Russian Railways will record the highest ridership figure for the last 11 years, with 1.2 billion passengers being estimated to be transported by the end of this year.
In October, a total of 894.1 million passengers have traveled using RZD’s transport services, representing a 4% increase compared to the same period last year.
“I would like to emphasise that these results are all the more impressive since they are in comparison to the already high levels obtaining during 2018, when the World Cup was held in Russia. We consistently follow a strategy regarding transport accessibility and mobility, so that the most active and mobile part of our society always has both the desire and the opportunity to use rail transport again and again,” Oleg Belozerov, the CEO of RZD said.
This year, the company implemented the largest rolling stock renewal programme and it has provided more and more connections to the other transport modes. For example, the company implemented the Central Transport Hub project, providing the links to the Moscow Central Ring (MCC) and the two central diameter lines. In addition, unique solutions to reduce the time intervals between trains on the MCC to four minutes enabled it to achieve new record results. “In fact, since it began operating, the MCC has carried more than 400 million people. In 2021, we are scheduled to introduce a model for driverless operations,” Belozerov said.
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