Moscow Metro has reduced the average age of train fleet from 22.5 years in 2010 to 15 years today and now the company is the global leader in terms of pace of rolling stock renewal.
This year, Moscow Metro expects to receive 337 new Moskva–2020 cars which will operated on the lines 6, 5, the Circle Line and on the Line 11 which is the Big Circle Line.
“This year, we plan to update all the trains on the Circle Line. In total, we will receive 337 new Moskva-2020 cars or 44 trains. 105 of them will operate on the Circle Line, the remaining 232 will be distributed between Lines 6 and 11”, Moscow’s Deputy Mayor for Transport Maxim Liksutov said.
Moscow procures urban transport vehicles within the so called life cycle contracts which implies that the manufacturer is responsible for both supply and maintenance for 30 years. This model allowed not only to improve the quality of service, but also to save approximately 15 percent of expenses. Since 2014, Moscow Metro saved 4.5 billion Roubles due to the Life Cycle Contracts.
The new Moskva–2020 trains entered service in October 2020. It has broader gangways of 1.6 metres, wider doors of 1.6 metres and new multi–language interactive route planners. It also provides 368 USB sockets, compared to 72 in earlier Moskva models, and has noise level reduced by 15 percent in comparison with previous models.
In addition, the city is purchasing new trains for the central diameter lines. In 2021, the city will receive 200 new Ivolga cars. The new trains for the D1 and D2 lines which connect the metropolitan area through the capital’s centre was completely renewed last year and currently the fleet consists of modern Ivolga, EP2D and Lastochka train models as well as Aeroexpress trains.
By the end of 2021, the city will open seven new stations on the MCD network, forming the D4 line that will connect the suburban towns of Aprelevka and Balashikha from 2024. Two of the stations are brand new stops that will be integrated with underground metro lines 8A and 11, the latter is currently under construction. Another five existing stations will be opened after a complete modernisation.
Moscow will open in 2025 new additional central diameter lines which will create an integrated transport network with the metro and tramway systems.
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