MCC station "Gagarin Square" and free travel around the ring! When and what will be launched.
On September 10, 2017, the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) celebrates the first anniversary of the launch of passenger traffic. During the year of operation, Lastochka trains, running to the MCC during peak hours with a minimum interval of 5 minutes, carried almost 100 million passengers. The opening of the Moscow Central Circle has helped relieve pressure on almost all Moscow metro lines and central railway stations. On September 7, the total passenger traffic at 31 MCC stations exceeded 385,000 people.
The launch of passenger traffic on the MCC took place exactly one year ago, on September 10, 2016. For residents of Moscow, 31 stations, 14 transfers from the metro to the MCC became available. After the completion of the construction of Shelepikha, Okruzhnaya, Nizhegorodskaya metro stations, there will be 17 transfers.
Thanks to the new transport highway, passenger traffic on busy metro lines has decreased, for example, on the Koltsevaya line by 15%, Sokolnicheskaya - 20%, Lublinskaya - 14%, Filevskaya - 12%. For commuter train passengers from MCC stations, 6 transfers to commuter trains are available. After the completion of the construction of railway platforms in 2018 on the Kursk, Paveletsky, Riga and Gorky directions, the number of transfers will increase to 10. During the year of the MCC, about 25 million passengers from 6 radial directions of the railways moved to the MCC during the year, not reaching the central railways stations.
The MCC has implemented all the most innovative payment methods that exist in Europe. This is done so that every passenger, including foreign tourists, can pay for the fare in a convenient way. When paying with a contactless Mastercard card on the days of the celebration of the 870th anniversary of Moscow and the birthday of the Moscow Central Circle on September 9 and 10, as well as at night, travel through the MCC cost only one ruble. At the same time, you can pay for the trip directly at the turnstile by any carrier - a plastic card, a mobile application (Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Android Pay), a wristwatch or a bracelet.
Today, as part of the celebration of the MCC's birthday at the Luzhniki station, a new pilot project was presented to pay for travel to the MCC through the AliPay payment system, which now covers five MCC stations: Luzhniki, Izmailovo, Delovoy Tsentr, Lokomotiv and Gagarin Square. The launch of the Alipay payment system will make the MCC more attractive to tourists from China, as the new tool will allow them to buy tickets in their usual way. It is planned that by the end of the year it will be possible to purchase travel tickets using Alipay at all MCC stations.
On the birthday of the Moscow Central Ring, a large-scale cultural and entertainment program was prepared for Muscovites and guests of the capital under the motto “1 year of the MCC. The city is getting closer! The main events are held at the site near the Luzhniki station. At 10 am, a festive concert began here, which will last until the evening. The concert is attended by popular artists, including the winner of the television show "Voice" on Channel One, Dina Garipova, children's groups, as well as participants in the "Music in the Metro" project. Also, throughout the day, participants in the Music in the Metro project perform at the Moscow Central Circle stations Lokomotiv, Delovoy Tsentr, Kutuzovskaya, Rostokino and Shosse Entuziastov.
All day long, competitions and intellectual games are held at the site near the Luzhniki station. For children, the organizers prepared a playground and fed them delicious ice cream. The animators handed out Troika commemorative cards, as well as special key rings and bracelets with the Troika card function, issued for the anniversary of the MCC.
The leaders of the Moscow Metro, historians, architects, specialists and experts made reports and presentations today as part of a specially organized lecture hall dedicated to the history of the development of the Moscow District Railway from the first projects to the opening of the Moscow Central Ring. Also on the main stage, the guests of the festival were shown the history of the MCC using sand animation.
A special video greeting for the guests of the holiday was also prepared by the cosmonauts of the International Space Station. And in order to congratulate the MCC on its anniversary, not only officials came here today, but also the robot Metrosh, which has already fallen in love with passengers.
