Moscow Central Diameters | |||
---|---|---|---|
Overview | |||
Native name | Московские центральные диаметры | ||
Area served | Moscow and Moscow Oblast | ||
Transit type | Commuter rail | ||
Line number | 2 (3 more planned) | ||
Number of stations | 57 | ||
Operation | |||
Began operation | 21 November 2019 | ||
Operator(s) | Russian Railways | ||
|
The Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) (Russian: Московские центральные диаметры (МЦД), romanized: Moskovskiye tsentralnye diametry (MTsD)) are a system of city train services on existing commuter rail lines in Moscow and Moscow Oblast, Russia.[1]
The system began operation on 21 November 2019, when the first two lines were launched.[2] After first 9.5 months of operation, the passenger traffic of the Moscow Central Diameters reached 100 million.[3] On 27 December 2019, passengers made record 554.6 thousand trips.[4]
No. | Name[1] | Opening date | Length (km) |
Number of stations |
Planned passenger traffic (mil/yr) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belorussko–Savyolovsky | 21 November 2019[5] | 52 | 25[6] | 42.9 | |
Kursko–Rizhsky | 21 November 2019[5] | 80 | 35[7] | 48.6 | |
Leningradsko–Kazansky[p] | 2022[8] | 88 | 43[9] | 46.8 | |
Kiyevsko–Gorkovsky[p] | 2023[10] | 86 | 38[11] | ? | |
Yaroslavsko–Paveletsky[p] | 2023—2024[12][13] | 75 | 39[14] | ? | |
Total | 381 | 186 |
P Routes are still in planning and may change.[15]
The trip cost depends on travel distance, transfers to and from the Moscow Metro and the MCC are free.[16]
At MCD-1 and MCD-2 there are three tariff zones:
Lines in use |
| ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proposed line |
| ||||||||
Rolling stock | |||||||||
|