The Moscow city authorities, together with Moscow Region, Russian Railways and the Ministry of Transport will discuss a possibility to convert radial railway lines into thorough diametres. “Every diametre, for example, from Zelenograd to Balashikha or Podolsk, will work like the Moscow Central Circle (MCC),” Sergei Sobyanin said.
Beside this project, Moscow will improve traffic on the Yaroslavl, Kursk, Gorkovskaya, Kiev and Smolensk lines of the Moscow Railway will also be launched in the near future.
Currently, city’s biggest priority is the Moscow Metro with the most important projects including the Solntsevskaya, Kozhukhovskaya and Dmitrovskaya radial lines as well as new metro lines to Khovrino and Kommunarka. In the next four years, the main sections of the Third Interchange Circuit will be completed, with its first stations opening this year.
In addition, Moscow will carry out train upgrades, as over the next five or six years, the city will replace the old train carriages with the new Moskva trains. The tender to supply them will be announced soon.
The city has allocated about RUB 550 billion (USD 9.47 billion) for the development of the transit system. This massive public funding is needed for significant improvement in the ability to get around for pedestrians, drivers and public transit users.
“Today’s cities are created for people, and their success depends on how comfortable life in them is. This is why I believe my main task is to create a more comfortable city for Muscovites,” Sergei Sobyanin added.
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