detour under the overpasses of the MK MZD and the fourth ring. Three hundred meters in a straight line, and six hundred along the existing route - there is a difference.
Secondly, as many have noted, there really are not enough informant announcements on which side the platform is to which the train arrives. On the MCC, the platforms are mostly coastal, but about a quarter are island ones. Until the train approaches the platform directly, it is not visible. As a result, those leaving rush from one side of the car to the other. Over time, of course, they will remember where everything is located and get used to it - just as they are already accustomed to pressing buttons on doors so that they open - but now this is noticeably lacking.
Third is the name. What does it mean Moscow Central Circle? Where is the Moscow non-central ring located? There was a normal name - the Moscow Circular Railway, historical, and understandable to everyone: BMO is BMO, it is in the region, and Okruzhnaya is in Moscow. But no. EM TSE KA. Central Committee some kind of EM. The combination of three consonants is terrible.

Well, the fourth thing I don’t like about the MCC - but this is my personal IMHO: the organization of a purely roundabout traffic. The MK MZD has connections with all radial railway lines of the Moscow hub, including those that do not have a through diametrical passage: Kazansky, Kievsky, Paveletsky and Yaroslavsky. Nothing prevents some trains from these directions from running not to their dead-end stations, but in transit through the ring to another radius. Part, not all - maybe one train out of five - ten. Especially considering the desire of the Moscow region authorities and Russian Railways to increase the number of suburban trains under the slogan of turning them into a kind of “light metro” (the term, in this case, is absolutely illiterate, but I will use it in relation to the situation). Yes, this will complicate scheduling and will force you to combine schedules in different directions - but nothing is impossible. After all, the New York subway has been operating on the same route pattern for many decades. Of course, someone will object to me that this is a utopia - my dears, ten years ago the very passenger traffic along the Small Ring was also considered a utopia. However...

Will they use: Definitely they will. First of all, those who work or live within walking distance of the ring stations. I myself, if I still lived on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, would absolutely use it - my home is located directly opposite the platform:

With transfer trips it is much more difficult - so far, on the MCC you can count convenient transfers on the fingers of one hand - "Leninsky Prospekt" - Gagarin Square, "Kutuzovskaya", "Vladykino", "Cherkizovskaya" - Lokomotiv - well, perhaps that's all. Transfers to trains and ground transport are even more difficult. Perhaps, when all this is brought in accordance with plans, passenger traffic will calm down. Again, it is convenient to use the ring for travel only if the route along it is a quarter, or maximum a third, of the length of the ring. If it is more, then it is much more convenient to drive in a straight line, especially since such an opportunity is almost always available. Well, now 80-90% of passengers are exclusively curious citizens. Including transport freaks - weirdos, loudly discussing the advantages and disadvantages of electric trains of the ES2G class compared to trains of the ET2M series, for example:) But someone has already fully appreciated the innovation and is using it directly - transport - purpose:

True, these are mostly young people, for whom seven miles before a transfer is not a detour :) Interestingly, I noticed that on the trains traveling along the inner side of the ring there are much more passengers than on those traveling on the outer side. Well, personally, the MCC is neither a village nor a city for me, at least at the present time.

About the views from the train window: Let's be objective: since the construction of the Circular Railway in 1908, it has been the center of attraction for industrial zones, which were built around it over the course of seventy (I repeat: SEVENTY) years. And overnight they, and the surrounding surroundings that accompany them, will not go anywhere, even though they try to bashfully cover them with fences:

No, I don’t argue that the railway also passes by some pretty beautiful places in Moscow: in Luzhniki, for example, this is the Novodevichy Convent, and the Luzhniki sports complex itself; in Izmailovo - the hotel complex of the same name, and the Izmailovo Fair, with its popular print Kremlin; post-war development in the Oktyabrsky Field area; from bridges across the Moscow River open beautiful views, the Belokamennaya station is generally located in the forest, and not just in the forest, but in the Losiny Ostrov National Natural Park; and some people like City skyscrapers:

But, in eighty percent of cases, the surrounding landscape from the window will look like this:

So if you love aesthetics fucking- industrial zones, garages, and multi-level transport interchanges - you will certainly enjoy a trip along the MCC. Just hurry up - with the current pace of Moscow urban development, they will soon, for the most part, be exhausted.

My impressions. Of course, I liked it more than I didn’t like it, judging on a five-point scale :) Just one thing - a ride on an electric train along the legendary Circular Railway, on which passenger trains have not run for more than eighty years - is worth a lot. Of course, the shoals are very noticeable. But there is no doubt that they will be corrected. The main thing is not to forget about the little things.

It’s good that the ring was not turned into a purely passenger ring, a complete analogue of the metro, as some radical-minded comrades proposed: after all, the original purpose of the Circular Railway - to connect all Moscow railway radii - is a strategic thing, and should have remained untouched. Again, variety for railway fans ;)

More from what I noticed. The MCC has its own Moscow time:

Business Center station, with its vibrant green color:

The canopy over the platform is connected to the walls in such a way that when it rains, water will pour into the station. Is this how it was intended?

With me at the Kutuzovskaya station, two hard workers dragged, right across the tracks, some kind of hefty electrical box, and threw it onto the platform, in its narrowest place. A minute later, Swallow arrived on the same path, disembarking passengers who had to step over this box, or squeeze between it and the wall. That is, with ensuring the safety of both workers and passengers on the MCC, for now, full of seams. I would like to hope that this will not lead to serious consequences.

Here it is, somehow. Of course, I plan to drive along the MCC again, more thoughtfully, and during daylight hours. Otherwise in the dark you can’t see anything around at all :)

In the meantime, I voiced my first impressions of his visit. So all of the above is solely my personal subjective opinion.

Yes, and: a note for those who are in the know;) In my passport, in the “Place of Birth” column it says “Moscow”. And on my father’s side I am a third generation Muscovite;)

Traffic on the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) was launched on September 10. The first month of travel was made free. However, from October 11, you have to pay for the services of the capital's new transport system. In this article we will tell you what is changing from today, how and what to pay, and how to transfer to the metro for free.

“United”, “90 minutes” and “Troika”: what tickets do we use?

Are there travel benefits?

The existing discounts for travel on public transport in Moscow also apply to the MCC: for children under the age of seven years, travel around the ring is free, and they can also 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 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. In October there are five more ring stations: 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 to " 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 stations, 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— 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.

Car doors open to manual mode: 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.

Protects passengers of the Moscow Central Circle from the cold thermal curtain. Smart system climate control releases streams warm air in front of the doors in 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.

To transport small breed dogs for free on the MCC, you 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 products that could stain fellow travelers. Roller skating, scooters, bicycles and other sports vehicles are prohibited on the MCC platforms, as well as in carriages.

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

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

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

1. What we launched

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

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

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

2. Who invented it

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

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

3. What will the trains be like?

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

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

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

4. How much did you spend?

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

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

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

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

In the approved project, commercial facilities - shopping and business centers, hotels - were to be built near 11 transport hubs using investors' funds. Owned by the Moscow government management company OJSC "MKR" must register property rights to its own subsidiaries land plots for commercial construction and then auctioned off to investors.

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

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

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

6. What will a new ring give?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What we didn't have time to do

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

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

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

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

Which trains won't go?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the end, TsPPK only received a contract for 2.1 billion rubles. to organize the sale of tickets and the work of controllers for a period of four years. However, the ticket system of the new ring will also be fully integrated into the city system, and not suburban transport, which the Center specializes in.

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