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Cellular communications and Internet in the Moscow metro

Wi-Fi antenna "MaximaTelecom" in the metro tunnel

The cellular network covers most of the Moscow metro stations [k 1], except for some stations put into operation during the reign of Sergei Sobyanin. Communications are also provided for many transitions, escalator slopes and stages. However, the availability of coverage and signal strength vary greatly depending on the specific station (distance), as well as on the cellular operator. All sections of the Circle Line are provided with continuous coverage [ specify] .

Since March 2007, Comstar-UTS has provided payable service wireless access to the Internet (Wi-Fi). In 2012, trial equipping of the metro with Wi-Fi equipment was carried out by the Big Three companies: MTS radiating cable was laid on the sections of the Circle Line, stations and sections of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line section from Mendeleevskaya to Borovitskaya were equipped with MegaFon, and Wi-Fi service from Beeline was tested on two Sokolnicheskaya Line trains. Subsequently, all three companies refused to participate in the competition to equip the entire metro as an economically unprofitable project.

Lenovo machine for charging gadgets at Borisovo station

CJSC MaximaTelecom agreed to provide Wi-Fi services on all metro lines, and the NVision Group company acted as a co-executor. Wi-Fi was launched on the Kakhovskaya line in September 2013, and on the Koltsevaya line in December. During 2014, the remaining metro lines were equipped with the service: Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya (February), Sokolnicheskaya (March), Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya (July), Zamoskvoretskaya (August), Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya (October), Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (October), Serpukhovsko -Timiryazevskaya with Butovskaya (November), Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya and Filevskaya (December). The service is free and is provided only in carriages; there are no plans to create access points in lobbies and stations. Currently, free (under the terms of an agreement prohibiting any ad blockers) Wi-Fi is provided on all stages and on all trains, except for the Sokolniki retro train.

In 2015, MaximaTelecom JSC launched a new targeted advertising service, which was called Aura Place. The service will allow advertising to be shown only to certain users, depending on the station and metro line, time, as well as the user’s intended place of work and residence.

Lines of the Moscow Metro and urban transport systems integrated with it

All lines are given names and short designations, as well as serial numbers. The colors in the table correspond to the colors of the lines in the above diagram. Moreover, these colors are established and additionally encode lines. For example, to a considerable number of people the expression “red line of the metro” will say almost more than “Sokolnicheskaya line”, and saying “gray line” can be faster and easier than remembering and pronouncing the official name “Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya”. Sometimes abbreviations of line names are used, for example, APL - Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, GZL - Zamoskvoretskaya (historical name - Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya).

Tunnels and stations of Sokolnicheskaya and Circle lines. On the central section of the Sokolnicheskaya line, the tunnels are double-track, shallow, and then single-track, deep. View from the driver's cabin of the diagnostic electric train "Synergy-1".

The land section of the Kuntsevskaya - Fili Filyovskaya line. View from the driver's cabin of the electric train "Rusich"

Most of the Moscow metro lines pass through the city center, with the exception of Kakhovskaya and Butovskaya, located on the outskirts. The Circle Line connects all other lines except Kakhovskaya, Butovskaya, Monorail and MCC.

Most tracks and stations are underground, but there are exceptions. Thus, the Filyovskaya line has a long ground section from the Studencheskaya station to the Kuntsevskaya station with 7 ground stations, and four of the seven stations of the Butovskaya line are located above ground on overpasses. There are also ground sections on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya, Sokolnicheskaya, Zamoskvoretskaya and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya lines.

There are also 5 open metro bridges in the Moscow metro. Of these, 4 cross the Moscow River (Smolensky, Luzhnetsky, Nagatinsky and Mitinsky) and 1 cross the Yauza (Preobrazhensky). In addition, there are 6 covered metro bridges - for example, Medvedkovsky, which is a tunnel passing over the Yauza.

On the Zamoskvoretskaya, Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya, Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya, Kalininskaya, Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya and Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya lines there are 8-car trains; on Sokolnicheskaya and Solntsevskaya - 7-car; on Kakhovskaya - 6-car. On the Butovskaya line there are Rusich trains of 3 cars (a section of one Rusich car is approximately 1.5 times longer than a regular car). On the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, 5-car “Rusich” trains and 7-car trains made from ordinary cars are used; On Filevskaya, 4-car “Rusich” and 6-car regular trains are used. The Circle Line is served only by 5-car Rusich trains.

