Transport in Moscow

Moscow Transport
Moscow Region (partly)
Transit type	Commuter rail, bus, subway, tram
Line number	21 rapid transit lines 14 Moscow Metro lines 5 MCD lines 1 Moscow Monorail line 1 MCC line > 950 bus routes > 950 local routes 76 electric bus routes 38 tram routes 19.800 carsharing vehicles
Annual ridership	6 billion
Chief executive	Mayor of Moscow
Headquarters	20, Staraya Basmannaya Street, Moscow
Website	https://transport.mos.ru/en
Operation
Began operation	2014
Operator(s)	SUP «Mosgortrans» SUP «Moskovskiy Metropoliten» OJSC «RZhD» JSC «Centralnaya PPK»
Technical
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)

Transport in Moscow includes buses, trams, subway system, motorways, trains, helicopters and planes to provide connectivity between Moscow's districts and beyond.

Air

There are four primary commercial airports serving Moscow:

beltway: Domodedovo is at 22 kilometres (14 mi); Vnukovo is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) and Sheremetyevo is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi).

There are several smaller airports near Moscow, such as Myachkovo Airport, intended for private aircraft, helicopters and charters.^[3]

Water

Moscow has two passenger terminals (

rivers, which are used mostly for entertainment. The North River Terminal, built in 1937, is the main hub for long-range river routes. There are three freight ports serving Moscow.

Land

Railway

Moscow has several train stations serving the city. Moscow's ten rail terminals (or vokzals) are:

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• Belorussky Railway Terminal
• Kazansky Railway Terminal
• Kiyevsky Railway Terminal
• Kursky Railway Terminal
• Leningradsky Railway Terminal
• Paveletsky Railway Terminal
• Rizhsky Railway Terminal
• Savyolovsky Railway Terminal
• Yaroslavsky Railway Terminal
• Vostochny Railway Terminal

Except Vostochny Rail Terminal, all rail terminals are located close to the city center, but each handles trains from different parts of Europe and Asia.^[4] There are smaller railway stations in Moscow. As train tickets are relatively cheap, they are the mode of preference for travelling Russians, especially when departing to Saint Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city. Moscow is the western terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which traverses nearly 9,300 kilometres (5,800 mi) of Russian territory to Vladivostok on the Pacific coast.

Suburbs and satellite cities are connected by commuter elektrichka (electric rail) network. Elektrichkas depart from each of these terminals to the nearby (up to 140 kilometres (87 mi)) large railway stations.

The Moscow Little Ring Railway is now integrated in the Moscow Metro System.

Metro

Local transport includes the

Facing serious transportation problems, Moscow has plans for expanding its Metro.

MCC

The Moscow Central Circle or MCC is a 54 kilometres (34 mi) long orbital urban/metropolitan rail line that encircles historical Moscow. The line is rebuilt from the Little Ring of the Moscow Railway and opened to passengers on 10 September 2016. and is operated by the Moscow Government owned company MKZD through the Moscow Metro, with the state-run Russian Railways selected as the operation subcontractor. The infrastructure, trackage and platforms are owned and managed by Russian Railways, while most station buildings are owned by MKZD.

Bus

As Metro stations outside the city center are far apart in comparison to other cities, up to 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), a bus network radiates from each station to the residential zones. Moscow has a bus terminal for long-range and intercity passenger buses (Central Bus Terminal) with daily turnover of about 25 thousand passengers serving about 40% of long-range bus routes in Moscow. The terminal is currently demolished and the new one is being constructed.

Every major street in the city is served by at least one bus route. Many of these routes are doubled by a trolleybus routes and have trolley wires over them. The trolleybus network was established in the 1933, and it was the largest in the world up to 2017, when cascading closures led to the decrease of its network. It is currently endangered by the introduction of electric buses, which plan to replace the whole trolleybus network by 2021 (having already replaced most routes linking to the centre), despite opposition from Muscovites, who regard the trolleybus as a symbol of the city. As of 25 August 2020, the Moscow Trolleybus network was closed, except for a single museum line numbered "Т" that was opened on 4 September 2020.

Monorail