The highlight of the day was the wedding ceremony for the couple who won the contest "It's good that people came up with rings!", Which was held in the official subway groups on social networks. At the solemn wedding ceremony, young people exchanged unique rings with the functionality of the Troika card. A transport solution in the form of a ring on a finger to pay for travel was implemented for the first time in the world. Now the newlyweds will be able to pay for travel using these rings wherever Troika operates: in the metro, on land transport, the Moscow Central Circle, etc.
For active users of social networks on the eve of the birthday of the MCC, the Moscow Metro organized a series of contests and quests on its VKontakte and Facebook pages. The winners were invited to a free tour "MCC - the steel ring of Moscow." Those who did not have time to take part in the competition can use the free excursion audio guides. To do this, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Live Communication counter located at the Luzhniki station, you need to get an audio guide with two headphones and go on an independent trip around the MCC with it. After the tour was over and the audio guide was returned to the counter, each excursionist was given a special memorable gift.
Excursions to the MCC have been held since the launch, and this year more than 9,000 Muscovites and guests of the city have been able to visit them.
The Moscow Metro congratulates all Muscovites and guests of the capital on the anniversary of the launch of passenger traffic along the MCC and wishes you pleasant trips!
Many Muscovites and guests of the capital have already become accustomed to the convenience of the MCC (Moscow Central Ring) or, as it was previously called the Moscow Ring Railway, the opening of which contributed to the unloading of the Moscow Ring Line of the Moscow Metro in particular and the entire metro as a whole.
MCC map with metro
MCC scheme with transfers to the metro, trains and suburban transport
Another popular MCC scheme with transfers to the metro, trains and other suburban transport will be useful for passengers who travel by trains, switch to the MCC from the metro or minibuses. The diagram shows metro stations, Russian Railways stations and MCC stations along with transitions to them.
We draw your attention to the distance of a number of MCC stations from the metro. For example, from the Nagatinskaya metro station to the MCC station, the top fields of Yandex maps show 4 km, despite the fact that the map in the metro indicates 10-12 minutes on foot.
Schemes and maps during construction (projects) with interchange nodes:
Numerous queries in the search can be addressed to the only official website of the MKZD http://mkzd.ru/
According to preliminary sketches, it was assumed that the Moscow Ring Road on the map would look like this:
Hours and schedule of the MCC
MCC works on the same graphics, as the Moscow metro:
from 5:30 am to 01:00 am
List of MCC (MKZHD) stations:
There will be 31 stations in total. It is assumed that the rolling stock will be represented by Lastochka trains, which have proven themselves well on intercity routes and, for sure, will be convenient for such local transportation.
The opening of the Moscow Ring Road is scheduled for the end of 2016, testing is planned to begin in July 2016, so we are waiting for new information and will be updated as it becomes available.
Information about MCC:
What is the length of the MCC in km?
The Small Ring of the Moscow Railway, along which the movement of MCC trains is organized, has a length of 54 km.
How long does it take for a train to make a full circle around the MCC?
You can drive a full circle around the MCC in about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
The same answer will be given to other questions, like: MCC lap in time
What is MCC?
The MCC is the Moscow Central Ring and this entire article describes this object of Moscow in all forms and angles, including the history of its creation.
Calculation of time between MCC stations
Because the calculator is not yet written and ready, an easy way to calculate the travel time between stations is the following 90 minutes / 31 stations = about 3 minutes an approximate calculation of the time from station to station.
What are the intervals of trains on the MCC
Intervals between MCC trains are no more than 6 minutes during peak hours, which is generally not bad, especially at traditionally problematic and overloaded stations. For example, near the City, where on the days of exhibitions at the Expocentre you are taken out of the subway.
Also asked:
1. When will MKZHD open passenger traffic?
According to the official website, testing will begin in July 2016, and the opening date is scheduled for the end of 2016.