Light metro

In 2001, work began on the light metro project as part of the Moscow Metro system. It was decided to extend the lines to “sleeping areas” that are in dire need of high-speed transport links.

Initially, it was planned to build overpasses with extremely small radius curves and operate articulated two-car Yauza trains, but later it was decided to begin creating a new type of cars specifically for above-ground metro lines. The permissible radii of curves on the light metro are determined to be 150 m according to SNiP (building codes and regulations). For comparison: the permissible radii of curves for a regular metro are defined as 200 m (see. Full description Moscow light metro).

The first section of the light metro from five stations of the Butovskaya Line was opened on December 27, 2003. However, in its own way technical specifications The line is fully consistent with a regular metro. For almost ten years, it was designated on maps as a light metro line. Since the end of 2012, it has been indicated on diagrams among other metro lines, and since May 2013, it has been designated on official diagrams produced by Artemy Lebedev’s studio as number 12 instead of L1. The transfer signs for the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya and Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya lines use the old designation L1.

Electric train P30 on the Moscow monorail overpass

The Moscow metro system administratively includes a monorail. A 4.7 km section of the monorail with six stations connects the Timiryazevskaya (line 9), Fonvizinskaya (line 10) and VDNH (line 6) metro stations. The first trips in “excursion” mode began on November 20, 2004, and the system became fully operational on January 10, 2008.

There is no technological connection between the monorail and the metro; a trip on the monorail required a separate payment until December 31, 2012. From January 1, 2013, all types of tickets for travel on the metro are also valid for paying for travel on the Moscow monorail transport system. At the same time, when making a transition from metro stations to the VDNKh monorail station - “ Exhibition Center", "Fonvizinskaya" - "Milashenkova Street", "Timiryazevskaya" - "Timiryazevskaya" and back within 90 minutes from the moment of entering the station, the additional trip is not debited from the ticket.

Since December 2015, on diagrams in subway cars, the system is designated by number 13, instead of M1 [to 6]

On January 23, 2018, the line returned to “excursion” traffic mode, the train runs once every 30 minutes.

Electric train "Lastochka" at the entrance to the Shelepikha platform

In 2012, reconstruction of the Small Ring of Moscow began. railway for passenger use. The ring was originally used for freight transport between all ten main railway lines of the capital, however, after reconstruction, passenger traffic was organized on the first and second main tracks. The line of passenger electric trains is a city train system partially integrated with the Moscow metro (transfers and partly the fare payment system) - an analogue of the German S-Bahn model, within which, in addition to the main name Moskovskoe central ring(MCC) also received the designation "Second Circle Line" and serial number.

The Moscow Central Circle opened to passengers on September 10, 2016. The line is a ring consisting of 31 stations. For a month from the opening day, travel on the MCC was free for all passengers.

Moscow metro stations

Mayakovskaya station

Station "Kyiv" Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line

There are 206 stations in the Moscow metro. Of these, 203 are located on the territory of Moscow (2 of them - "Rumyantsevo" and "Salaryevo" - on the territory of New Moscow), 1 ("Myakinino") - entirely in the Moscow region, 2 ("Novokosino" and "Kotelniki") are located in borders of regions. Many stations changed their names, some several times. Most of the stations are underground, only 12 stations are above-ground [k 8], and 5 are above-ground (on overpasses and bridges) [k 9]. Of the underground stations, 79 are deep and 110 are shallow. By design, deep stations are divided into three-vaulted pylons (55), three-vaulted columns (20) and single-vaulted ones (1, “Timiryazevskaya”) [k 1]. Shallow stations are divided by design into four-span columns (1, " Alexander Garden"), three-span columns (66), two-span columns (9) [to 10], single-span with a vaulted ceiling (31) and single-span with a flat ceiling (3, "Volzhskaya", "Maryino" and " Starokachalovskaya street"). Eight stations have side platforms [to 11], among them only one is underground - “ Alexander Garden" Six stations have platforms located in curve [to 12]. Two stations have two island platforms (“Polezhaevskaya” and “Partizanskaya”). The six stations consist of two halls [k 1].

