• USD 8.9 Billion for transport infrastructure projects in Moscow and its region
• Development of the Small Rail Ring to answer mobility challenges
• The project is estimated at USD 1.8 Billion
For the next three years, Moscow plans to accomplish the projects on the development of the transport infrastructure and system integration aimed to deliver integrated and rapid services to attract more and more passenger to public transport.
At the beginning of the year, Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov announced that the Government would grant RUB 270 Billion (USD 8.9 Billion) over the following three years to infrastructure projects in Moscow and its region. “The authorities’ financing are focused on transport investments and, although important sums have been allocated, not all the projects in plan have been achieved so far”, declared Russian Prime
Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Last year, RUB 121 Billion (USD 4 Billion) were allocated from the budget of the Russian capital to the entire transport network, RUB 43.5 Billion (USD 1.4 Billion) dedicated to railway projects. “This year, the government wants to endorse RUB 93 Billion (USD 3 Billion) of which RUB 12 Billion (USD 400 Million) dedicated to railway projects. For the implementation of these projects, the government plans to attract private investors to finance construction works”, declared Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov.
The railway hub in Moscow is one of the biggest and most crowded in the railway network of Russia and ensures transport services for half of the suburban passenger traffic and 235 of long-distance journeys. 1.3 million passengers use railway transport in the Moscow Region every day. To answer to mobility needs, the authorities understood the need for infrastructure development and Moscow Municipality and Russian Railways agreed to implement joint projects to develop the railway ring as public transport mode. “One of the most promising joint projects being carried out by the two parties is the reconstruction and development of the Small Ring at Moscow Railways as an intra-city public transit mode. An expert team is now designing the rail infrastructure facilities and coordinating them with street and road network development programmes and other municipal programmes.
The project is estimated at RUB 55.27 Billion (USD 1.8 Billion) and concerns the construction and reconstruction of the railway infrastructure and transport hubs. By the end of 2014, the authorities plan to finalize the reconstruction and the electrification of the railway ring and to commission the first 12 stations for which 48 pairs of trains will be put in operation. By 2015, the Small Railway Ring will be served by 31 stations, 19 of which will be main transport hubs: 12 with transfer to Moscow Metro and 6 with transfer to main radial routes and a point to deliver both types of transfer. Starting with 2016, it is estimated that the ring will have a capacity of over 250 million passengers a year and the traffic will be ensured by 100 pairs of trains. Moreover, another line dedicated to freight transport will be built as part of the project aimed to provide a series of services for the industry to be connected with the stations next to the Small Ring.
By launching transport services, Moscow will have 350 transfer points that will help ease traffic and improve the transport connectivity of the network.
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