21.07.2016
2. The platform did not fit the MKZD train, the opening and testing turned out to be disrupted, according to https://www.instagram.com/p/BIB7RpiDxv2/?taken-by=serjiopopov(apparently, a friend was asked to delete his instagram, from where the photo below came from, so Navalny also disappeared from the record, where there were inserts from instagram, but the screen remained the same https://navalny.com/p/4967/ :
The page remained in the Google cache, but it will not be possible to view it in its entirety due to some tricky redirects on Instagram:
The same cyclic redirects are included when searching the web archive for July 21 of this year. http://web.archive.org/web/20160721082945/https://www.instagram.com/
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4. What are the fares for the MCC (MKZHD)?
According to information on the website of the Moscow City Hall, fares will be the same as for the metro:
"90 minutes", "Single" and the card "Troika".
"Single" for 20 trips - 650 rubles, for 40 trips - 1300 rubles, for 60 trips - 1570 rubles.
Using the Troika card, travel along the MCC will cost 32 rubles, as in the metro.
A ticket for 1 and 2 is also equated to the price of a metro ticket - 50 and 100 rubles, respectively.
10.09.2016
The opening of the MCC took place:
26 out of 31 stations of the ring are operating. Sokolinaya Gora, Dubrovka, Zorge, Panfilovskaya and Koptevo stations will be opened later (until the end of 2016).
Trains "Lastochka" run during peak hours with an interval of 6 minutes, the rest of the time - 12 minutes. The fare payment system is integrated with the Moscow Metro and allows you to transfer from the metro to the MCC trains and back without additional payment. In the first month of the ring's operation (through October 10 inclusive), travel by MCC trains is free. According to rasp.yandex.ru
Already on September 10, the first stage of the Moscow Central Ring will take place. The online edition of the site answered the most important questions about the new type of urban transport.
What it is?
The Moscow Central Ring is a uniting metro and radial directions of suburban railways. Previously, it was called the Moscow Ring of the Railway. The MCC passes near the Third Transport Ring in the southeast and west of the city and in the middle between the Third Ring Road and the Moscow Ring Road in the north of the capital.
The main task of the road is to make the path from one point remote from the city center to another shorter. According to experts, the launch of the railway should reduce travel time by an average of 20 minutes, unload the Circle Subway Line by 15 percent, and the central stations of the city by 20 percent.
How many stations will open at the MCC?
The ring includes 31 stations, each of which provides transfers to other types of public transport. 17 stations will be connected with 11 metro lines, 10 with radial railway lines.
At the first stage, 26 stations will be available to passengers, the press service of the Moscow Construction Complex reports, citing Deputy Mayor for Urban Development Policy Marat Khusnullin. The rest will begin work before the end of the year.
Until 2018, the connection of MCC stations with metro stations, radial railway lines and surface urban transport will gradually improve.
Photo: MCC press center in the Moscow metro
Where can I transfer from the MCC?
In total, with the launch of the MCC, Muscovites and guests of the capital can make more than 350 transfers, and travel time when moving around the capital will be reduced by three times.
Passengers will be able to change freely when traveling on the following routes: Metro - MCC - Metro; Metro - MCC; MCC - Metro - Monorail; Monorail - Metro - MCC - Metro.
There are also transfers from trains to buses, trolleybuses and trams. The ground transport schedule will be adjusted to the MCC schedule.
The intervals of movement of ground transport routes serving the ring, from September 8, are about 10 minutes. In the future, they are planned to be reduced to 6–8 minutes, so that passengers can transfer from the MCC to ground transport almost immediately.
Territory maps have been updated for more than four thousand ground transport stops, and 15 stops now have stations of the new ring.
It will also be possible to get to the new railway line by private transport: special parking lots will be equipped at 13 stops.
How to navigate the MCC?
In total, several variants of the MCC scheme have been prepared. On one of them, it is marked on the map of the city with the designation of suburban railway lines, as well as metro lines, including the Third Interchange Circuit under construction.