There are no more so-called “ghost stations” in the Moscow metro. The two closed stations - the original Kaluzhskaya and Pervomaiskaya - were located on the territory of two depots and now form part of them. For almost forty years, the active section of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line had an unfinished station, which opened in 2014 under the name “Spartak”. On the Krylatskoye - Strogino section there is a technical platform "Trinity-Lykovo", which theoretically can be rebuilt into a full-fledged station for passengers. The interchange hub “Business Center” - “Vystavochnaya” also includes a mothballed station of the Third Interchange Circuit.

In total, the stations comprise 13 lines, served by 31 interchange hubs. Of these, one is four-station (“ Alexander Garden" - "Arbatskaya" - " Lenin's Library" - "Borovitskaya"), seven three-station and 23 two-station. Six nodes (“Kitai-Gorod”, “Tretyakovskaya”, “Kashirskaya”, “Kuntsevskaya”, “Victory Park” and “ Petrovsko-Razumovskaya") have a cross-platform transfer (at Tretyakovskaya the interchange hub includes three stations, but two of them are connected by a cross-platform transfer, the third is connected to the first two regular crossings and has a different name; at Kuntsevskaya the transfer is cross-platform only for trains, next from the city center).

The length of the platforms of the overwhelming majority of stations is 155 m (8 cars) - this is a de facto standard that has been in force since the construction of the first stage of the metro. At the new stations, the length of the platform was increased to 162 m. At the Filyovskaya line stations, with the exception of the 160-meter Kuntsevskaya, the platforms are shorter and are designed to accommodate 6-car trains, while the Studencheskaya platforms, originally designed to accommodate 5 -car trains were lengthened. At Butovskaya line stations, the length of the platforms is 90 m and is designed to accommodate 4-car trains.

The platforms are equipped with a loudspeaker through which announcements are made (about trains running without stopping, failure to board an arriving train, possible technical problems on metro lines, etc.). At almost all stations a characteristic sound signal notifies passengers about the imminent arrival of the next train. On sections of escalator transport, as well as at interstation crossings with relatively high passenger flows, reminders are heard about the rules for using the metro, as well as musical themes and poems famous poets; V new year holidays sound New Year's greetings and New Year's songs; until June 1, 2018, there were advertising messages there.

Elevator at Borisovo metro station

The descent to the underground metro stations and the ascent to the above-ground ones is carried out using escalators and flights of stairs. In most cases, escalators are single-stage, three- or four-line. There are 132 stations equipped with escalators. There are a total of 678 escalators at stations and in passages of the Moscow Metro, including 18 at Monorail stations transport system. At the exits from the stations of the Butovskaya line (except for “Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya”) and from the stations “Troparevo”, “Zhulebino”, “ Lermontovsky Prospekt", "Novokosino", "Borisovo", "Shipilovskaya", "Zyablikovo" (also at the transition to the Krasnogvardeyskaya station), "Alma-Atinskaya", "Pyatnitskoye Shosse", "Mitino", "Volokolamskaya", "Strogino" , “Kuntsevskaya” (only on the platform towards the “Slavyansky Boulevard” station) and “Slavyansky Boulevard” elevators were built, and at the “Novoyasenevskaya” station, a special lift was also installed on the stairs for people with disabilities of the musculoskeletal system. Until 2014, a similar lift existed at the Altufyevo station.

All underground stations have ground or underground vestibules, often combined with substreet ones pedestrian crossings. Ground lobbies can either be separate buildings or be built into or combined with other buildings (for example, train stations). Underground lobbies often have access to the surface in the form of flights of stairs cut into the middle of the street, which are sometimes closed by glazed pavilions. Some of the vestibules also act as transition points from one station to another.

The vestibules of stations of the first and second stages of the metro, multi-level, often have a ground or built-in pavilion, then diverging flights of stairs that descend to the intermediate ticket office and turnstile levels, and only then access to the platforms. However, due to the inconvenience of such a scheme, starting from the third stage, they were replaced by ground-based lobbies. In the early 1960s, in connection with the emergence of a standard station design, a new standard layout was adopted - an underground vestibule connected to underground passages. Since then, above-ground vestibules have become the exception, and they were built only in isolated cases.

Northern lobby of the Alma-Atinskaya metro station

Station cladding area (total) - 795.5 thousand m², including: marble tiles - 358.5 thousand m², granite tiles - 72.6 thousand m², various tiles - 219.9 thousand m², other cladding - 144.4 thousand m².

