It is a railway ring laid along the outskirts of Moscow. There is a small ring in the diagram railway The Moscow Ring Road looks like a closed line. Construction of the ring was completed in 1908. Before 1934, the railway was used for freight and passenger transportation, and after 1934 - only for freight. It is a connecting link between ten federal railways departing from the city in all directions. Since September 2016, it has also been used for intracity passenger transportation related to the functioning of the Moscow Metro, which was reflected in the layout of the Moscow Ring Railway stations.

Modern reconstruction of the Moscow Ring Railway

From 2012 to 2016, the Moscow Ring Railway was adapted for domestic passenger transportation, which led to significant change Moscow Ring Road schemes. The work was carried out on federal funds, as well as with funds from JSC Russian Railways, private companies and the Moscow government. During the reconstruction process, the railway tracks were replaced with new ones, major renovation bridges, stopping points for electric trains were built, and another track was laid for freight transportation. At the end of 2016, the work was almost completed.

A total of 31 stopping stations were reconstructed (the diagram of the Moscow Ring Railway with stations under construction is presented above). Each station had its own individual project and platforms were built.

Launch of the first electric trains

The first launch of an electric train in order to check the readiness of the railway was carried out in May 2016 on one of the sections of the Moscow Ring Railway, and in July 2016, after completion of construction, along the entire length of the railway. The main electric train running along the route was the ES2G Lastochka. Conventional Russian-made electric trains were also used. With their use, some problems arose related to the discrepancy between the width of cars and electric locomotives of classical models with the distance between the tracks and the platform on the Moscow Circle. As a result, the platform at Streshneva station even had to be shifted a little to the side.

The first passenger electric train passed along the line on September 10, 2016, after which passenger trains began to operate regularly. The movement of freight trains was reduced, especially during the daytime, when electric trains are actively running. The line is also used for the movement of individual long-distance trains that bypass Moscow. The movement of steam-powered excursion trains was stopped.

Infrastructure and layout of the Moscow Ring Railway

The railway ring of the Moscow Circle includes 2 main railway lines classified as electrified. There is another third railway track running along the north of the ring, which is used for freight transport. The total length of the railway ring is 54 km. Some sections of other tracks are still not electrified.

The Moscow Ring Railway scheme is designed in such a way that it has connecting branches that allow trains to be moved between the ring railway and the radial branches of the federal railway routes. They consist of either one or two tracks (see the MKR transfer diagram). Not all of them are equipped with feeding power lines. There are branches from the freight tracks of the railway ring to industrial production facilities. There is also one branch for communication with the tram depot.

In total, the MKR scheme has 31 operating platforms for domestic passenger transportation and 12 stations for freight purposes. There is 1 tunnel 900 m long.

Stations and platforms on the Moscow Ring Road map

The stations were founded in 1908 and were originally used to handle freight traffic. Between them there were separate stops.

In the inner part of the railway ring there are now unused classic stations with station-type buildings built at the beginning of the 20th century. Previously, the railway track running along them was used for passenger transport. Modern stations can be seen on the map of the Moscow Ring Railway with stations under construction.

On the outside of the Moscow Ring Railway, entrances for parking freight trains and buildings intended for railway work were built. All this is used to form freight trains.

In 2017, the total number of stations in use (see the diagram of MKR stations) was 12 units. Of these, 4 are located on sections of branches from the Moscow Ring Road. These include: Novoproletarskaya, Northern Post.

There are 31 stopping points for city electric trains on the railway ring. These stations are passenger platforms that were built between 2012 and 2016 during the modern reconstruction of the Moscow Ring Railway. Unlike stops belonging to the radial main lines of the railway, these have the status of intracity and are equipped accordingly. They operate as public transport stops with single tickets for them.

Bridges on the Moscow Ring Road

There are a total of 6 operating bridges, 4 of which cross the Moscow Circle. The Moscow Ring Railway also crosses 32 highways and railways.

Traffic along the Moscow Ring Road

On this moment traffic on the Moscow Ring Railway is carried out by electric trains ES2G “Lastochka”. It consists of 5 modern passenger cars, and in the coupled version - of 10 cars. In the future, the use of other locomotives (domestic production) is not excluded.

Diesel locomotives are still mainly used for freight transportation. However, the main railway lines are now electrified and allow the use of electric locomotives for transit movement. Thanks to this, it is possible to move passenger and freight trains from one transit radial railway line to another.

Reconstruction of the Moscow Central Circle (MCC)- a unique project not only for Moscow, but also for Russia as a whole. The MCC has become a full-fledged light metro, integrated into the metro system.

The MCC map is included in the capital's metro map. It shows the approximate time of ground transfers from the MCC.

In addition, the diagram indicates possible transfers from the MCC to ground urban transport, traffic intervals, etc.

Traffic around the ring was launched on September 10, 2016. This gave a new impetus to the development of abandoned industrial areas of the capital, and also made it possible to cut the Gordian knot of transport problems hanging over the capital.

The Moscow Central Circle is the road to the future. Thanks to the ring, trips around the capital take an average of 20 minutes. One more unique feature The MCC was that it connected the capital's garden and park ensembles: the Mikhalkovo estate, the Botanical Garden, the territory of VDNKh and National Park Losiny Island, Vorobyovy Gory nature reserve and others.