On the second, the MCC scheme is inscribed in the currently used metro map and is indicated there as the 14th metro line. In total, 50 thousand new schemes will be pasted in the subway. The updated maps will also show information on how long it will take to transfer from the metro station to the MCC station.
The ring stations themselves are equipped with navigation panels in Russian and English. Braille will be installed for visually impaired passengers. Also at each station there will be a board with the time of arrival of the train. Several of them will be equipped with "Live communication" racks.
Where can I find detailed information about the MCC?
A section dedicated to the Moscow Central Circle has appeared on the official website of the Moscow Metro.
The new page contains information about the history of the creation of the MCC and the modern Lastochka trains running around the ring. Also, site visitors can get acquainted with the scheme of transfers from the metro to the MCC and choose convenient routes.
In addition, the page of the central ring was opened on the Unified Transport Portal. Here you can also get detailed information about the routes and time spent on the road.
What tickets will be valid for the MCC?
The same tickets for the MCC as for the metro. In the first month after the opening, travel will be free.
Passengers using the Unified or Troika card purchased before September 1 need to renew their travel cards. One can be updated at the metro ticket office, Troika - through the machine, replenishing the card for any amount.
Social cards do not require updates. The same applies to travel cards purchased in September.
It will be possible to buy tickets at the stations of the ring both for cash and by cards. They also plan to introduce a contactless fare payment system that will allow paying for travel using a mobile phone, as well as a PayPass / PayWave system - money will be debited automatically if you attach a bank card to the validator.
The MCC will have the same fares as the metro.
- one trip - 50 rubles;
- one train with the Troika card - 32 rubles;
- 90 minutes - 60 rubles.
Will there be benefits at the MCC?
All subway benefits will remain. More than three million metropolitan beneficiaries will receive the right to free travel along the second ring, including:
- pensioners;
- invalids and participants of the Great Patriotic War;
- participants in the defense of Moscow;
- rear workers;
- residents of besieged Leningrad;
- former prisoners of Nazi camps, prisons and ghettos;
- Heroes of the Soviet Union;
- Heroes of the Russian Federation;
- Heroes of Socialist Labor and full cavaliers of the Orders of Glory and Labor Glory of three degrees;
- labor veterans;
- honorary donors (USSR, Russia or Moscow);
- one of the parents and children from large families;
- orphans and children left without parental care, and their guardians (custodians);
- pupils and students.
How will the MCC work?
The MCC will operate according to the same schedule as the metro - from 05:30 to 01:00.
During rush hours, trains will run at intervals of six minutes, during normal times, trains will have to wait 15 minutes.
How long does it take to travel through the MCC?
Time for which you can drive the entire ring: 84 minutes, including stops. Passengers do not have to travel to the metro's Koltsevaya Line to get, say, from Mezhdunarodnaya to Leninsky Prospekt or from Vladykino to Rokossovsky Boulevard. With the opening of the road, overcoming these segments will take 10-12 minutes instead of 28-39, respectively.
What trains will run on the MCC?
Passengers will be carried. It is planned to equip all rolling stock with energy-saving electrical equipment, video cameras, air conditioners, phone chargers and free Wi-Fi.
Each Lastochka will have five carriages. Two toilets will be installed in the two head cars, which are adapted for citizens with limited mobility, and there will be trash cans at the exits of the train.
In the first months, the doors of the Lastochki at the MCC will be opened by passengers on their own. To do this, special buttons will be installed on the door leaves outside and inside the car. They will only be active when the train has come to a complete stop. The green light next to it will let you know that the button is working.
Will the trains indicate the travel time to the next station?
All MCC trains will have video screens on which they will broadcast scoreboards with a countdown to the next station. Passengers will be able to see how many minutes are left before arriving at the platform. On the monitors, you can also find out the speed of the train and changes in the metro schedule.
The first two trains with video information will be launched immediately in September, all trains will be equipped with screens by next autumn. It is planned to install four screens in each car.
Is the MCC adapted for people with limited mobility?
