A lot of water has passed under the bridge since I showed the previous (3) version of the Moscow railway hub suburban transport scheme. But the time has come to show the updated one, since there is no limit to perfection and “everything can be improved ad infinitum” (C) A. Raikin. In the interval between the release of this scheme and the previous one, another event occurred - the Center for the Promotion of Computer Science took my scheme as a basis and, having reworked it, released its own. The event is truly significant, since previously there were schemes of one direction, and now on trains people can learn about the transport accessibility of the entire region. Therefore, the fact that they took the diagram and printed it is very good! But at the time of its release, I published a critical post related to the fact that the Center for Coordination and Processing and Processing interrupted the cooperation that had begun. The very subject of criticism was precisely the non-partnership approach, when they stop communicating with you and do not explain further steps. Many, especially the media, took this as a reason to find a sensation, coming up with income claims, etc., on my behalf, so I closed this post almost immediately in order to avoid further artificial discord.
Since the mood was spoiled, quite quickly, already last May, the Center for Transport and Communications made a second version, simultaneously releasing an English (it seems to me that this is a first for suburban traffic in Moscow) and a Russian version (). The station icons have been updated (in my opinion, not for the better) (the square is generally a controversial decision, and overloaded with small details it is generally difficult to read; and stopping points in the form of breaks in the line generally make it look like something under construction or conditional, which is always and are indicated by a dotted line), trains (they have become too small, and it’s also funny that express trains are drawn with a platform, but ordinary trains are not; this was my decision in the absence of a better option, but now color coding would completely solve it, the platform is clearly superfluous, or its everyone needs to draw), lines (various strokes have appeared, indicating the routes of REX and Aeroexpress, but in fact, in my opinion, they absolutely confuse people), the metro map and Podbelskogo Street, which is schematically located to the west of the Yaroslavl direction, Medvedkovo in Pushkino and etc. - this is just a nail in the boot. After the update, our schemes remained similar only in terms of color, and the general principle of the arrangement of directions. This is a completely autonomous project that I will be watching with interest.
Once again I want to say that before, now and in the future my project is non-profit. The diagram can be taken and used (like all my photographs) subject to CC BY-ND. If you want to change something for yourself, you are welcome. As well as I welcome any ideas.
Starting the project three years ago, I understood that it was not very clear for residents and guests of the Moscow region how and where they could get by rail. I set the task to reflect on one sheet all the directions of the Moscow Railway, as well as the travel time to the end points and the end stations of electric trains. The successful and attractive arrangement of elements on the diagram makes it popular and, most importantly, easy to use. Therefore, I hope that my scheme will continue to be like this. Now I'm working on placing a bus service on it, this will be in version 5. In the meantime, a little about evolution
The first version collected many valuable comments and quite soon version 2 appeared.
February 2011
Third version.
December 2011
What has changed:
- the general arrangement of directions has changed, I tried to make them less crowded, now the lines are not only horizontal and vertical, but also diagonal
- large rivers were added (what a pity there is no regular river service on them), the Moscow Railway project and the contours of the metro scheme
- added a diagram of the coverage area of the "Greater Moscow" subscription, as well as the time spent driving along sections of roads on a diagram close to the map. This gives a more realistic idea of the scale of displacement.
- changed the pictograms of the final train stops, making them in the form of signs. Thus, by being next to one name, they make it possible to clearly indicate which one they belong to. To the already existing REX, Aeroexpress, Sputnik, regular train and ring train, a diesel train was added.
- changed the approach to displaying transfer stations, now it is always one circle, colored with an outline of two colors.
What I didn't change:
- division into op. and stations. Many spears have been broken on this topic. Indeed, the passenger generally does not care what status the commuter train stop is located according to the railway classification. But still, a station is almost always a sure sign that the train stops here more often. This means that when choosing from two neighboring ones, there is a chance to choose the one from which it is faster to leave. When returning from a ski trip on a frosty evening, such a choice can be very useful;)
As usual, I accept constructive criticism.
Residents of Moscow and the Moscow region will have the right to free travel on commuter trains.