See also: List of Moscow Metro stations and List of renamed Moscow Metro stations

Records (statistics)

• The deepest station is “Victory Park” (84 m).
• The underground station located closest to the surface of the earth is “Pechatniki” (5 m).
• The longest station (according to the length of the platform) is Vorobyovy Gory (282 m).
• The widest station is Partizanskaya, and the 2nd place is occupied by Polezhaevskaya (both of these stations are three-track).
• The longest stretch is “Krylatskoye” - “Strogino” (6625 m).
• The shortest distance is “Arbatskaya” - “Alexandrovsky Garden” (328 m) and “Vystavochnaya” - “Mezhdunarodnaya” (500 m).
• The longest escalator is 126.8 m, the lifting height is 63.4 m (“Victory Park”).
• The smallest lobby (in terms of volume) is the southern exit of the Annino station, opened on June 15, 2012.
• The longest period from the start of construction of a station to its opening is 39 years (Spartak station).
• Stations whose exits are located in several cities at once: “Kotelniki” (in Moscow, Kotelniki and Lyubertsy); "Novokosino" (in Moscow and Reutov).
• The only station located entirely outside of Moscow is Myakinino (in Krasnogorsk).

Station name announcements

On radial lines, when moving towards the center of Moscow, the names of stations are announced in male voices, and when moving from the center - in female voices. On the Circle Line, male voices announce stations when moving clockwise, and female voices when moving clockwise. reverse side. This was done to guide the passage of blind and visually impaired citizens. This option was proposed in 1984. However, on the section of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line from Tretyakovskaya to Turgenevskaya (inclusive), stations are announced only by a female voice in both directions. A similar situation is currently on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line (Arbatskaya station, only trains 81-740.1/81-741.1, assigned to PM-16). On the Sokolnicheskaya line at Lubyanka station, upon arrival from Chistye Prudy and Okhotny Ryad, the station is announced by a male voice, and upon departure - by a female voice. The situation is similar on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line: when trains arrive at the Sretensky Boulevard station from the Chkalovskaya and Trubnaya stations, transfers are announced in a male voice, and departures are announced in a female voice. On the Filyovskaya line towards Kuntsevskaya station they are announced by a female voice, and in the opposite direction - by a male voice. On the Kakhovskaya line from Kakhovskaya to Kashirskaya it sounds male voice, in the opposite direction - female. The situation is similar on the Kalininskaya line (before connecting it with the Solntsevsky radius). On the MCC and the monorail, only a man's voice is heard. Entries of announcements in informants were made mainly by Sergei Kulikovskikh and Yulia Romanova-Kutina, with the exception of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line (Alexey Rossoshansky and Ekaterina Pyasetskaya, with the exception of announcements of bus stations, railway stations, transitions to the MCC, announcements about handrails and when announcing administrative responsibility before the arrival to a dead end, which are announced by Sergei Kulikovskikh and Yulia Romanova-Kutina), the MCC (only Alexey Rossoshansky) and the monorail. Until 2018, the old-style autoinformer (1990-2005) was also used in the reserve head cars of the TCH-10, although the autoinformer was mostly re-flashed on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line in June 2004

Campaign “Voice of the Metro”

In 2004, the “Voice of the Metro” campaign was launched. Instead of the usual voices, voices sounded in the subway famous actors. Announcements of Sokolnicheskaya Line stations were voiced by Elina Bystritskaya, Tatyana Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Galina Volchek, Valery Garkalin, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Lev Durov, Valery Zolotukhin, Vladimir Menshov, Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Olga Ostroumova, Lyubov Polishchuk, Konstantin Raikin, Nina Ruslanova, Valentina Talyzina, Mikhail Ulyanov, Natalya Fateeva, Alexander Shirvindt, Boris Shcherbakov, Vladimir Etush, Sergei Yursky, Yuri Yakovlev and Leonid Yarmolnik. “Voices of the Metro” greeted passengers of the Sokolnicheskaya Line on City Day, the birthday of the metro and on New Year’s holidays. After the death of Lyudmila Gurchenko, the “Voice of the Metro” campaign was suspended.

On April 30, 2015, in connection with the upcoming celebration of the 80th anniversary of the metro, the action was revived under the name “Voices of the Metro”. In the updated version, station promotions on all metro lines are announced by theater and film actors, singers and TV presenters.

During the action, such official announcements as "Dear passengers! Get out of the cars quickly! Hurry up and get into the carriages.". It was officially announced that the action would last until the end of May 2015, but in fact the informants on almost all trains, except the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line, were returned to the old records soon around the mid-20s of May.

