Over 100 million passengers have used rail services on Moscow Central Circle (MCC) this year, representing an increase by 15 million people compared to the same period last year. Currently, MCC trains carry over 470,000 passengers daily, city’s Mayor, Sergei Sobyanin said.
On 2 October, the MCC’s Lastochka trains carried the highest number of passengers ever, over 490,000 riders, since service began.
Before the MCC, metro passengers had to make several changes on different metro lines or walk a long way to the station they needed. When the new circle railway line was launched, many routes became faster, with various connections. On average, Muscovites can save from 9 to 16 minutes on the MCC.
“Muscovites rely on the MCC during their city trips more often now. The MCC is gaining popularity thanks to convenient changes to other modes of transport. About 6 million passengers a month change from the MCC to the metro and back,” said Roman Latypov, First Deputy Head of the Moscow Metro for Strategic Development and Customer Relations.
Transport services on MCC were launched in September 2016 and currently serves 31 stations, providing 20 metro and seven commuter train transfer points that take no more than 10-12 minutes and are free within 90 minutes.
The Moscow Central Circle (MCC), known also as metro Line 14, has a total length of 54 kilometres, and it is operated by 36 modern trains.
Moscow continues to integrate MCC with metro stations and railway platforms. For example, the Shelepikha and Khoroshovskaya stations on the metro’s Big Circle Line, which were opened in February, provide transfers to the MCC. This spring, the Okruzhnaya metro station opened on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line, is also connected to the MCC.
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