Pensioners Moscow will be able to travel for free on all commuter trains - including fast and high-speed commuter trains: Sputniks, REXs, suburban Lastochkas (highlighted on the website in blue, not to be confused with long-distance Lastochkas, highlighted in red - they do not provide benefits) and other express trains.
Pensioners Moscow region will be able to travel only on suburban trains numbered 6000. These include regular electric trains, the Standard Plus trains of the TsPPK and the Comfort trains of the Moscow-Tver PPK.
The benefit will apply to routes within the territory of Moscow, the Moscow region and adjacent regions, where direct trains run from Moscow (Moscow region). For example, on the Leningrad direction, free tickets can be issued no further than the Tver and Konakovo stations.
To be able to issue a cash-free ticket, you need to do it once (before the first use on suburban railway transport) activate social card. According to preliminary information, this will be possible to do this at ticket offices from August 1 at all main stations and some transfer stations in Moscow, as well as at a number of large stations in the Moscow region - Mytishchi, Sergiev Posad, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Domodedovo, Lyubertsy, Podolsk, Nara, Odintsovo, Pavshino, Lobnya. In addition, it will be possible to activate (recode) the card at all stations and stopping points on the Moscow-Tver, Konakovo section (where there is a ticket office), as well as at ticket printing machines (BPA) of the Moscow-Tver PPK. There is no need to reissue the card.
If you don’t have a social card, you need to contact the MFC - they will issue you a certificate and a temporary card, upon presentation of which and your passport you can also issue a cash-free ticket. At the TsPPK training ground until August 9, it is possible to issue a ticket without a certificate (providing only a temporary card and passport are presented).
From mid-August it will be possible to activate the card at other stations.
After the card is activated, it will be possible to issue one-time non-cash tickets in the “there” or “round-trip” direction using the social card at the ticket office or bank account.
Please note that the right of free travel does not give the right to travel without a ticket. Before each trip, you must obtain a cash-free ticket from the ticket office or BPA. taking into account the category of the train in which you plan to travel (a ticket on a regular train does not give the right to travel on a fast train, but a ticket on a fast train also gives the right to travel on a regular train).
Beneficiaries in Moscow can usually do this on the day of the trip or in advance (up to 10 days), and beneficiaries in the Moscow region can do this only on the day of the trip.
If the ticket office is closed (at the time of departure of the train) or is absent, or there is no PPA, then you must obtain a coupon from the coupon-printing terminal confirming the fact of boarding at this stopping point (only at the Central PPK training ground). And only if there is no such terminal at the station, you can board without a ticket and issue a free ride directly on the train or at the destination station.
In other cases, if there is no ticket when checking on the train or at the destination station, a service fee of 100 to 200 rubles may be charged to the passenger.
The railway network of the Russian Federation is quite extensive. It consists of several sections of highways, which are owned by Russian Railways OJSC. Moreover, all regional roads are formally branches of JSC Russian Railways, while the company itself acts as a monopolist in Russia:
The road runs through the territory of the Irkutsk and Chita regions and the republics of Buryatia and Sakha-Yakutia. The length of the highway is 3848 km.
The road runs along two parallel latitudinal directions: Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod - Kirov and Moscow - Kazan - Yekaterinburg, which are connected by roads. The road connects the Central, North-Western and Northern regions of Russia with the Volga region, the Urals and Siberia. The Gorky road borders on the following railways: Moscow (Petushki and Cherusti stations), Sverdlovsk (Cheptsa, Druzhinino stations), Northern (Novki, Susolovka, Svecha stations), Kuibyshevskaya (Krasny Uzel, Tsilna stations). The total developed length of the road is 12066 km. The length of the main railway tracks is 7987 km.
The railway passes through the territory of five constituent entities of the Russian Federation - Primorsky and Khabarovsk territories, Amur and Jewish Autonomous Regions, and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Its service area also includes the Magadan, Sakhalin, Kamchatka regions and Chukotka - over 40% of the territory of Russia. Operating length - 5986 km.
