Moscow Metro Demands 300K RUB for Tram Delays
A traffic accident on Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya Street in Moscow caused a 54-minute delay to trams on routes 26 and 38, leading to demands for over 300,000 rubles in compensation from the involved drivers. The Moscow Metro is pursuing legal action against drivers who obstruct tram tracks.
Consensus
- A traffic accident occurred on Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya Avenue in Moscow on August 25.
- Two vehicles, a BMW and a Mercedes, were involved in the accident.
- The accident caused a 54-minute delay for trams on routes 26 and 39.
- The Moscow Metro is seeking compensation from the drivers involved.
- The average cost of a one-minute tram delay is 8,000 rubles.
- One of the drivers had 12 traffic violations in the past year.
- The Moscow Metro has previously pursued legal action for similar incidents.
- The city's transport department emphasized the need for drivers to be cautious near tram tracks.
Points of divergence
- A car crashed into tram tracks near the 'Akademika Lyulki' stop, causing a 41-minute delay for two tram routes, and the Moscow Metro is preparing to sue the driver. — vm
- The Moscow Metro has already demanded over 300,000 RUB from the drivers, and the court has ruled in favor of the metro in 100% of similar cases. — m24
- The Moscow Metro is demanding 300,000 RUB for the delay, and the average cost per minute of delay is 8,000 RUB. — vesti
Coverage (4 sources)
- Deptrans: A minute delay of a tram in Moscow costs 8 thousand rubles — Вести
- Moscow Metro will demand more than 300 thousand rubles from those responsible for the accident that delayed trams — Москва 24
- In Moscow, a car drove onto tram tracks and got stuck — Вести
- Moscow Metro to Sue Driver Stuck on Tram Tracks — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- Moscow
- Deptrans
- Big Cheryomushkinskaya Street
- Academician Lyulka Square
- Max
- Moscow Metro
- Boris Galushkin
- Metro
- Moscow Department of Transport, Moscow Metro