By 2027, the first passenger trips on unmanned trains will begin…
By 2027, the first passenger trips on unmanned trains will begin, and by 2030, the first line of unmanned metro - BKL - will be launched.
Consensus
- Moscow plans to increase the share of driverless tramways to 90% by 203s.
- By 2030, two-thirds of Moscow's tram fleet will be driverless.
- The driverless technology is fully owned by the Moscow government.
- Driverless metro train tests have been ongoing on the Big Circle Line for six months.
- The test trains have traveled over 4,000 km without passengers.
- Passenger trials for driverless metro trains are scheduled to begin in 2027.
- The first fully driverless metro line, the Big Circle Line, is expected to launch in 2030.
- All 94 trains on the Big Circle Line will be driverless by 2030.
- The first driverless tram was launched in Moscow in 2025.
- There are currently four driverless trams in Moscow, all based on the three-section 'Vityaz' model.
Points of divergence
- The number of driverless trams in Moscow will increase to 15 by the end of 2025 and to 400 by 2030. — kommersant
- Driverless trams will also be introduced in Nizhny Novgorod and Sverdlovsk regions. — kommersant
- Despite being included in an experiment two years ago, no new driverless transport has appeared in Saint Petersburg. — kommersant
Coverage (2 sources)
- In Moscow, the share of unmanned trams will increase to 90% by 2035 — Коммерсантъ
- Moscow authorities plan to increase the share of unmanned trams to 90% by 2035 — Интерфакс