The Trans-Baikal Railway runs in the south-east of Russia, through the territory of the Trans-Baikal Territory and the Amur Region, is located next to the border of the People's Republic of China and has the only direct land border railway crossing in Russia through the Zabaikalsk station. Operating length - 3370 km.
The West Siberian Railway passes through the territory of Omsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Tomsk regions, Altai Territory and partly the Republic of Kazakhstan. The developed length of the main tracks of the highway is 8986 km, the operational length is 5602 km.
The road operates in special geopolitical conditions. The shortest route from the center of Russia to the countries of Western Europe runs through Kaliningrad. The road does not have common borders with Russian Railways. The total length of the highway is 1,100 km, the length of the main routes is over 900 kilometers.
The highway passes through four large regions - Kemerovo region, Khakassia, Irkutsk region and Krasnoyarsk Territory, connecting the Trans-Siberian and South Siberian railways. Figuratively speaking, it is a bridge between the European part of Russia, its Far East and Asia. The operational length of the Krasnoyarsk road is 3160 km. The total length is 4544 kilometers.
The railway stretches from the Moscow region to the Ural foothills, connecting the center and west of the Russian Federation with the large socio-economic regions of the Urals, Siberia, Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The road consists of two almost parallel lines running from West to East: Kustarevka - Inza - Ulyanovsk and Ryazhsk - Samara, which connect at the Chishmy station, forming a double-track line ending at the spurs of the Ural Mountains. Two other lines of the road Ruzaevka - Penza - Rtishchevo and Ulyanovsk - Syzran - Saratov run from North to South.
Within its current boundaries, the Moscow Railway was organized in 1959 as a result of the full and partial unification of six roads: Moscow-Ryazan, Moscow-Kursk-Donbass, Moscow-Okruzhnaya, Moscow-Kyiv, Kalinin and Northern. The deployed length is 13,000 km, the operational length is 8,800 km.
The Oktyabrskaya Mainline passes through the territory of eleven constituent entities of the Russian Federation - Leningrad, Pskov, Novgorod, Vologda, Murmansk, Tver, Moscow, Yaroslavl regions, the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg and the Republic of Karelia. Operating length - 10143 km.
The Volga (Ryazan-Ural) railway is located in the southeast of the European part of Russia in the region of the Lower Volga and the middle reaches of the Don and covers the territories of the Saratov, Volgograd and Astrakhan regions, as well as several stations located within the Rostov, Samara regions and Kazakhstan. The length of the road is 4191 km.
The highway connects the European and Asian parts of Russia, stretches for one and a half thousand kilometers from west to east and crosses the Arctic Circle in a northern direction. Passes through Nizhny Tagil, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Surgut, Tyumen. It also serves the Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs. Operating length - 7154 km. The deployed length is 13,853 km.
The highway originates in the center of Russia and extends far to the north of the country. Most of the Northern Mainline is operated in the harsh conditions of the Far North and the Arctic. The unfolded length is 8500 kilometers.
The road’s service area includes 11 constituent entities of the Russian Federation of the Southern Federal District; it directly borders Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The operational length of the highway is 6358 km.
The South-Eastern Railway occupies a central position in the railway network and connects the eastern regions and the Urals with the Center, as well as the regions of the North, North-West and Center with the North Caucasus, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian states. The South-Eastern Road borders on the Moscow, Kuibyshev, North Caucasus, and Southern Railways of Ukraine. Operating length - 4189 km.
The South Ural Railway is located in two parts of the world - at the junction of Europe and Asia. It includes Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Orenburg and Kartalinsk branches. Several mainline railway lines pass through the territory of Kazakhstan. The South-Eastern Road borders on the Moscow, Kuibyshev, North Caucasus, and Southern Railways of Ukraine. Operating length - 4189 km. The developed length is over 8000 km.
Suburban trains in Moscow depart from nine stations, each of which serves one or more destinations. Depending on the route and departure time, trains operate daily or only on certain days. On weekends and holidays, additional electric trains are usually provided. As a rule, trains begin their journey around 4.00 and end after midnight. The schedule of Moscow electric trains provides for the operation of luxury high-speed express trains along suburban routes.