Yes. All platforms are equipped with tactile tiles for the convenience of visually impaired passengers. Elevators and escalators have been installed at 26 transfer hubs, and special lifts have been installed at 5 transfer hubs.
Will it be possible to ride with a bicycle or a stroller?
Yes. you can carry it on the MCC trains, there are fasteners in the second and fourth cars. In the first carriage of the trains there will be places for people with limited mobility. There is floor navigation inside the trains, it will tell you where to go for cyclists and where for people with limited mobility.
This information is also indicated on the outside of the trains. And next to each transport interchange hub of the MCC, bicycle parking and bike rental stations will be installed.
Is the MCC and the Third Interchange Circuit the same thing?
No. Many people confuse the Moscow Central Ring with, but this is not the same thing. The main difference is that the MCC is a railway communication, and the TPK is a subway ring.
TPK will become a new large ring of the Moscow Metro. Its total length will be 59.5 kilometers with 28 stations. The first section of the circuit will be opened this year, and the entire line is planned to be launched within the next four years.
When did the idea of creating the MCC come about?
The construction of the road in 1903 under the personal supervision of the Moscow Governor-General, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich.
Five years later, the first train was launched on the new railway, in just a day four trains passed along the line. And if freight traffic fully justified itself, then passenger traffic did not go.
At first, Muscovites were embarrassed by the high price of tickets, and in the late 1920s and early 30s, bus and tram services improved in the areas where the ring road passed, the popularity of trains fell, and in 1934 passenger traffic had to be closed.
They wanted to restore them in the 60s, but the proposal was never implemented, and in the late 80s, the railway decided to restore historical buildings and start passenger trains.
The modern idea of turning the road into a high-speed highway with transfers to the subway appeared in 2001. Reconstruction began under Sergei Sobyanin in 2012.
: “so far, the list of stations that will be launched on September 10 (this date, one might say, is circled in red) has not been formed; according to Aleksey Zhigalin (deputy general director for design of MKZHD JSC, the exact “list” of what will open (will not open) will be announced on September 9"
On August 26, I looked at how things were going at the Gagarin Square station and I can say that this station will be open. Unfortunately, due to the severe backlog of filming, I'm posting photos only now.
And yesterday came interesting news from the press service of the metro.
On September 10, the first stage of the launch of traffic on the Moscow Central Circle will take place. On behalf of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, the first month of operation of the new highway will be free- passengers will be able to appreciate the benefits and conveniences of the new ring, as well as the quality and level of services.
Free trips will help introduce citizens to a new type of urban public transport. They can be carried out from September 10 to October 10 inclusive. During this time, passengers will be able to appreciate the Moscow Central Circle, get acquainted with the stations, build new convenient routes for themselves that can significantly reduce travel time.
Also, passengers can use one ticket to leave the metro, go to the MCC, and then return to the metro again absolutely free of charge. To do this, you just need to attach the used metro travel document to the reader with a special yellow sticker when passing through the turnstile at the stations of the Moscow Central Circle. Passing only through the designated turnstiles will allow you to make a transfer according to the scheme: "metro - MCC - metro" for free. The system of free transfers begins to operate from the moment the Moscow Central Circle is launched - September 10.
Passengers who plan to travel only along the MCC, or those who transfer from the metro to the MCC and do not plan to return to the metro within 90 minutes, can safely pass through the turnstiles that are not marked with a special sticker. It is important to note that a free return to the metro after traveling to the MCC will be possible only with specially activated tickets. These include all types of travel documents, including "Single" and "90 minutes", purchased after September 1.
Tickets purchased before this date, including those recorded on the Troika card, can be activated free of charge at the metro and monorail ticket offices, as well as at the Metro Passenger Agency and the Moscow Transport Service Center from September 1. Activation is carried out without changing the rest of the trips and the validity of the ticket, while new, reprogrammed travel documents will allow you to make transfers to the Moscow Central Ring for free and evaluate a new, convenient and comfortable way to travel around the capital.
