Sergei Sobyanin highlights Moscow’s ground transport game-changing transformations

Ground transport continues to develop in the capital. For six years now, passengers have been able to enter and exit freely through all doors. Without turnstiles, there are no queues at bus stops, boarding taking just one minute and public transportation services getting faster and more frequent, Sergei Sobyanin writes on his Telegram channel.

In addition, since 2020, passengers can pay for travel onboard using non-cash methods only through validators that are conveniently set near the doors.

“Main routes are expanding rapidly to have covered all parts of the city. You can get to any area of Moscow 24 hours a day. Trams are also part of the system. Tram routes are isolated, which makes traffic more reliable and predictable,” Moscow Mayor wrote.

Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @mos_sobyanin

There are dedicated lanes not only on the capital’s main streets, but also inside the districts and on the driveways to transfer points from ground to rail transport.

In the squares near Savyolovsky, Kievsky, Paveletsky and other railway stations, the authorities have arranged transport hubs.

For the convenience of passengers, the route network in Moscow is changing as specialists optimize duplicate routes, including those that go in parallel with the metro lines. With new popular transport links, to get to majority of destinations, passengers do not necessarily need to go down into the metro.

Along with fleet renewal and introduction of cutting-edge digital services, those changes have made travel on urban transport faster and more convenient, indeed.