MCK Celebrates 10 Years, Transformed Moscow Transport
The launch of the Moscow Central Circle has set a new standard for urban transport and fundamentally changed the city's transportation system, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.
Consensus
- Moscow's Central Ring (MCK) turned 10 years old.
- The MCK has transformed Moscow's transport system.
- The MCK consists of 54 km of modern railway tracks and 31 urban stations.
- The MCK provides free transfers to the metro and MCD.
- The MCK has improved transport accessibility in 34 districts of Moscow, where over three million people live.
- The MCK operates with a unified payment system and barrier-free environment.
- The MCK has enabled the development of modern infrastructure around its stations.
- The MCK project served as a foundation for the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD).
- The MCK is used by 600,000 people daily.
- Over 1.4 billion trips have been made on the MCK in 10 years.
- Trains on the MCK run at four-minute intervals during peak hours.
- The MCK uses 'Lastochka' trains with quiet cars, climate control, toilets, bicycle and stroller spaces.
Points of divergence
- Sobyanin announced plans to build about 35 new metro stations by 2035, including 12 in the Moscow Oblast, with new stations on the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line at Krasnogorsk and Izumrudnye Kholmy. — ntv
- On September 5, President Vladimir Putin and Mayor Sobyanin opened the first five stations of the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya metro line during Moscow's Day celebration. — vm
- Moscow achieved its highest metro construction rate in five years, with 14.7 km of tunnels laid in the first seven months of the year, involving 25 stations and 10 tunneling machines. — vm
Coverage (3 sources)
- Sobyanin told how the Moscow Central Circle changed the transport system of Moscow — НТВ Москва
- Sobyanin: MTSK radically changed the capital's transportation system — Вечерняя Москва
- Sobyanin: MTSK radically changed the capital's transportation system — Москва 24