The Moscow metro serves as the main and most accessible mode public transport. It includes more than two hundred operating and several dozen stations under construction. For many residents of the Russian capital region and numerous tourists, the exact time at which the metro opens (and closes) is quite important. First of all, this applies to people working on a non-standard schedule, on night shifts, as well as for those who live far from their office, enterprise, etc. The Moscow metro schedule becomes most relevant during the cold season.

What time does the Moscow metro start operating?

According to official rules The capital's metro opens every day at 5.30 am local time and continues to accept passengers until 1 am. The same schedule will continue in 2019. Some stations, due to technical or other reasons, may open a little earlier or later (usually between 5.20 and 5.35). Sometimes these deviations are associated with even or odd days of the month, which requires clarification in each specific case. Transitions between metro stations do not operate at night (after 1 a.m.), but passengers who manage to get inside before closing usually have the opportunity to move from one station to another and catch the last trains heading from the city center to the outskirts.

There are several significant exceptions to the general rules of operation of the Moscow metro. Firstly, it is associated with various holidays and social events. For example, according to established tradition, the capital’s metro in New Year operates 24 hours a day. The night from December 31, 2018 to January 1, 2019 will be no exception. A 24-hour (or extended) schedule can also be established by decision of the Moscow authorities on City Day, in Orthodox Christmas and so on.

Secondly, some Moscow metro stations in 2019 will operate on an individual schedule related to their technical features(monorail) and a number of other factors. Among these:

• Verkhniye Likhobory (from 5.30 to 1.30);
• Exhibition Center (from 7.00 to 23.00);
• Television center (from 7.00 to 23.00);
• Timiryazevskaya (monorail, from 7.00 to 23.00);
• Academician Koroleva Street (from 7.00 to 23.00);
• Milashenkova Street (from 7.00 to 23.00);
• Sergei Eisenstein Street (from 7.00 to 23.00).

Thirdly, in 2019 it is planned to open several new stations in New Moscow (Olkhovaya, Prokshino, Stolbovo, Filatov Lug). In addition, the number of so-called stations should increase. “Third Interchange Ring” (Aminevskoye Highway, Vorontsovskaya, Zyuzino, Michurinsky Prospekt, Mnevniki, Rzhevskaya, Stromynka, Narodnogo Opolcheniya Street, etc.). The exact opening time of these new capital metro facilities in 2019 has not yet been determined. As a rule, such stations begin to operate in test mode, which involves a special, often reduced schedule (they close earlier and open later). Moscow authorities say the public will be notified of the schedule as the facilities open.

The management of the capital's metro may change the operating schedule of individual stations due to necessary repairs or other circumstances (natural and man-made disasters, mass sporting events, other social events, etc.). As a rule, such changes are announced in advance on the official website of the metro. mosmetro.ru.

The Metropolitan is a phenomenon that, having once appeared in big cities, dramatically changed the pace and life of their population. This is especially felt in megacities, which suffer from traffic jams every day. The metro operating schedule in Moscow and St. Petersburg is important not only for local citizens, but also for city guests who are thinking about entertainment program while visiting these two main Russian metropolises.

The opening and closing of different stations depends on many factors: location, structure within the metro network, functions and operating hours of the largest objects near the metro. They try to take all these points into account when scheduling the start and end times of metro stations.

Transitions and transfers at almost all Moscow metro stations can be carried out according to a schedule approved by the metro management and the Moscow City Hall. Throughout 2018, most stations will begin their work from 5-30 am and end at 1-00 am, carrying passengers for 19.5 hours a day.

Some metro stations will open a little earlier due to train schedules. From 5-25 the following will open:

• VDNH;
• Academic;
• Printers;
• Timiryazevskaya;
• Sevastopol;
• Chertanovskaya;
• Varshavskaya;
• Dynamo;
• Kashirskaya;
• Ryazan Avenue;
• Vykhino;
• Belarusian;
• Izmailovskaya;
• Partisan;
• Semyonovskaya;
• Red Gate;
• Cherkizovskaya;
• Chistye Prudy;
• Novogireevo;
• Perovo.

There are also those that open even earlier - at 5-20:

• Komsomolskaya;
• Airport;
• Falcon;
• Dmitrovskaya;
• Vladykino;
• New Cheryomushki;
• Botanical Garden;
• Sviblovo.