It will be possible to activate free transfers on the Wallet ticket on the Troika card by replenishing it with an amount of at least 1 ruble, at the box office and ticket machines of the metro, as well as through the agent network. Passengers who do not plan to use the services of the MCC do not need to activate tickets. Also, reprogramming is not necessary for social cards of a Muscovite.
1. Entrance to the Gagarin Square station through the ground pavilion. 
2. Everything was ready here already a week ago. 
3. Exit to the station platform. 
4. Cash desks. . 
5. Platform finishing is almost complete. As you can see, there is very little left. Now it's all done. 
6. Pay attention to the metro and Russian Railways logos on the glass doors. 
7. Transfer to the metro station. The appendix is right - the old backlog for a transplant to a promising metro station. Hello to the blind, if you miss your corrugated intersection, you will hit the wall. Why was it necessary to make this strip there? 
8. Bridge on the station platform. Stained glass windows are installed here. 
9. And completely updated the marble and decoration of this site. 
10. Ticket offices for the transition from the metro to the MCC and back. 
11. Platform of the Gagarin Square station. 
12. Lobby. 
13. Beauty! By the way, such a contrast with other MCC stations really. 
14. The area above has already been put in order. 
15. Day X - September 10. We wait. 
16. And today the southern vestibule of the station "Leninsky Prospekt" is being opened after reconstruction. 
17. I will go there now. And then underground to one of the stations of the northern section. Details later :) 
18. Well, one of the latest versions of the MCC and metro scheme with numbers of the surface NOT near the stations of the ring. The diagram shows which stations open in September and which later. But, experience suggests that minor changes are possible. In general, the launch will be. This is the main thing! 
On the Day of the City of Moscow - September 10 - the Moscow Central Ring (MCC) is launched. This event is expected by the residents of the capital and especially the residents of the Moscow region: the new transport interchange hub (TPU) will save time on the road and will allow you to comfortably get from remote areas of Moscow to metro stations. Metro tells what is currently known about one of the most ambitious projects of the city authorities.
1. When and what will be launched?
There will be three stages, along the way, new stations will join the MCC. The first stage - in September 2016 (for residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, 14 transfers to the metro and six transfers to commuter trains will be available), the second - in December 2016, when all stations will be commissioned and the third - the final commissioning of the transfer hub with the possibility "warm" transfers (without leaving the metro to the street).
All stations, how and where you can go from them, will be available according to the scheme. This is the newest and most affordable option, we advise you to familiarize yourself.
2. How much does it cost?
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin recently wrote on his microblog on Twitter that the first month of travel on the MCC will be free. Further (according to the decree of the Government of Moscow), the effect of tariffs for travel in public transport of the capital extends to the Moscow Central Ring.
Thus, a single ticket for travel along the MCC for 20 trips will cost 650 rubles, for 60 trips - up to 1,570 rubles. At the same time, the fare for users of the Troika card on the MCC will cost the same as on the metro - 32 rubles.
Within the framework of one trip, it is allowed to make transfers without charging an additional fare.
How to ride the MCC for free for the first month - read the material.
3. How will it work? Will the trains have to wait long?
The Moscow government on its website reports that high-speed electric trains "Lastochka" will be launched along the ring, which will move almost silently and will be able to accelerate to 120 kilometers per hour. The aisles between the seats will be expanded in the trains, places for passengers with limited mobility in wheelchairs will be equipped. There will be USB sockets for charging electronic gadgets.
During peak hours, trains will run every six minutes, at other times - at intervals of 11-15 minutes. The total duration of the trip around the ring will be about 75 minutes.
4. I am a passenger, I now have a subway pass. Do I need to do something separately for the MCC?
For those who bought the "One" pass before September 1, 2016: you will have to reprogram the ticket. You will need to go to the ticket office and activate your ticket for free on the MCC. For Troika tickets, a top-up of at least 1 ruble will suffice.