Fast and furious: Moscow Central Ring changing the map of Moscow transport

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Credit: Kirill Zykov / Moskva Agency

The Moscow Central Ring, an equivalent of Germany’s S-Bahn and the London Overground, opened in the Russian capital on Sept. 10. New carriages, equipped with free Wi-Fi, are able to transport up to 400,000 passengers daily, which makes it possible to reduce the load on the Moscow subway network – the Moscow metro – by 15 percent and cut an average journey by 20 minutes.

Credit: Mikhail Tereshenko / Moskva Agency

Passenger traffic a day – 400 000. Passenger traffic annually – 300 mln.

Credit: Mikhail Tereshenko / Moskva Agency

Number of trains on the Ring – 130. Length of the full circle – 54 km.

Credit: Mikhail Tereshenko / Moskva Agency

Cost – first month free, later 50 Rub (0.8$). Number of stations – 31.

Credit: Andrei Nikerichev / Moskva Agency

Working time: 6am – 1am. 

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