Moscow-Belorusskaya ensures the movement of suburban electric trains running in the Belarusian direction. Electric trains in this direction make a stop at the stations: Vyazma, Gagarin, Odintsovo, Kubinka, Golitsyno, Zvenigorod, Borodino, Mozhaisk and others. Transit electric trains of the Savelovsky and Kursk directions pass through it. It also serves Aeroexpress, which goes to Sheremetyevo Airport.
Suburban trains depart from the Kazansky station in the Kazan and Ryazan directions, respectively to Murom and Ryazan. Their route passes through the stations Lyubertsy, Cherusti, Panki, Vinogradovo, Kurovskaya, Gzhel, Bykovo, Shatura, Ramenskoye, Golutvin and others.
Kyiv Station accepts suburban trains in the Kyiv direction - to Kaluga-1, Kaluga-2 stations and back. Intermediate stations are Kresty, Solnechnaya, Bekasovo, Nara, Aprelevka, Lesnoy Gorodok and Maloyaroslavets. In addition, Aeroexpress trains depart from here to Vnukovo Airport.
Kursky Station provides departure and reception of electric trains in two main directions - Kursk and Gorkovsky. In the Kursk direction, trains travel south to Tula, making intermediate stops at the stations of Tsaritsyno, Podolsk, Chekhov, Serpukhov and others. In the Gorky direction, electric trains run east - to Vladimir. The main stations are Reutovo, Balashikha, Fryazevo, Noginsk, Pavlovsky Posad, Elektrogorsk, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Petushki. Also, transit commuter trains run through Moscow-Kursk in the Smolensk (Belarusian) and Riga directions. Leningradsky Station provides traffic for suburban electric trains of the Leningrad direction, traveling to the stations of Khimki, Kryukovo, Podsolnechnaya, Klin, Konakovo, Tver and others.
Suburban trains depart from Paveletsky Station in the Paveletsky direction to the stations Biryulyovo, Uzunovo, Stupino, Domodedovo, Mikhnevo, Kashira and others. In addition, an Aeroexpress train departs from the station to Domodedovo Airport.
Rizhsky Station sends commuter trains in the Riga direction and back. The main stops along the route: Volokolamsk, Pavshino, Rumyantsevo, Novoierusalimskaya, Dedovsk, Nakhabino, Shakhovskaya and others.
Savyolovsky Station serves commuter trains to Dubna with stops in populated areas - Dmitrov, Lobnya, Dolgoprudny, Taldom and others. Aeroexpress trains also operate: Lobnya station is a transfer point for buses going to Sheremetyevo Airport. The movement of buses and aeroexpress trains is coordinated. The train schedule also includes transit electric trains of the Smolensk-Belarusian direction.
From the Yaroslavsky station, commuter trains run in the Yaroslavl direction to settlements in the Moscow and Vladimir regions. The route passes through the stations Mytishchi, Korolev, Pushkino, Fryazino, Shchelkovo, Sergiev Posad, Krasnoarmeysk, Khotkovo, Alexandrov, Balakirevo and others.
Information on the schedule of electric trains (suburban trains) at the Moscow station:
The current train schedule at the Moscow station contains only 2940 trains (suburban trains), which connect Moscow with such stations and settlements as Sheremetyevo Airport, Golitsyno, Lvovskaya, Zvenigorod, Kubinka 1. According to the schedule, the last train (suburban train) departs at 23:00 59 m to the destination Moscow-Yaroslavskaya. The nearest stations and stopping points are Okruzhnaya, Begovaya, Kuntsevo 1. For all routes through the above-mentioned settlements, complete information about the schedule is available - departure time, arrival time, routes and other useful information. When planning a trip, you should pay attention to the fact that most often electric trains at the Moscow station depart or arrive in the morning - 275 electric trains (commuter trains, diesels) in different directions, with such connections as Moscow-Kurskaya - Krutoe, Moscow-Kyiv - Nara, Biryulyovo-Pass - Moscow-Paveletskaya. The regularly updated schedule of electric trains (suburban trains) at the Moscow station is displayed on this page.