On odd days of the month, Avtozavodskaya metro station opens with a five-minute delay at 5:35.

On even days, Salaryevo closes 2 hours later than usual - at 3-00. Rizhskaya also closes a little later than the others on odd dates: this is due to the arrival time of the last night train.

In addition to stations operating according to a standard schedule, there are those that do not close around the clock:

• Shelepikha;
• Khoroshevskaya;
• Victory Park;
• Lomonosovsky Prospekt;
• Ramenki;
• Minsk;
• Petrovsko-Razumovskaya.

Monorail transport system schedule

All stations of the monorail transport system begin to function synchronously, regardless of the day of the week. They open from 7-00, and close at 23-00, that is, 16 hours a day you can freely move between stations that are served in this way.

Metropolitan of St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, stations do not open as synchronously as in the capital, so if necessary, you need to familiarize yourself with the metro schedule in more detail. The best way to do this is on the official website - www.metro.spb.ru/rejimrabotystancii.html.

The earliest stations to open are:

• Avtovo, Kirovsky Zavod, Kupchino - at 5-30;
• Zvezdnaya - at 5-31;
• Primorskaya (on even dates), Alexander Nevsky Square 1 – at 5-32;
• Proletarskaya, Vasileostrovskaya - at 5-33;
• Academic, Lobby 2 Sports - at 5-34.

The Prospekt Prosveshcheniya station closes for exits the latest - at 1-05, the rest close before this time.

At some metro stops, the schedule will temporarily change due to repair work and reconstruction. These changes can be found in the corresponding section on the official website - www.metro.spb.ru/remeskltr.html.

Narvskaya metro station

Schedule changes

In rare cases, opening and closing schedules may change dramatically. Thus, the Moscow metro will operate around the clock during the World Cup (July 14 - July 15), and the same schedule is expected for City Day (September 8).

In St. Petersburg, 24-hour metro operation in 2018 will occur on the following dates:

• Easter (8.04.);
• 1st of May;
• 9th May;
• “Night of Museums” (20.05.);
• City Day (27.05);
• (23.06.)

In addition, changes in the opening and closing schedule of the metro may be caused by natural disasters or a sharp deterioration in weather conditions, the need for urgent repairs, as well as social and political events. The public is notified of such changes on the official website of the metro, on radio and television.

People often ask what time city transport starts moving in the morning. This question is asked by those who return from nightlife, arrive by train or walk around Moscow. This article will touch on many points: the start of the metro in Moscow, the intervals of rolling stock, when there is rush hour and much more.

What time does the metro open?

Metro station lobbies open at 5.30. But you can find signs that say that at 5.35 or more late time. They definitely won’t open earlier, even with a large passenger flow. It is worth noting right away that work begins differently for passengers in other cities. We figured it out. Operating hours are fixed for all lines and stations. But in St. Petersburg, each line has its own schedule. You need to find out in advance.

No matter how strange it may sound, the square of three Komsomolskaya metro stations has the highest passenger flow in the early morning. Many people come to Moscow by train at night and wait for the metro to open. As a rule, everyone carries huge bags, suitcases, and trolleys with them. This is how the Moscow metro receives Muscovites and guests of the capital in the early morning. The photo below illustrates the life and atmosphere of the underground city.

Traffic intervals at different times of the day

What is a traffic interval anyway? This phrase means, roughly speaking, the waiting time for the next train after the previous one leaves. We will open for curious passengers little secret: over the entrance to the tunnel there are large Digital Watch, and to the right of them are interval ones. They begin counting when the first carriage of the rolling stock has already entered the tunnel. They are reset when the next train arrives at the same place. All this is done so that drivers can figure out what time the train ahead of them left. For passengers, interval clocks can only tell them how long the train has been gone.

Each has its own train schedule, and therefore interval. But there is general rules. The longest intervals (up to 7 minutes) can be during the opening and closing hours of the metro, that is, from 5.35 to 6.30 and from 23.00 to 01.00.

The shortest intervals during rush hour (from 1 to 2 minutes): from 8.00 to 10.00 and from 16.00 to 19.00. Times are approximate. At lunchtime the interval is approximately 3 minutes.

Peak hour

It is difficult for rural residents to imagine what happens in the metro during the so-called rush hour. For most working people, students, school and college students, activities begin at 9.00. There are businesses that start working at 10.00. People come from different parts of Moscow and even from the distant Moscow region. Everyone tries to arrive early. It turns out that passengers currently on the subway should be at their workplace in about half an hour or an hour.

