Moscow has opened the first long-distance railway station in 100 years situated eastern outskirts of the Russian capital which is designed as a transport hub.
Vostochny station provides increased transport connections compared to the existing rail stations and offers a great alternative to the passengers who do not need to go or cross the city’s centre.
“Historically, railway stations are located in the center of European and Russian cities. Not all of the passengers need to go to the center, so that was the reason for a new long-distance railway station in Moscow. The passengers arriving at the new long-distance railway station «Vostochny» have more than 100 alternative routes, as they can make an interchange to the metro, the MCC and surface transport,” Maksim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport, said.
The total area of the station complex is 9,600 square metre, including a modern passenger terminal with an area of 4,200 square metre and two platforms with different height, which is 5,400 square metre. The low platform will serve the Strizh trains, manufactured by Talgo, and high one is designed for the Lastochka trains produced by Siemens Mobility.
At the Vostochny long-distance railway station there is a waiting hall with 200 seats equipped with USB-charges, a reception hall of delegations, automatic storage, universal ticket offices, a business hall, a food court, mother and child rooms. There are places for the ATMs, vending machines and eexternal battery rental machines (power banks) with possibility of lease termination at other stations of Moscow transport. Wi-Fi is available throughout the whole territory. The station complex is equipped with modern systems of ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, fire, and transport safety. To facilitate the movement of passengers with limited mobility – disabled, elderly, mothers with children, passengers with luggage and disabled persons – 4 escalators and 3 lifts were installed at the station. There is also a medical clinic where, in addition to the primary health care, Covid-19 vaccination will be provided 24 hours a day. It is planned to build parking areas for taxis, carsharing and Kiss&Ride facilities by autumn.
Due to station opening, it is expected that the total passenger capacity of the metro and the MCC will increase by 75,000 passengers per day. This includes 25,000 passengers of the long-distance transport services. The goal of the Vostochny station construction was to unload reduce the pressure of the busiest section of Moscow – Kurskaya-Kalanchevskaya.
Thanks to the connection with the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) network, it will be convenient to reach the capital airports for the transit passengers of the new long-distance railway station Vostochny. It will take only 18 minutes to get to the Okruzhnaya station for the interchange to the air express link in Sheremetyevo, to the Verkhnie Kotly station for the interchange to the air express in Domodedovo and 29 minutes, to the Andronovka station for the interchange to the commuter train services going to the Zhukovsky airport within only 12 minutes. It is also easy to get to Vnukovo airport, on the Sokolnicheskaya line (Red Line) from the Cherkizovskaya station to Salaryevo, where further drive 20 minutes by bus to the airport.
This new station is situated on the MCC as a part of a large and unique hub, linking the Cherkizovskaya station of the Red metro line (Line 1), the station of the ‘Locomotive’ station on the MCC and the surface transport system. 48 long-distance trains will arrive and depart each day at the Vostochny transport hub, with 20 fast trains (the Strizh and Lastochka trains) running to Nizhny Novgorod and Ivanovo. The rest are transit trains passing through Moscow on the way from the north-western part of Russia to the south.
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