MCC is a new life for industrial zones of Moscow

Since 1908, the Moscow Central Circle served industrial zones and mainly performed the function of transporting goods. However, over time, many industrial areas around this ring fell into disrepair, and some industries closed. A number of industrial zones in best case scenario were used for warehouses. Now these territories are being actively reorganized, housing with social facilities, sports complexes, etc. are being built here. And developing territories require convenient transport connections.

The launch of passenger traffic along the MCC resolves the issue of transport support for industrial zones. In addition, the ring connected suburban trains and electric trains that go to the city center with MCC stations. Passengers can, before reaching the city center, transfer to MCC trains and move further throughout almost the entire territory of Moscow.

All MCC stations were built as transport hubs (TPU). They will include offices, shopping malls, shops and cafes. This concept meets both the interests of investors, for whom it is important to recoup investments in construction, and the needs of citizens.

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

What is MCC?

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

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

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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 in late XIX 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 a new idea: they wanted to launch it back in the 60s, but this was prevented by the complexity of electrifying the ring. Yuri Luzhkov returned to this project again in the late 2000s, but reconstruction of the MCC began under Sobyanin in 2012. The ring was finally electrified, and a third track for freight traffic was also built. The total investments in the project, which was jointly carried out by Russian Railways and the Moscow government, exceeded 200 billion rubles, and 86 billion of them were provided by the federal budget.

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

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

How will the MCC connect with other modes of transport?

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

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

How much will the trip cost?

Fares for travel on the central ring will be the same as in the metro. It will also be possible to use “United”, “Troika” and “90 minutes” tickets. All benefits that apply to 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 payment using a mobile phone, and PayPass/PayWave, thanks to which money will be debited automatically if you tap 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 counters “ Live communication" 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 several detailed maps MCC, which indicate transfers from the Central Circle to ground and suburban transport, as well as to 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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MCC is the Moscow Central Circle, new round in the development of the capital's transport infrastructure. Convenient and fast transport for moving, especially to those microdistricts where there are no metro lines. You can deal with complex transport interchanges on a special website that has all the necessary information.

Metro and MCC map

It's a little lower on the page. Before this, you can read the text part where you can find out about the fare, stations and operating hours. The diagram itself is very detailed and convenient to work with. To zoom in, click on the map.

MCC and metro map

Here you can see the metro map with all the interchange nodes, as well as the MCC map with stops and transfers. Below is a readable legend of all symbols, thanks to which working with the diagram becomes even easier.

Symbols on the diagram

The map shows:

• branches and stations of the Moscow metro;
• MCC stops;
• railway and bus stations, airports;
• intercept parking.

Scheme of the MCC with interchange hubs for suburban transport

This is the following diagram of the MCC, which shows the places of transfers and the route of suburban electric trains. The map indicates current and planned transfer points between the MCC and suburban trains.

Transfer scheme for the MCC and suburban electric trains

The signage and interchange stations are divided into three commissioning phases:

• Stage 1 – September 2016;
• Stage 2 – end of 2016
• Stage 3 – 2018.

Information on transfer operations is reflected in great detail, from the distance and approximate time for a transfer to additional information on the type of station.

Information about transfer stations

Plans for the development of this transport and the location of new transfer stations are also indicated.

Diagram of interchange hubs between the MCC and NGT

This diagram shows connections with ground urban transport. Everything is very informative and detailed here you can see for each transfer station:

• type of ground transport;
• transport route;
• movement interval.

Fragment of a map diagram of interchange hubs of the MCC and ground urban transport

The average time to a particular station or route is written near each station. The main transport facilities (stations, airports) are indicated. Working with the map is simple, but lacks more interactivity.

This information will be very useful for both city guests and residents of the capital. Convenient schemes are worth keeping them on mobile phone and use it to move around the city. This will significantly reduce travel time and find calmer and more convenient travel options. This is especially important during rush hour and Friday crowds.

In Moscow, work is being completed to put the Moscow Ring Railway stations into operation. Traffic on the updated small ring will start next year. Several facilities have already been integrated into the city's transport infrastructure. It is assumed that the road will become one with the capital's subway. This information was voiced by the deputy head of the transport department, Hamid Bulatov. According to the official, passengers themselves will not even feel the difference, because they will be able to use a single ticket.

The Moscow Ring Railway will include 31 stops, of which a full-fledged transport interchange network will operate at 21 points, and at 17 stop pavilions passengers will be able to switch to the usual line. At 9 stops, it is possible to transfer to all existing routes of suburban trains, except Kyiv. The small ring of the MKZ will significantly reduce all flows of metro lines and will ensure the possibility of delivering passengers to the main metropolitan highways.

Moscow Ring Road scheme

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The Moscow ring railway stations will be added to the metro map in September 2016. A map may also appear indicating the radial directions of railway tracks; such an innovation is not ruled out by the director of the Moscow Ring Railway, Alexey Zotov.

According to preliminary estimates, the planned passenger flow of the Moscow ring in 2017 will be 75 million people, and by 2020 it will grow 2.3 times to 170 million passengers. The interval in the movement of railway transport will depend on the demand among citizens. If the Moscow Ring Railway becomes popular with passengers, the interval is planned to be reduced to two minutes.