Metro workers on weekdays associate the opening of the Moscow metro with a huge waterfall. Although they get used to everything, vigilance, safety and control remain their main tasks.

If you do not need to travel along the subway at the appointed time, then it is better to wait. After 11 o'clock in the afternoon the number of passengers decreases significantly. It is advisable not to delay travel until 16.30, when there are much more people.

When is the best time to take the subway?

Weekdays. Quiet time(not counting stations where there are train stations) for a metro passenger (Moscow) - the start time of work. However, as in other megacities. It is advisable to get to your destination before 7 o'clock in the morning if you do not want to find yourself in a crush. It is worth mentioning that at overloaded stations, even at 6 o’clock in the morning, you can only board the train on the fifth or sixth attempt. For example, "Vykhino", "Tsaritsyno" and other stations located on the outskirts of the city or near suburban traffic. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the metro becomes quieter and there are fewer people. It will be easier for a guest of the capital to navigate.

Weekends and holidays. During the day, passenger traffic is moderate or minimal, especially in the summer, when most citizens leave the capital and go to the dacha, excursion, or fishing. An increase in the number of passengers is only possible in the morning on Saturday (or the first holiday) and necessarily on Sunday evening.

What time does the subway close

It doesn’t matter which Moscow metro lines or stations close to passengers at the same time at 01.00. If you need to go, for example, from Mitino to Vykhino, then you need to go down to the subway no later than 23.30. It is worth recalling that the intervals after 23.00 are very long (about 8 minutes).

It is not recommended to delay your trip to the subway at night. Train traffic stops a little later than 01.00, but this is not a reason to move, since the train may stop at night before reaching your station. Then you will have to go to the surface and catch a car, call a taxi or walk.

The Moscow metro map will help you get your bearings. The time may not be specified between stations, but you can estimate approximately 4 minutes including transitions. For example, you need to get from the Chertanovskaya station to Prazhskaya (Zamoskvoretskaya line). You need to drive two stages. Even if the travel time is not 8 minutes, we take into account the train’s stopping time, possible stops in the tunnel, as well as reserves.

Opening hours on holidays

Let us note the fact that the metro (Moscow), however, like ground transport, V holidays works an hour longer. If the metro usually closes at 01.00, then on New Year, Epiphany or Easter - at 02.00. Only the opening time on the same night remains unchanged.

Why doesn't the metro operate around the clock on days like these? Why does the metro in Moscow only start at 5.30? Because it still needs to be there to carry out urgent work. More on this below.

What happens on the metro after closing

When the last passengers leave the metro lobby, workers close the doors, turn off the escalators and leave the lighting on (sometimes full, sometimes emergency). But so that it is not dark for those who work.

Why is the metro being closed? Is this necessary? Of course. Track fitters check the condition of rails, sleepers, switches, automation systems and much more. Imagine that trains all day long ride through a tunnel, and some element of the path requires replacement soon. For such work, several hours are allocated for night employees. During the day, going down and walking through the tunnel is life-threatening. The start of the metro in Moscow is not only for passengers, but also for night workers. While Moscow sleeps, metro workers work.

Many passengers in the morning notice that the advertising on the escalators has been changed, the ceilings in the passage have been whitewashed, or new benches have appeared. It was the night workers who performed this and other duties.

Rules and requests for passengers

The rules on the Moscow metro can be heard on the escalators and seen next to the diagram in the cars. Unfortunately, not all passengers are ready to follow the rules. But some of them need to be taken more than seriously. Which ones exactly?

You need to understand that a driver is not just a train driver, he is also a person, just like you. Photography and video shooting are not prohibited, but it is strictly not recommended to photograph the head car with flash. The driver's vision may be temporarily impaired. You are probably familiar with the circles before your eyes after... bright light. And the driver must see everything clearly, especially since he is driving into a dark tunnel. There he must keep an eye on everything. What if you blind him?

And the second point is important. Do you know why trains often stop in tunnels during rush hour? Because passengers in front of the train are delayed, trying to get into the already closed doors of the car. The driver asks passengers not to hold the doors and move away from the edge of the platform. Alas, his requests are ignored, hence the serious disruption to the train schedule. They will ask the driver later. Be more tactful.